Public Interest
Nov. 29, 2011
Civil rights activist helps Occupy Wall Street
James Lafferty, executive director of the local chapter of the National Lawyers Guild, is hopeful the Occupy movement sweeping the country will bring about changes in the government that haven't happened since the Vietnam protests.
Daily Journal Staff Writer
LOS ANGELES - But for the occasional cell phone, the crowd, with its tie-dye getups, headbands and bongos, could pass for a Vietnam War-era protest group.
James Lafferty was at those demonstrations four decades ago, representing draft dodgers and antiwar activists, and he's here now - not as a lawyer but to help members of Occupy L.A. with questions about its activities while camped outside City Ha...
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