In 1969 the Chicago Seven, on trial for violently demonstrating against the violence of war, turned the courtroom into an agit-prop theatre, a commercial for the counter-culture of the time.

ECONOMIST: The last outsider

Following the age-old agit-prop dictum that no good popular uprising should go to waste, it seems that a variety of other concerns, such as student loans, public employees pensions, animal rights and genetically-modified food, are the principal concerns of many of demonstrators.

FORBES: "New Money For Old Rope" - Wall Street Protestors Recycling Old Rhetoric

Following the age-old agit-prop dictum that no good popular uprising should go to waste, it seems that a variety of other concerns, such as student loans, public employees pensions, animal rights and genetically-modified food, were the principal concerns of many of Occupiers.

FORBES: Making the Case for Wall Street