Dear Dirty America

The WGA East has come out swinging in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protests, with union executive director Lowell Petersen praising protesters who have “call(ed) out the people and institutions that created the current crisis — that is, the financial system that has diverted capital from productive enterprise into speculation that bestows huge paychecks on a tiny handful of people.”

Petersen’s comments came in an exclusive statement to The Hollywood Reporter. He added that “the WGAE is encouraged by the creativity and openness of the protests.”