Do you think the Occupy Wall Street people have fulfilled the mission statement of the DSA?

[Peter]

The Occupy Wall Street and other Occupy movements, are not affiliated with DSA or any other political organization. Nor will the true Occupy movements allow to be co-opted by any political organization. For example, as noble as the "Occupy the Dream" movement sounds, it's not a true Occupy movement, as it's backed by Obama supporters, although they're trying to co-opt and hijack the true Occupy movement.

The Occupy movement is still developing, but one fulfillment to date has been that it has managed to bring discussion of issues in the forefront, that otherwise mainstream media would stay clear of.

"Occupy" is the 2011 media word of the year (source).