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Susie Cagle, Truthout: ''Occupy Oakland has captured the nation and even the world s attention at times. But those times have not been for Occupy Oakland's thoughtful direct actions or peaceful marches, but instead for the brutality of its suppression by police. Occupy Oakland is far more than these street battles and mass arrests, but they are an important part of what shapes this movement.''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-oakland-2/1329429672



Occupy Joins the Fight Against Private Prisons

Rania Khalek, Truthout: ''The National Prison Divestment Campaign was organized less than a year ago by Enlace, a coalition of US and Mexican low-wage worker centers and unions, to pressure corporations to divest from private prisons, whose chief investors include some of country s largest financial institutions such as Wells Fargo and Bank of America, both of which have provoked the ire of the Occupy movement for their role in tanking the economy, among other things.''

http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-joins-fight-against-private-prisons/1329245021



How Does the 1 Percent Exploit America?

Find Out in One Minute

Robert Greenwald, Brave New Foundation: ''Even in an Occupy world, most Americans don t know exactly how the 1% does what it does. The mainstream media hasn t explained it, and the 1% likes things that way.

http://www.truth-out.org/how-does-1-exploit-america-find-out-1-minute-video/1329436217

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The Occupy Chicago Arrests: Rahm Emanuel s 'Dry Run' for G8 and Nato?
http://www.commondreams.org/view/2012/02/17-3

Progressive Democrats of America Joins the 99% Spring
http://www.commondreams.org/newswire/2012/02/17-0



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