The year of dissent: Keeping America’s 1% Occupied
When the Occupy Wall Street movement set up camp in New York’s financial district in September 2011, few people paid much attention to the self-proclaimed 99 per cent. But the tents in Zuccotti Park were like a spark to America’s social kindling.Soon, the indignant voice of the people spread across the country. People supported a movement aimed at awakening all to the negative effects of the growing, and strangely seldom-questioned, income and wealth disparities in the country..... MORE
Source: RT.com
URL: http://rt.com/news/yearender-occupy-movement-america-081/
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Occupy Movement sa hinaharap na kasaysayan ng kalbong agila ay TAGUMPAY siguro ang ilalahad...at SANA.
"Politicians and mainstream media outlets may be downplaying their impact on American society, but their influence is evident to most, including historians and collectors.
"Internationally known institutions such as the Smithsonian and the New York Historical Society have been busy collecting Occupy artefacts. Having not yet become history, the movement is already seen as worthy of historical preservation and 2011 will always be associated with the rise of the 99 per cent."
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