At Occupy Wall Street, the 1% are people, too focus 10/21/2011

At Occupy Wall Street, the 1% are people, too

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10/21/2011
NEW YORK — Protesters at the Occupy Wall Street camp in New York say they are fighting for America’s downtrodden 99 percent. Now some of the hated one percent want it known that they are people, too.

The likes of Taha Hammam fail to make up even one percent of the protesters thronging New York’s Zuccotti Park. Dapper in a dark suit, striped shirt and red tie, Hammam, 34, sticks out far more than the often outlandishly dressed hippies and activists around him.

So does the message on his placard, pointing out that 99 percent plus one equals 100 percent. “We are all ONE,” it reads.

Hammam described himself as a wealthy landlord who, despite having money, shares protesters’ anger at the way the cards are stacked in favor of US political and corporate elites..... MORE

Source:  The Daily Tribune

URL: http://www.tribuneonline.org/commentary/20111021com7.html