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The Weekend in Occupy Chicago

By Steve Rhodes

This is what democracy looks like.
1. “Building upon months of large-scale local protests calling for economic change that benefits the 99%, struggling Chicagoans will board buses early today to take their case to the nation’s Capitol,” Stand Up! Chicago says in a press release.
“The momentum from recent mass protests – with thousands of protesters with Stand Up! Chicago and Occupy Chicago occupying the street in front of the Modern Wing of the Art Institute on October 10, and taking action on the LaSalle Street Bridge on November 17 – will now take over 300 all the way to Washington, DC, for a week full of actions by and for the 99%.”

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Posted on December 5, 2011

Anthony Wagner Died For Our Sins

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From an Occupy Chicago teach-in on November 11th at Columbia College.
“Dedicated to Anthony Wagner, Iraq veteran who opposed and spoke out against the wars and occupations for empire. Anthony passed away just hours after marching on Wall Street with other veterans in support of Scott Olsen on November 3, 2011.”

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Posted on December 1, 2011

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