"It was curious to think that the sky was the same for everybody, in Eurasia or Eastasia as well as here. And the people under the sky were also very much the same—everywhere, all over the world, hundreds or thousands of millions of people just like this, people ignorant of one another's existence, held apart by walls of hatred and lies, and yet almost exactly the same—people who had never learned to think but were storing up in their hearts and bellies and muscles the power that would one day overturn the world." ~George Orwell~

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• One Month In, Occupy Wall Street Protesters Appear Poised to Change US Politics

  Source: AlterNet.org

  Late last month, a ragtag group of several hundred liberal activists ventured to the centre of America's economic universe – Wall Street – to protest against what they saw as the country's growing income inequality and the stranglehold of corporate money over US dem …

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• Occupy protesters eye diversity as movement grows

  Jason Woody immediately recognized a shared struggle with many of the Occupy Wall Street demonstrators: The 2007 college graduate has been out of work for two years, and it's been longer since he's seen a doctor. He also noticed something else — the lack of brown faces on the front lines of the Occupy movement.

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• Protesters arrested nationwide as Occupy Wall Street rallies hit monthlong mark - CNN.com

  Source: CNN

  NEW: 19 people are arrested in Washington, D.C.In Chicago, a police spokesman says there are "multiple" arrestsAt least 14 people are arrested for violating a New York park curfew early SundayThe New York protests are among several that took place in the U.S.

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• In Private Conversation, Wall Street Is More Critical of Protesters - NYTimes.com

  Source: The New York Times

  Publicly, bankers say they understand the anger at Wall Street — but believe they are misunderstood by the protesters camped on their doorstep.

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• Occupy Wall Street Cleanup: Russell Simmons Offers To Pay To Avoid Violence

  Source: The Huffington Post

  Russell Simmons offers to pay for all clean-up costs at Occupy Wall St.

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