The shocking truth about the crackdown on Occupy

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shocking?

the only thing shocking is that the author managed to relay our core message succinctly, something we've failed to do. then again, the author doesn't have to worry about being 'inclusive'.

excellent

good article, but I think if you polled different Occupy groups you would find some variance on the priority of goals.  Citizens United/corporate personhood is a big thing that a lot of people do talk about, and also Glass-Steagall, but I haven't heard so much about his #3 out here in Oakland.  In Oakland I would say our #3 (if not #1) concern is police brutality itself.  Because we have seen a lot of brutality from the police here for a long time.  And if you asked the people at Occupy UC Davis (I just visited them myself a couple days ago) they would probably tell you that they want to be able to get a college education without signing themselves into decades of debt and interest. 

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