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Occupy by the Numbers

Occupy by the Numbers

Fri, 4/20/2012

Film: "What is Occupy Wall Street All About?"

Filmmaker: OccupyAnimator

The folks at Occupy Animator have broken down the reasons we Occupy in terms even non-occupiers can understand: facts, figures and dollars. For instance, did you know that 81% of the stock market is owned by 10% of Americans? Or that 18 members of the Federal Reserve Board of Governors were found to have serious conflicts of interest? This simple listing of facts proves devastating, as it starkly presents the consequences of an unequal society.

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Portland Residents Debate Austerity Cuts Ahead of Final City Budget

Along a stretch of sidewalk in front of Portland's City Hall, some 50 people stood braving the rain in the hours before the city's final public budget hearing last week, where heavy austerity cuts are expected to go through.

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Revealed: Atlantans Lost Nearly $1 Billion in Wealth Due to Foreclosures in 2012

Communities of color lost more than double the wealth of predominantly white communities in the Atlanta housing crisis in 2012.

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Outbidding the Billionaires: Free the Press, Buy the Trib!

Right-wing billionaires, including media tycoon Rupert Murdoch and the climate-denying industrialists Charles and David Koch, are threatening to buy the Tribune Company, which publishes the Los Angeles Times, the Chicago Tribune and the Baltimore Sun.

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Koch Brothers Dump Three-Story Pile of Toxic Byproduct on Detroit

A black mound of Canadian oil waste is rising over Detroit, courtesy of the Koch brothers.

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A New App Lets You Boycott Koch Brothers and Monsanto By Scanning Your Shopping Cart

Want to see who's really selling you that box of sugar?

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Revealed: "Monsanto Protection Act" Trumps U.S. Government

Monsanto snuck a "rider" last week into the latest Senate agricultural legislation, giving the biotech giant blanket immunity from USDA action to halt potentially harmful GMO crops.

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Dismantling Transnational Corporations: Day 3 at the World Social Forum

On day three in Tunisia, energy is running high.

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Viral Video: Wealth Inequality in America

There's a big difference between our perception of wealth inequality in America, and how the real numbers add up.

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In Zurich, and Across Europe, Squatter Communities Are Strengthening

Last weekend, 4,000 supporters of Binz, Zurich’s longest-established squat, were met with tear gas, rubber bullets and water cannons when a party turned into a march to protest their imminent eviction.

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50,000 March in Tunisia to Launch World Social Forum

Tens of thousands from across the world called for new measures of liberty and dignity as they descended on Tunis to open the weeklong World Social Forum.

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Exposed: U.S. Government is Pushing Dramatic Privatizations in El Salvador

Unions in El Salvador are fighting a major privatization scheme, which has the full weight of the U.S. government behind it.

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Rich Kids of Instagram
Incomes Flat in Recovery, but Not for the 1%

New data show uneven benefits from the economic recovery of 2010-11, with a big rise for the highest earners and little change for others.

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Government Report: U.S. Firm Stashing Tens of Billions in Tax Havens
Government Report: U.S. Firm Stashing Tens of Billions in Tax Havens

The research arm of Congress is warning that U.S. corporations’ use of tax havens has risen substantially in recent years, with companies offering massively inflated profit reports from small countries with loose tax regulations.

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The Reefer Rebellion in November
The Reefer Rebellion in November

On election day, voters in these six states will have their say on marijuana law reform. If the present polls hold, federal officials will have little choice but to acknowledge that they have a full-fledged reefer rebellion on their hands.

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Nationwide Protests Escalate Against Keystone XL Pipeline

Thirty-seven people had been arrested as of Wednesday during a week when dozens of countrywide actions aimed to halt the Keystone XL pipeline.

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