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Roots of Occupy: Wall Street has always been War Street | Mickey Z.
Mickey Z. -- World News Trust
"Fascism should more appropriately be called Corporatism because it is a merger of state and corporate power." --Benito Mussolini
There's plenty that feels new and fresh about Occupy Wall Street (OWS): the younger participants, the scope of the coalition, the endurance, the creativity, and the outrage. What's not new is the target of that outrage: Wall Street, Corporate America, and the politicians they funded have been at this deadly game for more than a century.
Mic Check: The pursuit of profit long ago transcended national borders and well... anything resembling justice, community, solidarity, or morality.
To learn more about these roots of Occupy, read on...
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World News Trust: http://tinyurl.com/d5d6r2o