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Occupy Wall Street Sept 17
Open Letter From Arun Gupta on the Wall Street Occupation: The Revolution Begins at Home
An introduction from Naomi: "Please take a look at this thoughtful essay by my friend Arun Gupta, editor of The Indypendent. If I were in New York (I'm based in British Columbia, Canada at the moment), I would certainly be spending time at the Wall Street occupation, and I urge those of you who do live in the area to go in person to Liberty Park and check it out. Keep in mind that any attempt to create a genuinely open space to share political ideas is necessarily going to be chaotic and at times embarrassing.
Behind the scenes of #OccupyWallStreet
Back in the 1960s, a gang of Yippies, a politicised arm of the hippies led by the late Abbie Hoffman, wormed their way into the tour of the New York Stock Exchange.
FOCUS: Why I Was Maced at the Wall Street Protests
Mansfield writes: "A new group of police officers arrives in white shirts, as opposed to dark blue. These guys are completely undiscerning in their aggression.