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OWS’s Eventful Weekend

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Over the weekend Occupy Wall Street had a diverse array of actions, events, and protests. Since the movement has now spread all over the country as well as the world, the actions of OWS in Zuccotti Park are no longer the other news-worthy events. On Friday Parents for Occupy Wall Street hosted a family sleepover
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What is the real cost of unemployment?

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The Greene Space’s NEXT New York Conversation series will tackle “The Real Cost of Unemployment” on Wednesday October 19th. The dialogue will be hosted by Farai Chideya and will explore questions relating to the future of the job market, the realities of unemployment for young people, and the implications such unemployment and unreliable markets hold
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Protesters successfully avert clearing of Zuccotti Park

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The Occupy Wall Street encampment was in serious jeopardy last night; Mayor Bloomberg, at Brookfield Office Properties’ request, announced that the city would attempt to clean Zuccotti Park at 7am this morning and that once the cleaning was completed protesters would no longer be allowed to have sleeping bags in the park, or even lie
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“Wall Street Occupennial” to Present Art in Support of Occupy Wall Street

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Calling itself an “archive” and “clearinghouse” for all art and artists related to or in support of Occupy Wall Street, The Wall Street Occupennial has been launched. According to their mission statement, “The Occupennial is founded on the belief that artists have a crucial role to play in helping to elaborate and sustain the democratic
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