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Occupy Columbus, Part 2: What the 99% Have to Say

October 22, 2011
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Occupy Columbus, Part 2: What the 99% Have to Say

In addition to functioning as a note-taker for the General Assembly held at 2pm on that Saturday, Oct. 15 I formally interviewed five people, and spoke with countless others throughout the day. I’d like to note before getting into the topic directly that not everyone I spoke with was comfortable with being quoted directly or having their names used in print, so I have a limited set of people who I can quote and reference. Subsequently, their voices are disproportionately represented here. In the future, I hope to expand and broaden my coverage to more voices.

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Occupy Columbus, Part 1: Catching up with What’s Going Down

October 20, 2011
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Occupy Columbus, Part 1: Catching up with What’s Going Down

Occupy Columbus is a local manifestation of the now global phenomena of the occupation movement. Begun by those brave protestors at Tahrir Square in Cairo, carried onward by citizens of other nations during the Arab spring, and continued by Israeli youth through the summer, this style of protest has now spread across America. While the events in NYC are highly publicized, those here in Columbus have been slow to get broader media coverage. Attention to the Occupy Columbus movement has been increasing, however, but traditional media outlets have not tried to understand the movement so much as to report ‘the facts’. This series of articles will seek to fill in some of the gaps left by the local news outlets.

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