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The one percent of San Jose: Occupy Silicon Valley, not just Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street have targeted Wall Street banks and the government. But why are protestors not camped outside Facebook or Google in Silicon Valley? Are they not part of the One Percent as well?

Will Occupy Wall Street win because they're named?

Robin Hood was successful, in the mythology, because he was a named hero and the country rallied to the identity they constructed around him.

'Don't ignore the political message of Occupy Wall Street': Paul Krugman

As Occupy Wall Street protests spread across the United States and over the world, industry and media experts are warning the larger population to take its social and political message very seriously

From a single hashtag, a protest circled the world

It all started innocuously enough with a July 13 blog post urging people to #OccupyWallStreet, as though such a thing (Twitter hashtag and all) were possible. ...

China: Occupy Wall Street's issues worth thought

Spokesman Liu Weimin said at a regular briefing today, that debates generated by the protests on Wall Street should be conducive to global economic growth.

George Soros money behind Occupy Wall Street?

Conservative critics contend the movement is a Trojan horse for a secret Soros agenda.Like the protesters, Soros is no fan of the 2008 bank bailouts and subsequent government purchase of the toxic sub-prime mortgage assets they amassed in the property bubble.

Murdoch heckled by 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters

The protesters accused him of trying to make profit from the country's education system.

Singapore leads Asia's silence on corporate greed

Australia and New Zealand started the rolling global protests denouncing corporate greed but capitalist countries elsewhere in Asia were reluctant to demonstrate, with the turnout in wealthy Singapore almost zero.

Occupy Wall Street protestors claim victory as eviction postponed

Anti-Wall Street protestors declared victory today after New York authorities at the last minute put off plans to evacuate the park turned tent city that they have been occupying for the last month.

Spain, Italy, Germany join Occupy Wall Street. India next?

While the representatives of the 99% in the west identify with each other through common losses of homes, jobs and security, India presents a typical developing country where the aspiring middle class seldom relates to the urban working class.