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Monday, October 31, 2011

OccupyDallas March on Goldman Sachs October 15th 2011 [video] by Charles Maxham


OccupyDallas March on Goldman Sachs October 15th 2011 from Charles Maxham on Vimeo.

Why Occupy Dallas is different from Fortune.com

FORTUNE – As the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread to cities around the country, a couple of things have become clear: No two Occupy movements are the same, and some of them have almost nothing to do with Wall Street.
While each event is styled after the original in Zuccotti Park and each rallies around the same call for a more equitable capitalism, the original Occupy Wall Street effort is more of an inspiration than a headquarters. Local political and cultural scenes, local issues and – most significantly – the response of local authorities have shaped Occupy Dallas, Occupy Oakland and the protests in other cities as much as their solidarity with Occupy Wall Street.
Occupy Dallas is not only tolerated by the city, it's hosted by City Hall. While there were arrests during a protest last week, Dallas police have also helped campers on the city property retrieve stolen sleeping bags, and the protesters have marched in solidarity with the police. Dallas, one of the last major cities in the nation to desegregate its schools, seems determined to show its tolerant side.

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Occupy Dallas continues to gain momentum SMU Daily Campus

 While attending college at Louisiana State University, Eubilia Engel decided to study nursing. Once in the program, she decided nursing was not a good fit so she dropped out.
Engel, 23, has been traveling and working odd jobs ever since. She currently lives in Arlington with her younger brother who attends the University of Texas at Arlington. She works as a part-time waitress.
When the protest movement Occupy Dallas began Oct. 6, Engel jumped at the opportunity to join and has been a strong figure in the movement. She is in charge of running the library at the Occupy Dallas headquarters on S. Akard Street. She organizes the books that have been donated and distributes them to people interested in learning about issues involving political science or economics.
She has been camped out at the site since day one, leaving only to work and bathe.
Engel is one of the dozens of people who have joined Occupy Dallas. Their demands aren't completely clear and interviews with a handful of people recently found a wide array of perspectives and goals.
The group on any given day includes people from those who barely graduated fifth grade, to people with graduate degrees and full time jobs.
"Think about it like a family at the Thanksgiving dinner table, when everyone goes around saying what they are thankful for. You are not going to get one consistent answer," Robert Porter, a leader for Occupy Dallas who received his MBA in Management Information Systems from University of Dallas and currently works for the Texas Department of Transportation, said. "A key thread that everyone participating in Occupy Dallas agrees on is fighting injustice."

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