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By <a href="http://www.truth-out.org/author/itemlist/user/52694">Tim DiMuzio</a>, <a href="https://roarmag.org/magazine/debt-money-power-inequality-one-percent/" target="_blank">ROAR Magazine</a> | Op-Ed </span>
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<div class="itemFullText"><p>In 2011, the Occupy movement shone a giant spotlight on growing
inequality in the midst of the latest global financial crisis. The scale
of the protest -- virtually worldwide with over 951 cities
participating in 82 countries -- was unprecedented. Among other things,
the mobilizations drew the public’s attention to the growing wealth and
income inequality between the 1 percent and the 99 percent.</p><p>Having a long-standing interest...</p></div></div></div></body></html>