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SR editorial: Keep pushing Occupy…

There’s a lot of white noise enveloping the Occupy Wall Street movement, but one truth still resonates: OWS  has awakened a sleeping giant, and despite tense confrontations, the menacing numbers of riot police, and even the immense gravity of the status quo — it is a positive force in which we can all find strength.

At its core, the movement seeks to reverse the policies that have resulted in mass foreclosures, rampant and unwavering unemployment, skyrocketing student debt, downward mobility and widening economic inequality for 99 percent of Americans. It is about the positive change people desire and deserve as citizens of the richest country in the world. It’s about decency. Continue reading