By Lena Torres |Staff Writer| CSUSB students and staff gathered on Nov. 8 to discuss the causes and effects of the explosive occupy Wall Street movement. The event, entitled “Why Occupy,” was presented by CSUSB economics department chair Mayo Toruno and economics professor Eric Nilsson. “Why Occupy” opened with the discussion of what Toruno and Nilsson believe are some of the key factors that contributed to the protest. Some of the factors mentioned include the government’s response to the recession, federal bail outs to large corporations, the 47 million people in the US living below the poverty line and the 14 million people in the US who are unemployed. “The Occupy Wall … [Read more...] about ‘Why Occupy?’ explored by students
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99 percent Occupy Capitol Hill, not Wall Street
By Suanna Gutierrez |Staff Writer| We the people can and should identify with the emotion that characterizes the voice of Occupy Wall Street. It is doubtful however that the nation will stand side by side with the broad and unorganized action that may or may not come from them. The Occupants’ “Declaration of the Occupation of New York City” states that they gather to express a mass feeling of injustice, that true democracy has been obstructed by economic power, that they have held students hostage with tens of thousands of dollars of debts in education which in itself is a human right, that they have constantly outsourced labor and used that as leverage to cut workers health care and … [Read more...] about 99 percent Occupy Capitol Hill, not Wall Street
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