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Who Are the 99%? Part II: The Working Class
BY Masao Suzuki | San José, CA | 11/29/11
This is the second article of a four-article series. This article describes the working class, who make up most of the 99%. The next article will be about the rest of the 99% who aren’t part of the working class. The last article will talk about how the history of racism and national oppression is important to understanding what is behind the 1%-99% divide and how the 1% enriches itself while maintaining its privilege and power.
99%, Occupy Wall Street
Who are the one percent?
BY Masao Suzuki | United States | 10/16/11
Across the country, the movement sparked by Occupy Wall Street has caught fire. This movement, identified by the slogan, “We are the 99%” targets the 1% of rich and powerful who are running the country for their interests and profit, at the expense of the rest of us who face high unemployment, lower wages, soaring tuition costs, home foreclosures and lack of affordable health insurance.
99%, monopoly capitalism, Occupy Wall Street, political economy, The One Percent
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