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Current Events => General Discussion => Topic started by: formerlurker on October 11, 2011, 11:09:54 AM
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A very privileged protest: Wearing $300 jeans and from some of the most exclusive schools, the children of the one per cent out for a good time at Occupy Wall Street
By PAUL BENTLEY and MICAELA MCLUCAS
Last updated at 2:26 PM on 11th October 2011
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They have branded themselves the 99 per cent, camping out in New York's financial district to protest against corporate greed and financial inequality.
But on the ground at the epicentre of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration, a closer look at some of the impassioned protesters is starting to suggest that while many of them have genuine grievances, all may not be completely as advertised.
The flash of a designer belt, a watch or even, in one case, a huge wad of cash reveals many activists are not quite so hard done by.
Read more: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2047664/Occupy-Wall-Street-Children-1-good-time-protests.html#ixzz1aURpEdHP