Occupy Wall Street continues

This video from the USA is called Occupy the SEC exposes how Wall Street is using “regulatory arbitrage” to break the Volcker Rule.

By Kevin Zeese and Margaret Flowers, CounterCurrents.org in the USA:

Occupy is Not Dead, Occupy Continues to Work for Justice

Saturday, 23 June 2012 13:18

The U.S. media has been writing an obituary for Occupy, but in fact Occupy is active all over the country and is just being ignored by the corporate media. This weekly installment of Occupy news highlights families occupying schools in Oakland to prevent their closure, Occupiers across the country working to prevent evictions and foreclosures, Occupiers confronting Jamie Dimon about JPMorgan Chase‘s foreclosure policies and Occupy SEC asking Dimon some tough questions.

One big news story this week was the United States being called out by the international community for its inhumane behavior. Two United Nations envoys have asked the US to respect the rights of Occupy protesters and to protect them. In their four page letter to Secretary of State Clinton, they describe specific examples of abusive police behavior. The US, which often admonishes countries like Russia, China, Iran and Egypt for the way they treat protesters (while selling them tear gas and other weapons) has not responded.

Corporate Profits Just Hit An All-Time High, Wages Just Hit An All-Time Low: here.

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