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The Occupy Encampment (2011)

Published: Nov. 15, 2020, 8 a.m.

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It\\u2019s November 15th. On this day in 2011, the NYPD issued orders to clear the encampment at Zuccotti Park in lower manhattan, that had been the site of the Occupy Wall Street protests since the fall.

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Jody and Niki discuss the roots of the encampment, and how Occupy helped introduce ideas of income inequality into the modern political discourse.

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Find a transcript of this episode at:\\xa0https://tinyurl.com/esoterichistory

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