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The protests have been growing.\u00a0 This weekend 700 demonstrators were arrested on Brooklyn Bridge.\u00a0 The movement has spread to Chicago, Los Angeles, Seattle, and other cities.\u00a0 Celebrities from Roseanne Barr to Michael Moore are supporting the cause.\u00a0 So are intellectuals such as Salman Rushdie, Noam Chomsky,\u00a0 and Cornell West.\u00a0\u00a0 Reportedly, some labor unions are considering getting involved.<\/p>\n

Occupy Wall Street is claiming kinship with the Arab Spring.<\/p>\n

See Occupy Wall Street \u2013 Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Is this potentially the tea party of the left that liberals have been calling for?\u00a0 Do you think this will bring new life to political liberalism?\u00a0 Is there actually an underlying kinship between those who protest big government and those who protest big business?<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"