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12/12/11 – Welcome to Monday!

December 12, 2011

Use this blog as today’s thread. The Listen Live box (above right) will turn dark blue as we go live at 11:30 am EST. If you’re on an internal page, the Listen Live box is to the left.

On today’s show, David Graeber one of the original organizers of Occupy Wall Street to talk about the movement, his book Debt: the First 5,000 Years, the Occupied port shut down (#D12) on the west coast and more.

Also, D.C. Hunger Strikers are taking a stand for proper representation in Congress. Support OccupyTheVoteDC by calling Representative Hal Rogers (KY) at 202-225-4601. Follow their protest @OccupyTheVoteDC and read their declaration at occupythevotedc.tumblr.com.

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