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‘The fog of confusion has finally lifted’ by Tariq Ali
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Tariq Ali
The Occupy Wall Street protesters who have taken up residence at the heart of New York’s financial district are demonstrating against a system of despotic finance capital: a greed-infected vampire that must suck the blood of the non-rich in order to survive. The protesters are showing their contempt for bankers, for financial speculators and for their media hirelings who continue to insist that there is no alternative.