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Related: About this forumUniting fight $15 with Ferguson fury
http://www.socialistalternative.org/2014/12/19/uniting-fight-15-ferguson-fury/For the tens of thousands demanding justice for Mike Brown and Eric Garner, the connection between economic injustice and state violence couldnt be clearer. Just a few miles from where police murdered Eric Garner, a low-income black man selling loosey cigarettes to scrape out a living, the white collar criminals on Wall Street remain free to continue their corrupt, illegal financial schemes.
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Uniting fight $15 with Ferguson fury (Original Post)
azmom
Jun 2015
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aspirant
(3,533 posts)1. Die selling a few cigarettes
and then laugh at our laws when stealing trillions
Capitalism,isn't it amazing
azmom
(5,208 posts)2. That poor man, and his family.
And all of us. Capitalism has failed. Have you been keeping abreast on the Greece situation?
If they aren't given Debt Forgiveness, how much worse can it be without EU
azmom
(5,208 posts)4. I agree. It would be better for them to exit.