Politics & Government
Occupying Lake Street
Dozens turn out for an anti-bank protest in Oak Park, the local version of the national Bank Transfer day.
Occupy Lake Street?
Sort of.
About 60 protestors took to the corner of Lake Street and Oak Park Avenue on Saturday to rally against corporate greed.
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YouTube user ChiTownView captured some of the action and a few speeches, including introductory remarks from rally organizer Dylan Bellisle, who begins by asking the crowd why they're at the protest.
They shout back: Grandchildren! Foreclosures! Wall Street! Corporate Capitalism!
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In another video, one unidentified speaker (does anyone know who it is?) invites residents to a teach-in scheduled for 7 p.m. Wednesday at the , 834 Lake St. The topic? "How the one percent trashed the economy and what the 99 percent can do about it."
Where you at Saturday's rally? What did you think? Was it effective? More preaching to the choir? The start of something big? We want to hear from you!
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