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Protests Merge in Chicago

U.S. NEWS
OCTOBER 11, 2011, 10:08 A.M. ET

BY JACK NICAS

CHICAGO—A long-planned protest against the financial community was augmented Monday evening by the local offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement.

Protesters representing more than 30 local labor unions, community organizations and activist groups including Occupy Chicago, marched downtown against "the big banks responsible for the recession," a joint statement said. Chicago police estimated 3,000 people took part in the march ...

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204450804576623672599343978.html

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