September 13, 2012

Scholars Pledge Support for Occupy Movement as First Anniversary Nears

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A member of the Occupy movement hands out fliers on a sidewalk near Wall Street on Thursday. The movement will mark its first anniversary on Monday.

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A member of the Occupy movement hands out fliers on a sidewalk near Wall Street on Thursday. The movement will mark its first anniversary on Monday.

By Stacey Patton

As the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street approaches, hundreds of scholars have signed a letter pledging to re-energize the movement and refocus attention on economic injustice.

Signatories of the letter, which has been circulating on listservs and through e-mails, say it's important for them to stand in solidarity with the Occupy movement, which has struggled in recent months to keep mass dissent going.

The movement, whose