Photo: #Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement rally after marching through Lower Manhattan on October 5, 2011 in New York City. Thousands of protesters including union members and college students from an organized walkout joined Wednesday's rally and march.
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Protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement rally after marching through Lower Manhattan on October 5, 2011 in New York City. Thousands of protesters including union members and college students from an organized walkout joined Wednesday's rally and march. (Mario Tama/Getty Images)

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'Occupy Wall Street' protest comes to Minnesota Friday


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Nationwide demonstrations against Wall Street and corporate greed are scheduled to spread to Minnesota Friday in downtown Minneapolis. OccupyMN organizer Osha Karow and a Metro State professor who studies protest movements join Midday to discuss the role of this protest, and others, in changing America.

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  • Tom O'Connell: Professor of political science, Metropolitan State University.
  • Osha Karow: Organizer, OccupyMN

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