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Photos: Occupy Boston plans financial district take-over

Big money meets big opposition in Boston
By ARIEL SHEARER  |  October 3, 2011

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Participants in the “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations, denouncing capitalism-at-large, moved north earlier this week to rally Bostonians and organize a physical occupation of our own financial district. Their tent-city target as determined by voting Tuesday night: Dewey Square.

READ: "It's only day two, and there's no occupation yet, but the whole country's watching #OccupyBoston," by Chris Faraone

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