http://ihrrblog.org/2012/07/14/who-is-the-99/ Making a difference to how we live with hazard and risk Tue, 21 May 2013 09:23:55 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://ihrrblog.org/2012/07/14/who-is-the-99/#comment-1515 Mon, 16 Jul 2012 00:06:33 +0000 http://ihrrblog.org/?p=4115#comment-1515 [...] Who is ‘the 99%’? – via ihrrblog.org – One of the more powerful slogans adopted by the worldwide ‘Occupy’ movement has been the catchphrase ‘We are the 99%’. Inspired by Huxley’s above-quoted comments on the inequalities in society, the phrase was adopted by the Occupy movement to both criticise the extent to which power is concentrated in the hands of a powerful, wealthy minority and, simultaneously, to promote the idea that those involved in the Occupy movement are the true flag-bearers for the masses. [...]

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