Thursday, October 13, 12-1 pm: Occupy Wall Street/Occupy Baltimore

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Picking up on the Occupy Wall Street movement that is inspiring nationwide activism, Occupy Baltimore protestors have been in the Inner Harbor’s McKeldin Square since October 4th. They aim to call attention to the glaring inequity between the 1 percent of Americans who own 40 percent of the nation’s wealth and the rest of us: what they call “the 99 percent”. This hour: a look at the Occupy Movement. Is this the long awaited rise of the left? Can growing populist anger over corporate greed and money’s influence on politics actually effect change? Is this the left’s answer to the Tea Party? Our guests: Midday's American culture contributor, Sheri Parks, who is an associate professor of American Studies at the University of Maryland College Park, Dedrick Muhammad, executive director of the NAACP's Financial Freedom Center and Stewart Mostofsky, an active participant of Occupy Baltimore.