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Inequality and protest – getting it right

We are making a choice, “Can we live with the outcomes of this economic system? Or are we going to have to change this system?”

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open Movements

The openMovements series invites leading social scientists to share their research results and perspectives on contemporary social struggles.

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Some organizers of the protests of Tahrir Square, Egypt, visited Occupy Wall Street, October 25, 2011.Flickr/Harrie Van Veen. Some rights reserved.

Rosemary Bechler (RB): Sara – You are in charge of global economic and social policy issues at the New York office of the Friedrich Ebert Stiftung (FES), and I believe your office is the foundation’s liaison point to the United Nations, World Bank, and the IMF?