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OWS Protesters to Occupy Halloween with Giant Puppets and Superhero Costumes

19.05.12

Four to five hundred Occupy Wall Street demonstrators have been invited to join the Village Halloween parade, according to a member of Occupy Halloween. Occupy Halloween's Web site also suggests protesters dress up as mutant fatcats, the monopoly guy and the Student Loan Ranger, who uses his lasso to trap people in debt. "The act of getting up in the morning to look for a job for the 100th time is kind of a heroic act," Golan said. Some protesters plan to dress up as corporate vampires, Wall Street zombies and greedy pigs. The movement has a message for potential paradegoers: "Occupy Halloween: Because the top 1 percent shouldn't get all the candy.

Source: WNYC