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The meaning of ‘Occupy Boise’ (access required)

by Kim Trout

Published: May 7,2012

The people who are part of Occupy Boise consider themselves the 99 percent engaged in “civil disobedience,” or class warfare, against the 1 percent “economic and political elites.” Class warfare has a rich history in Idaho, and particularly in Boise. In 1905, former Governor Steunenberg was killed opening the gate to his home by a planted ...
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