LIBERTY PARK—The money trail behind the burgeoning movement of protestors occupying Wall Street leads not to a money market or an off-shore account, but to a giant soup pot stuffed with dollar bills.
Cash continued to pour in Thursday, the 20th day that activists have been camping out at Liberty Park, also known as Zuccotti Park, in the heart of New York’s financial district.
The protest has grabbed the nation’s attention and sparked similar actions in over 200 other cities, including New Haven. In the process it has begun drawing online donations from supporters fed up with the influence of corporations in politics and the country’s unequal distribution of wealth.
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