Occupy Wall Street raises over $150,000

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http://money.cnn.com/2011/10/13/news/economy/occupy_wall_street_money/index.htm?source=cnn_bin&hpt=hp_bn5

NEW YORK (CNN) -- After 26 days of protests in New York's financial center, the Occupy Wall Street movement has raised over $150,000 in donations, according to Pete Dutro, a member of the protest's financial arm.

This massive fundraising was made through donations via mail, two websites -- occupywallst.org and nycga.cc -- and in person to members of what the movement calls its "Finance Working Group."

In addition to overseeing fundraising, members of the Finance Working Group, distinguishable by their gold dollar sign armbands, are also charged with disbursing funds to the other groups within the movement. These groups, which range from more permanent teams like Security and Media, to temporary teams assigned to isolated tasks, become eligible for funding upon approval by the general assembly.

Occupy Wall Street teamed up with the Alliance For Global Justice, a Washington, D.C.-based nonprofit group, to receive tax-deductible donations.

[Fire Walk With Me]

1. They are showing us a better way of living, of how to do things!

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2. They have a kitchen kitty too

I give them my milk money when I can

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3. Excellent. Nt

[MADem]

4. Who is accounting for this money, and tracking how it is spent?

Who's the treasurer, here? Alliance for Global Justice? Who are those guys--what's their agenda?

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5. The article explans it.

[MADem]

6. Well, not really--there are words there, but they don't say much.

A bunch of unknowns with some "financial experience" who sort of shuffle through the process is how they are portrayed.

Dutro describes the Finance Working Group as a "passive entity." But the team's assistance with and potential influence over other groups' budgets, as well as its powerful impact in shaping the overall process, may place it in a position of leadership that has not yet been seen within the Occupy Wall Street movement.

And who are those other guys? What's their agenda?