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Why Cornel West Was Arrested in Memory of MLK, in Support of the Occupy Movement

John Nichols is Washington correspondent for The Nation magazine.

On the day that President Obama and others celebrated the memory of the Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. at the dedication of Washington’s King memorial, Dr. Cornel West was a few blocks away—celebrating King with activism on behalf of economic justice and the “Occupy” movement.

After attending the dedication of the King memorial, West joined a “Stop the Machine! Create a New World!” protest march.

On the steps of the US Supreme Court, with fellow activists, he called out the High Court for making decisions that allow corporations to dominate the economic life and the politics of the nation....

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