Truthdig - Gene Gerard, Contributor

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Occupy Draws Strength From the Powerless

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Gene Gerard, Contributor

Gene Gerard has taught history, religion, and ethics for 14 years at several colleges in the Southwest, and is a contributing author to the forthcoming book “Americans at War,” by Greenwood Press. He writes a political blog for the world news website OrbStandard at http://www.orbstandard.com/GGerard.