Occupy movement spreads to Calgary

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One of the Protestors at Occupy Calgary in downtown Calgary writes her solution to the problems facing North American's. The sign reads "How do we distill the dream into one sentence?"

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Protestor captures ongoing march in Downtown Calgary's "Occupy Calgary" Movement. Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011.

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Police stand behind protester.

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A protestor in the massive crowd.

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Hundreds of people gathering infront of Banker's Hall in Downtown Calgary marching for change under the name "Occupy Calgary" - An offshoot of protest "Occupy Wallstreet" in New York.

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A protestor in the massive crowd at Occupy Calgary's march.

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A protestor in the massive crowd at Occupy Calgary's march in downtown Calgary, Saturday Oct. 15th, 2011.

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Politics isn't left versus right: it's top versus bottom one protestor's sign says, as he marches in the Calgary.

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"we are not corporations, we are the people!" One protestor exclaims as she marches with upwards of 300 other local Calgarians in front of Banker's Hall as apart of the "Occupy Calgary" march, Saturday Oct. 15, 2011.

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A protestor in the massive crowd at Occupy Calgary's march in downtown Calgary, Saturday Oct. 15th, 2011.

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A protestor in the massive crowd at Occupy Calgary's march.

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An aboriginal woman marches for indigenous people's rights as apart of the "Occupy Calgary" movement.

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One of many youth holding signs at the "Occupy Calgary" march.

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The occupy movement has spread to the city of Calgary, a notorious oil-rich city home to many of the big banks, oil executives, and corporations this movement is seeking to enter in dialogue with. Canada. 15th October 2011

Infront of Banker's Hall, Calgary Alta, is the occupy Calgary movement where more than 300 locals showed up, signs in hand, on Saturday, Oct. 15th. People of all ages raised their voices to declare "Who's Streets? Our streets!" "We are the 99%", and many other exclaimations about what their governance system is doing about poverty, distribution of wealth, and many other issues. Though not unified in their specific stances, the people of the Occupy Calgary movement all agreed "Something has to change."