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    Which Way, L.A.?

    Protesting Wall Street, in Public and Private

    On Saturday, Occupy LA turned into Bank Transfer Day as hundreds of people marched through the financial district to demonstrate their frustration with financial institutions, advocating that people withdraw their money from big banks and deposit it in credit unions.

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    By Warren Olney • May 12, 2014 • 1 min read

    On Saturday, Occupy LA turned into Bank Transfer Day as hundreds of people marched through the financial district to demonstrate their frustration with financial institutions, advocating that people withdraw their money from big banks and deposit it in credit unions. We speak with the woman who's getting credit for the idea by suggesting it to her friends on Facebook, and hear how that strategy is working nationwide.

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      Warren Olney

      former KCRW broadcaster

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      Frances Anderton

      architecture critic and author

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      Sonya Geis

      Senior Managing Editor

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      Katie Cooper

      Producer, 'One year Later'

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      Kristen Christian

      Bank Transfer Day

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      Carol Wells

      Center for the Study of Political Graphics

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      Henry Kertman

      California Credit Union League

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    The full episode

    1 of 2
    Angeleno Starts Bank Transfer Day
    1. 0:00Protesting Wall Street, in Public and PrivateYou’re reading this
    2. 23:01The Republican Race for President: More Unsettled than Ever
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