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Activist/filmmaker Michael Moore praises the 11 OWS student protesters at UC Davis and called it an iconic moment, similar to Tiananmen Square. Plus, we get reaction from Kase Wheatley, a student protester doused with pepper spray at U.C. Davis.
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