Wednesday, 13. November 2013
Topic: NEWS english - on November 13, 2013 at 5:35:00 PM CET
Occupy Wall Street activists buy $15m of Americans' personal debt
A group of Occupy Wall Street activists has bought almost $15m of Americans' personal debt over the last year as part of the Rolling Jubilee project to help people pay off their outstanding credit.
Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy's Strike Debt group following the street protests that swept the world in 2011, launched on 15 November 2012. The group purchases personal debt cheaply from banks before "abolishing" it, freeing individuals from their bills.
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