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Akshat Tewary

Akshat Tewary is a lawyer, social justice activist, and organizer with the advocacy network Occupy the SEC.

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From Occupy Protests to the Platforms
At Occupy Wall Street rallies in New York’s Zuccotti Park back in September 2011, Akshat Tewary noticed that many protesters were calling for the reinstatement of the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era law that separated investment and commercial banking. As an administrative lawyer, Tewary...
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