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Teach-in comes to Occupy Seattle

The Occupy Seattle demonstrators took some free classes Sunday night and into early Monday morning, courtesy of half a dozen instructors from North Seattle and Seattle Central community colleges.

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The Occupy Seattle demonstrators took some free classes Sunday night and into early Monday morning, courtesy of half a dozen instructors from North Seattle and Seattle Central community colleges.

The class titles included "The Art of Protest Signs" and "Camera Techniques for Documenting Human Rights Abuses."

They were held for free in the brick courtyard along Broadway Avenue at Seattle Central, near where demonstrators have been camping out since Saturday.

The instructors conducted the classes on their own time.

"I'm here for my students. Education is an important part of the recovery," says Dan Barrie, who teaches