Occupy Wall Street
Publisher: Occupy Central
23 Dec 2014
Hong Kong’s Occupy protests did not end with a loss, says co-founder Benny Tai
In an interview with the South China Morning Post reviewing the impact of the 79 days of protest, Benny Tai Yiu-ting said that the campaign had, in fact, widened the support base of the pro-democracy camp. "Occupy has achieved the goal of social awakening far more than was intended," Tai said. "Occupy did not end with a loss - we have expanded the pro-democracy camp."
Publisher: WSJ
3 Dec 2014
Hong Kong Protests: Occupy Central Founders to Surrender to Police
Three founders of the pro-democracy protest group Occupy Central with Love and Peace called on students to end their occupation of city streets, but student leaders vowed to press on. The middle-aged leaders of the Occupy movement raised the idea of using civil disobedience in the former British colony to push for greater democracy last year, but student protest groups have been at the forefront of the two-month-long street demonstrations - and student leaders on Tuesday quickly rejected the idea of abandoning their encampments.
Publisher: CS Monitor
27 Nov 2014
Why Ferguson protests might not have staying power
Publisher: Outh China Morning Daily
27 Oct 2014
Backlash after Hong Kong police release video of Occupy protesters ‘violent behaviour’
Publisher: The Washington Post
13 Oct 2014
In ‘Moral Monday,’ activists protest Brown shooting with acts of civil disobedience –
In a third day of civil disobedience, local and national clergy members with up-stretched arms cross police lines and were arrested during a protest at the Ferguson Police Department. The planned act, which organizers called Moral Monday, featured a more-than-four-hour protest in which waves of clergy demanded to speak with Ferguson Police chief Tom Jackson and crossed police lines.
Publisher: The Free Thought Project
10 Oct 2014
Plans For Martial Law in Missouri, Journalists and Activists Being Targeted Ahead of Unrest
Plans are underway for martial law type scenarios as Missouri law enforcement has been holding meetings 2-3 times per week that include the military and FBI, according to people who have attended them. Missouri law enforcement has been seeking intelligence from police departments across the U.S. on what they call out-of-state agitators. In reality, they are attempting to squeeze the independent media in hopes of using a main stream media filter to keep Americans in the dark about what is truly transpiring on the ground as this manifest injustice occurs.
Publisher: The Guardian
3 Oct 2014
Hong Kong protesters beaten and bloodied as thugs attack sit-in
Thugs punched and kicked pro-democracy protesters in Hong Kong on Friday night, drawing blood as they tore down demonstrators tents and attempted to force them out. Student leaders called off talks with the government - offered the previous night - accusing officials of allowing violence to be used against them. It dashed the hopes of a resolution to a mass movement that has seen tens of thousands of people take to the streets of the city at its height.
Publisher: NYTimes
4 Sep 2014
Fast-Food Workers Seeking Higher Wages Are Arrested During Sit-Ins
Publisher: NYTimes
17 Sep 2012
Dozens of Arrests Near Stock Exchange on Occupy Wall St. Anniversary
Dozens of arrests were reported on Monday, the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, as protesters converged near the New York Stock Exchange and tried to block access to the exchange. Police officers and protesters squared off at various points on the blocks near the Stock Exchange. At various points protesters tried to block sidewalks leading to the Stock Exchange, but were dispersed by the police. Officers had set up barricades on several streets leading to the exchange and were asking identification from workers seeking to gain access.
Publisher: sfgate
23 Apr 2012
Occupy factions, divided in tactics, to start anew
After a quiet late winter, Occupy movements all over the Bay Area are lurching to life again with spring - but this time they are coming in two sharply divided forms. One contingent is open to violence if it feels provoked and is planning to demonstrate May 1 at the Port of Oakland and possibly try to shut down the Golden Gate Bridge. The other pledges nonviolence, plans to picket the meetings and homes of corporate titans - and resents what it sees as dilution of the Occupy message with media images of protesters breaking windows and trashing buildings.
Publisher: latimes
10 Apr 2012
Occupy takes protest to street — the one near Bank of America
Occupy D.C. activists, like those in some other cities, are adopting a new tactic. They call it sleepful protest. Over the weekend, Occupy D.C. activists established what they hoped would be a permanent camp outside a Bank of America branch near the White House. There was but one tent -- and it was purely symbolic, with protesters sleeping on the street instead. Activists say they're returning to Occupy s roots.
Publisher: TODAY
9 Apr 2012
Occupy groups focusing protest on foreclosures
Publisher: The Nation
6 Apr 2012
Occupy Wall Street Activists Respond to the 99 Percent Spring
Seizing on the popularity of Occupy Wall Street, a broad coalition of liberal-left groups and organizations created the 99 Percent Spring, a movement aiming to recruit and train 100,000 Americans to learn the ways of non-violent direct action. The initiative includes support from MoveOn.org, AFL-CIO, Greenpeace, the Working Families Party, 350.org, Campaign for America's Future, United Students Against Sweatshops, CodePink, Global Exchange and Color of Change, among other groups.
Publisher: CSMonitor
27 Mar 2012
Occupy has wrong ‘Target’: Consumers and economy value Wal-Mart et al.
Publisher: TreeHugger
27 Mar 2012
Four Arrested at Occupy Wall Street’s ‘Disrupt Dirty Power’ Protest
Four protesters were arrested on Saturday, when an offshoot of Occupy Wall Street called 'Disrupt Dirty Power' staged a demonstration at the UN building in New York City. OccupyWallSt.org described the action's intent: During the warmest winter in modern memory, fossil fuel companies cooked up new plans to bake our planet once and for all. Defying public outrage and a presidential rebuff, they laid tar sands pipelines...
Publisher: The Guardian
24 Mar 2012
Occupy Wall Street plans return to spotlight – but in what form?
Occupy Wall Street returned to the public spotlight this week following the largest mass arrest of its supporters since the movement was evicted from its home base in November. Last weekend's events, including a female protester apparently having a seizure while handcuffed - combined with numerous accounts of excessive police force - have been described by many protesters as some of the most violent in Occupy history. A New York Daily News reporter on the scene said the New York City police was "out of control".
Publisher: The Raw Story
24 Mar 2012
‘Occupy’ marchers protest against New York police
Several hundred Occupy Wall Street activists marched through Manhattan on Saturday to protest against what they say is police repression as they try to revive their movement. Several demonstrators were arrested along the route of the march in scuffles with New York police, who deployed in large numbers to keep activists on sidewalks.
Publisher: counter punch
18 Mar 2012
99 Percent Spring the Latest MoveOn Front for the Democratic Party » Counterpunch Tells the Facts, Names the Names
A new social movement has arrived on the scene and it even has a sexy brand: "The 99% Spring." Combining the "99 percent" meme, made famous by the Occupy Wall Street movement, with the "Arab Spring" meme, made famous through the ongoing struggle for democratic rights in the Arab world, the organizers of the movement say they will attempt to carry the momentum created in these social movements forward in the coming weeks and months ahead.
Publisher: Salon
7 Mar 2012
Under pressure, G-8 abandons Chicago – Occupy Wall Street
The perfect storm seemed to be brewing over Chicago. With both the G-8 and NATO summits scheduled for mid-May, Occupy groups, anarchists and allies from around the world have been making plans to descend on the city, while Mayor Rahm Emanuel and the Chicago Police Department have been preparing to welcome them with strong arms.
Publisher: Common Dreams
25 Feb 2012
Global Day of Action: Occupy Our Food Supply
Publisher: The Guardian
21 Feb 2012
Occupy movement targets corporate interest group with ties to legislators
Co-ordinated protests are planned in some 60 cities later this month against a right wing group which activists say has an unfair hand in writing state legislation that favours corporate interests. Working under the banner Shut Down the Corporations, activists plan to target corporate members of the American Legislative Exchange Council (Alec) with nationwide protests on 29 February.
Publisher: Western Journalism
19 Feb 2012
Occupy Wall Street Forms A PAC
The Occupy movement has decided to fight fire with fire. Last week, John Paul Thornton of Decatur, Ala. filed to create a PAC for the Occupy Movement. "PAC" is an acronym for a political action committee, or an organization that campaigns for or against candidates, legislation, and ballot initiatives.
Publisher: abc7chicago
19 Feb 2012
Parents occupy school to protest ‘turnaround’
Publisher: EcoWatch
16 Feb 2012
Find out How to Occupy Your Food Supply
Occupy Our Food Supply is bringing together the Occupy, sustainable farming, food justice, buy local, slow food, and environmental movements for a global day of action on Feb. 27, 2012. Inspired by the theme of CREATE/RESIST, thousands will come together to creatively confront corporate control of our food supply and take action to build healthy, accessible food systems for all.
Publisher: Socialist Worker
16 Feb 2012
Building a stronger Occupy movement
Though the starting point is the tactics employed by a current within Occupy Oakland during a January 28 day of protests that included an attempt to occupy a vacant building, the debate has resonated widely because Occupiers around the country face common questions: How can the movement build on its successes last fall during a slower period now? What kind of actions will take the struggle forward? What should the aim of our activities be?
Publisher: NYTimes
12 Feb 2012
Occupy Movement Regroups, Preparing for Its Next Phase
Far from dissipating, groups around the country say they are preparing for a new phase of larger marches and strikes this spring that they hope will rebuild momentum and cast an even brighter glare on inequality and corporate greed. But this transition is filled with potential pitfalls and uncertainties: without the visible camps or clear goals, can Occupy become a lasting force for change? Will disruptive protests do more to galvanize or alienate the public?
Publisher: The Guardian
8 Feb 2012
Occupy Wall Street protester vows to fight subpoena over Twitter account
A writer and Occupy Wall Street activist whose tweets have become the subject of a subpoena by a New York prosecutor is seeking to quash the order in court. A lawyer for Malcolm Harris, 23, who was arrested along with 700 protesters on the Brooklyn bridge last October, filed a motion on Monday against the subpoena, which demanded the release of all of his tweets over a three-month period.
Publisher: Salon
3 Feb 2012
Occupy Oakland protesters denied medication in jail
The Alameda County Sheriff s Department in California has earned itself a reputation for heavy-handed responses to Occupy Oakland. Since Tuesday, allegations of abusive treatment by officers have escalated as arrestees detained during Saturday s mass Occupy actions in Oakland were released after up to three-day stints in holding cells at the department s Santa Rita Jail.
Publisher: Reuters
30 Jan 2012
Police clash with Occupy Oakland protesters, 200
Publisher: Al Jazeera
29 Jan 2012
Occupy protesters clash with Oakland police
Police have fired tear gas and flash grenades while arresting more than 300 people as anti-Wall Street protesters tried but failed to take over downtown buildings, including the city hall, in Oakland, California. Protesters from Occupy Oakland - the local offshoot of Occupy Wall Street - first targeted the Henry Kaiser convention center on Saturday, before proceeding to a YMCA building and then to the city hall, police spokeswoman Johnna Watson said.
Publisher: newser
28 Jan 2012
DC to Occupy No More Camping – The National Park Service will enforce rules beginning Monday
One of the Occupy movement's longest-standing camps will soon no longer be a place to lay your head: Occupy DC protesters will be banned from camping in the two parks they have occupied since October as of noon on Monday. The National Park Service has alerted the demonstrators they must stop camping in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza, both blocks away from the White House, reports Reuters. There are as many as 100 protesters currently living in McPherson Square.
Publisher: Al Jazeera
24 Jan 2012
#OccupyNigeria shows the movement’s global face
Publisher: CBS News
18 Jan 2012
Occupy protesters rally at Capitol
Publisher: WSJ
18 Jan 2012
Protest Sapped of Cash
Occupy Wall Street - the movement built on protesting corporate greed and income inequality - is running out of money. After raising more than $700,000 last fall, protesters who keep track of money for Occupy Wall Street reported this week that the group has about $170,000 in its bank account. Very few donations are coming in, they said.
Publisher: The Atlantic Wire
12 Jan 2012
Occupy Wall Street Re-Occupies Zuccotti Park
Protesters surged into Zuccotti Park Tuesday night shortly after its owner, Brookfield Office Properties, quietly removed barriers that had been restricting access since police removed the encampment there in November. Some trappings of the previous encampment have already sprung up, but police enforcing the rules governing park behavior seem to have gotten even more strict in the absence of the physical barriers.
Publisher: Israeli Occupation Archive
10 Jan 2012
Tikva Honig-Parnass: The 2011 uprising in Israel
The protest movement of summer 2011 in Israel looked at first as if it constituted another link in the chain of militant uprisings which swept throughout the world in 2011. It seemed that the rage and indignation expressed by Israeli protesters were directed against the disastrous doings of capitalist neo-liberalism which, here as elsewhere, resulted in a vast enrichment of a very small elite - "The 1 percent" - concomitant with a drastic deterioration in living conditions and increased poverty among wide social strata.
Publisher: official wire
5 Jan 2012
After Iowa, Questions Grow About Occupy’s Impact
With several attention-grabbing protests before Iowa's caucuses, Occupy Wall Street activists proved their movement did not end when its encampments in big cities dispersed. But they also showed the group hasn't matured into a political force, and it's not clear whether it will become a liberal counterweight to the tea party this election year.
Publisher: huffington post
2 Jan 2012
Ellen Barkin Shoved By NYPD Amidst Protests And Arrests, Tweets Outrage
Barkin clarified on Twitter that she was not shoved to the ground, just jostled by police officers as she tried to help a protestor being arrested. She also wrote, "I have never been afraid of a NY policeman until last nite.What I saw was random & senseless arrests and unnecessarily threatening behavior."
Publisher: NYTimes
1 Jan 2012
For “Occupy the Caucus” Protesters, a Successful Day of Arrests
How many people had fun today? said David Goodner, a 30-year-old community organizer, to a bus full of Occupy the Caucus protesters on their way from Newt Gingrich's local campaign headquarters to President Obama's. The question was met with cheers, as the group considered the 18 arrests, including those of two local teenagers, that made today a sign of success.
Publisher: desmoines register
30 Dec 2011
Occupy the Caucuses group blocks Democratic Party headquarters Iowa Caucuses
Democrats were the target Thursday afternoon of Occupy the Caucuses demonstrators who attempted to highlight the role of corporate cash in politics by taping dollar bills over their mouths. Protesters blocked three entrances to Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines. Twelve people were arrested after they refused to leave. Earlier Thursday, five Occupy the Caucuses demonstrators were arrested at Ron Paul s offices in Ankeny.
Publisher: truth-out
28 Dec 2011
Occupy Rigged Elections: A Call for the Second American Revolution in 2012
A great battle is coming. The 2012 elections are our chance to turn the tide back toward real democracy, but we must begin immediately. Only by organizing for a democratic revolution now can we break the hold of corporate criminals over our elections and take real power in 2012, legitimately and nonviolently.
Publisher: Salon
27 Dec 2011
Occupations in winter
Local occupations around the country are linking up through frequent, massive conference calls, tightening what is now an extremely loose national network that operates under the Occupy banner into a more focused force. The effort, now known as InterOccupy, started out of Occupy Wall Street in New York in mid-October. It has since grown into an elaborate website with multiple weekly phone calls during which occupiers trade ideas, coordinate multistate actions, and plan for the future. Participants at about 150 occupations around the country (and a few internationally) have now participated in the calls, organizers tell me.
Publisher: NPR
27 Dec 2011
Police Say They Aimed For Restraint With Protesters
This fall American police were confronted with something they hadn't seen in 40 years: prolonged, simultaneous political protests across the country. In most cities, police showed restraint. But there have been exceptions - sometimes involving copious amounts of pepper spray. Those flashpoints have become a cause for concern.
Publisher: LA Times
25 Dec 2011
L.A. might sue Occupy L.A. protesters for financial damages
Los Angeles City Atty. Carmen Trutanich is considering a lawsuit against Occupy L.A. protesters to reimburse the city for damage caused during the occupation of the City Hall lawn. "The city is contemplating any and all of its options," said William Carter, Trutanich's chief deputy. The two-month encampment cost the city at least $2.35 million, not counting repairs to the lawn and fountain outside City Hall, according to a report issued Friday.
Publisher: The Washington Post
23 Dec 2011
Cities that broke up Occupy camps now face lawsuits over free speech, use of force
Publisher: GlobalPost
23 Dec 2011
Occupy Wall Street – Where did all the money go
In between facing off with riot police over tent cities and disrupting port traffic along the West Coast, Occupy protesters have managed to rake in some serious cash. But as protesters nationwide are evicted and cold weather sets in, recently released data from Occupy Wall Street in New York shows donations there have begun to dwindle. That could suggest public support is waning without the visible reminder of a public campsite to keep people engaged.
Publisher: occupy the game
23 Dec 2011
CIA won’t disclose involvement in OWS crackdowns
Publisher: huffington post
22 Dec 2011
Occupy Wall Street, Unions Learn How To Work Together, Slowly
During a recent demonstration in Washington, D.C., several hundred progressives gathered on K Street were protesting the same outrage but had heated arguments over how to protest. Their differences were emblematic of a key conflict facing Occupy Wall Street today. In its short three-month existence, the Occupy movement has received support and participation from prominent progressives, civil rights leaders, labor unions and other activists, perhaps more than the original protesters expected. But shared goals don't necessarily mean shared methods.
Publisher: Ranker
22 Dec 2011
List of Major Companies Supporting SOPA
SOPA, the Stop Online Piracy Act, is a bill going through Congress that would put America behind its own Chinese firewall. With this bill, government can order Internet service providers to block websites for infringing links posted by any users. Websites like Reddit, Tumblr, and even Youtube, are fair targets to be shutdown.
Publisher: In These Times
22 Dec 2011
Solidarity Inaction: Railroad Workers and the Occupy Movement
Last week , after Occupy protesters attempted (with some success) to blockade West Coast ports without the consent of the International Longshoremen and Warehouse Union (ILWU), some Occupy activists claimed that the lack of union support for the shutdown was evidence that labor leaders are sout of touch with the rank-and-file.
Publisher: LA Times
19 Dec 2011
Occupy protesters arrested; is this their last push until spring
More than 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters reportedly were arrested Saturday as they tried to make a vacant lot adjacent to New York's Duarte Square into their new Zuccotti Park. At least one report says this could be the movement's last hurrah before spring. Hundreds of Occupy protesters were on the march Saturday. They were stopped by police after using a wooden ladder to climb over a chain-link fence into a lot owned by Trinity Church, Reuters reports
Publisher: The Washington Post
18 Dec 2011
As Occupy D.C. movement grows, so does tension
Occupy Wall Street went down last month. Then came Philadelphia and Baltimore. As officials shut down Occupy encampments across the country, protesters streamed into the District, eager to join the movement in the nation s capital, which has so far enjoyed protection from supportive local and national police.
Publisher: Cheryl Waller
17 Dec 2011
75 days of the Occupy Movement
We analyzed retweet data from Twitter between September 15th, 2011 and November 29th, 2011. We looked for all retweets that mentioned occupy and related terms (even #occupyklout). The chart below shows the number of retweets per day over the 75-day period. The peaks in activity correspond, unsurprisingly, to important events in the timeline of the movement.
Publisher: Salon.com
16 Dec 2011
Donations to Occupy Wall Street plummet
Occupy Wall Street has taken in more than $665,000 in donations since it launched Sept. 17. Here s the bad news for Occupy: Donations have fallen off a cliff, from a high of around $20,000 per day to a current low of just $98 on Dec. 13. The good news: The movement still has hundreds of thousands of dollars in the bank, an impressive sum for an entity that has existed for a mere three months.
Publisher: talkingpointsmemo.com
15 Dec 2011
Poll Majority Of New Yorkers Disapprove Of Bloomberg On Occupy Wall Street
New Yorkers apparently aren t thrilled that Mayor Michael Bloomberg approved a middle-of-the-night raid on Occupy Wall Street s Zuccoti Park encampment, according to a new Quinnipiac University poll. New York City voters disapprove 51%-42% of the way Bloomberg handled the protesters. Respondents approve 50%-46% of the way the New York Police Department a handled the protests, according to the poll, and a little more than half " 52% "of respondents approve of the way the protests were conducted.
Publisher: The Nation
14 Dec 2011
Ten Things You Can Do to Sustain the Occupy Movement
Travis Holloway, a poet, political philosopher and activist at Occupy Wall Street, believes this movement has the potential to go beyond mere words and slogans (though, he writes in a recent piece, these help), and like the civil rights movement, to effect real change. Along with suggestions from a wide range of activists, here are "Ten Things" to keep the Occupy movement going and build a foundation for long-term change.
Publisher: Slate Magazine
14 Dec 2011
Occupy the Ports: How the Occupy movement has flipped the script on left-wing activism.
Occupiers would like to think that the us is the same from song to song. That s not really clear. The Occupy the Ports protests temporarily shut down some commerce from San Diego to Oakland to Seattle, shaming facilities owned by SSA Marine, which is owned by Goldman Sachs. "The 1 percent are depriving port truck drivers and other workers of decent pay," said Occupy Long Beach in a statement, "even while the port of LA/LB is the largest in the U.S. and a huge engine of profits for the 1 percent." Unionized workers got some unexpected days off. They didn t get paid for them.
Publisher: The Nation
14 Dec 2011
The Fracturing of Occupy Wall Street
It s clear that the primary issue afflicting Occupy right now is the lack of an occupation. In the month since the New York Police Department violently forced the occupiers out of Zuccotti, the people whose residence was Liberty Plaza Park have nowhere to go. Some of them had previously been homeless. Others left their homes to join the movement. But deprived of the food station, the medical tent, the things that once fulfilled their needs for basic survival, they have rapidly lost faith in Occupy Wall Street s much-vaunted democratic process to provide the supportive community that once existed here.
Publisher: bloomberg.com
14 Dec 2011
Goldman Says Class Dismissed as ‘Occupy Harvard’ Mars Recruiting Sessions
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are getting a chilly reception at top colleges, including Harvard University and Princeton University, as campus offshoots of Occupy Wall Street target investment-bank recruiting events. Goldman Sachs canceled visits to Harvard and Brown University last week following a November incident where Occupy Harvard protesters attempted to enter a recruitment session. Students at Yale University, Princeton and Cornell University have also rallied at campus events by investment firms.
Publisher: Daily Kos
13 Dec 2011
Occupy Oakland attempting port shutdown despite union opposition
We've heard a lot about the fears of Occupy Wall Street protesters that their movement will be co-opted by unions or other groups. Now, with Occupy Oakland once again planning to picket and shut down Oakland's port and calling for coordinated actions at other ports on the west coast, the president of the International Longshore and Warehouse Union is turning that concern back on them:
Publisher: Salon.com
11 Dec 2011
Raid ends longest-standing occupation camp
The longest-standing occupation camp in the country folded early this morning when Boston cops pounced in the wee hours, arresting at least three dozen protesters on trespassing charges. Half of the 300-strong group of on-site and off-site occupiers had struck camp voluntarily 24 hours before when a Boston Superior Court judge lifted a restraining order on the police from closing down the 10-week-old campsite that formed days after protesters in New York had occupied Zuccotti Park off Wall Street.
Publisher: Salon.com
10 Dec 2011
Can a big coordinated effort save Occupy?
Despite union opposition, West Coast protesters from Seattle to San Diego plan to close ports on Monday. -- On Dec. 12, Occupy movements from Seattle to San Diego say they will shut down their local ports, temporarily stopping the flow of capital on the West Coast. Organizers say they aim to disrupt the business of the "1 percent " - in this case, the corporations that own shipping terminals and do business at the ports.
Publisher: southfloridalawblog.com
10 Dec 2011
#Occupy Your Homes, No Longer a Silent Protest for #OccupyWallStreet
Protesters in 20 cities across the nation moved from the nation s parks to to properties under threat of foreclosure, joining hands to prevent good people from being put out on the streets. The stories coming out of these protests are frighteningly similar, residents making every effort to work with the banks, either being denied a chance for a loan modification or given the runaround to the point of utter confusion.
Publisher: NYTimes.com
9 Dec 2011
Bloomberg and Nadler Clash on Police Conduct at Zuccotti Park
Publisher: Daily Kos
7 Dec 2011
LEAKED: Bank of America Panicking over Occupy Our Homes
Publisher: Mother Jones
7 Dec 2011
Occupy action targets foreclosures
Publisher: AlterNet
4 Dec 2011
From Occupation to “Occupy” – The Israelification of American Domestic Security
In October, the Alameda County Sheriff s Department turned parts of the campus of the University of California in Berkeley into an urban battlefield. The occasion was Urban Shield 2011, an annual SWAT team exposition organized to promote "mutual response," collaboration and competition between heavily militarized police strike forces representing law enforcement departments across the United States and foreign nations.
Publisher: politicususa.com
3 Dec 2011
Scott Olsen Talks About The Militarization of the Police Against OWS
Keith Olbermann asked Scott Olsen if the degree of the militarization of the police at Occupy protests shocked him. Olsen answered, "I don t know. On one hand, it shocks me a lot. On the other hand, it doesn t because our nation s peace officers have been militarized over the past ten years to combat terrorism, but they re combating anybody with an opinion."
Publisher: Rollingstone
3 Dec 2011
Jackson Brown introduces new protest song during occupy wall street set
Jackson Browne became the latest famous musician to show his support for the Occupy Wall Street movement when he played an acoustic set on Tuesday afternoon at the initiative's epicenter in New York City's Zuccotti Park. Among the tunes the veteran singer/songwriter and political activist sang was a new protest song that Browne informed the crowd "was just finished [Monday] night."
Publisher: motherjones.com
2 Dec 2011
They’re Holding Us Hostage!
Outside a Manhattan fundraiser attended by President Barack Obama last night, the New York City Police Department deployed a new and legally questionable tactic against Occupy Wall Street demonstrators and the press. Starting at around 9:00 p.m., police barricaded a group of about 50 protesters into a small area on 7th Avenue and 53rd Street. These kinds of designated "free speech zones" have become routine at protests of high-level political events. But here's the twist: Protesters in the NYPD's free speech zone were trapped there. Not only could nobody enter after a certain point, but for about an hour and a half, nobody could leave.
Publisher: huffingtonpost.com
2 Dec 2011
Occupy Wall Street Protests Heighten Tension Between Police And Media Nationwide
As police crack down on the Occupy Wall Street movement, journalists covering the story continue facing arrest, harassment, and restrictions on movement during midnight raids. Such heavy-handed tactics over the past couple months have increased tensions between the police and the press across the country, from New York City's "free speech zones" to Los Angeles' "First Amendment area."
Publisher: thephoenix.com
1 Dec 2011
With support among police quietly growing, can Occupy cross over the thin blue line
As Occupy camps from coast to coast face evictions - and in many cases have already been pushed out of parks and plazas like so much human trash - it's clear that the institutional response to the movement is escalating dangerously. Likewise, relations between police and activists seem to be deteriorating, as non-violent protesters continue to be arrested almost daily.
Publisher: peoplesworld
1 Dec 2011
Occupy victory in Illinois
Hooray for the Occupy movement and the general uprising against corporate greed! It's having an impact. Yesterday, enough Illinois lawmakers got the message loud and clear. They defeated a massive tax break for giant Chicago-based financial corporations: the Chicago Mercantile Exchange and its partner the Chicago Board of Trade, plus Sears Holding Corp.
Publisher: Truth-out.org
1 Dec 2011
Pepper-Spray Creator Decries Use of Chemical Agent on Peaceful Occupy Wall Street Protesters
We speak with Kamran Loghman, the expert who developed weapons-grade pepper-spray, who says he was shocked at how police have used the chemical agent on non-violent Occupy Wall Street protesters nationwide - including students at University of California, Davis, female protesters in New York City, and an 84-year old activist in Seattle.
Publisher: latimes.com
1 Dec 2011
LAPD too violent, some Occupy L.A. protesters allege
Los Angeles police are being praised for their planning, outreach and judicious use of force in ousting the Occupy L.A. encampment Wednesday morning, but a few protesters are reporting more physical confrontations with some of the 1,400 officers. In a KCAL 9 video, now posted on YouTube, Tyson Heder, 25, was taking pictures of the eviction, when a police officer shoved him away. The video showed Heder then standing up, yelling at the officer, then being forced to the ground by several policemen.
Publisher: nytimes.com
27 Nov 2011
For Occupying Protesters, Deadlines and Decisions
"Cooperative" is the word usually used here to describe the relationship between the campers of Occupy Philadelphia and the city, a birthplace of the constitutional right to free speech and assembly. The arguments and arrests that have occurred at protests in New York and other cities have been largely absent. Mayor Michael A. Nutter even visited the encampment on its first night and pledged to work with the movement when possible. But the limits of that cooperation are about to be tested. Following the example of other cities that have taken steps to evict the Occupy camps, Mr. Nutter, citing health and safety concerns and an imminent construction project, said the protesters must pack up and leave the steps of City Hall by Sunday evening.
Publisher: latimes.com
27 Nov 2011
Occupy L.A: Mayor, LAPD won’t discuss tactics for removal
L.A. officials have not revealed details -- or tactics -- of their plan to push out the Occupy campers on the City Hall lawn beginning Monday morning. At a press conference Friday, neither Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa nor Police Chief Charlie Beck would say whether police were prepared to use tear gas or rubber bullets to clear protesters who refuse to leave, tactics officers in other cities have turned to while clearing Occupy encampments.
Publisher: Seattle Times Newspaper
25 Nov 2011
Occupy protest sparks UW debate
Publisher: Reuters
23 Nov 2011
UC Davis chancellor sorry for pepper spray incident
The University of California chancellor has apologised to students for police use of pepper spray against campus protesters in a standoff captured by video and widely replayed on television and the internet. The pepper-spraying last week led to the suspensions of the campus police chief and two officers, and thrust the normally quiet, conservative and mostly apolitical UC Davis campus to the forefront of anti-Wall Street Occupy protests nationwide
Publisher: International Business Times
23 Nov 2011
Occupy Wall Street Heckles Obama, Descends on GOP
Speaking on the financial crisis at a New Hampshire high school, Obama had planned to go after Republicans for their inaction on the economy's breakdown, and to outline his jobs bill. A man in the crowd however, interrupted the President's speech by employing the "People's Microphone," a method of human echoing that has become widespread in Occupy protests across the country. ""You must stop the assault on our First Amendment rights," the Occupy group chanted. "Your silence sends a message that police brutality is acceptable."
Publisher: NYTimes.com
22 Nov 2011
Police Chief at U.C.-Davis Put on Leave in Pepper Spray Incident
Publisher: NYTimes.com
22 Nov 2011
Occupy Wall Street Puts the Coverage in the Spotlight
Publisher: Crooks and Liars
21 Nov 2011