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21 Dec 2011

Occupy Movement Widespread In California

A UC Riverside researcher says the Occupy Wall Street movement has expanded to nearly 30 percent of the state's municipalities in the past few months, based on a survey of Facebook pages. Sociology professor Christopher Chase-Dunn said he and graduate student Michaela Curran-Strange reviewed Occupy pages on Facebook between Dec. 1 and 8 and found that out of the state's 482 municipalities, 143 had such pages affiliated with them, including Occupy organizations in Riverside, San Bernardino, Redlands and other Inland cities.
A UC Riverside researcher says the Occupy Wall Street movement has expanded to nearly 30 percent of the state's...
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19 Dec 2011

Protesters Arrested While Seeking New Camp

More than 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested Saturday while trying to take over a new public space in TriBeCa for their movement. Elsewhere, about 200 marchers made their way up Seventh Avenue under a heavy police presence. The arrests came during an all-day protest in city-owned Duarte Square to mark the three months since the movement started. The protesters want to set up camp in an adjacent fenced-in lot owned by Trinity Church.
More than 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested Saturday while trying to take over a new public space in...
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16 Nov 2011

Homeland Security role in ‘Occupy’ crackdowns limited, says agency

Since I published my initial story about how several federal law enforcement agencies had been providing logistical advice to local authorities on how to handle the 'Occupy' protests, I have been attempting to get an official response from the Dept. Of Homeland Security (DHS).
Since I published my initial story about how several federal law enforcement agencies had been providing logistical...
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3 Nov 2011

Oakland Port Closes as Protesters March on Waterfront

Thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters expanded their anti-Wall Street demonstrations on Wednesday, marching through downtown, picketing banks and swarming the port. By early evening, port authorities said maritime operations there were effectively shut down.
Thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters expanded their anti-Wall Street demonstrations on Wednesday, marching through...
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2 Nov 2011

How the protesters should respond to escalating violence

As they sort out what to do next, the Occupiers might take a page from the history of American labor, the only social movement that has ever made a real dent in the nation s extremes of wealth and poverty. For more than half a century, between the 1870s and the 1930s, labor organizers and strikers regularly faced levels of violence all but unimaginable to modern-day activists. They nonetheless managed to create a movement that changed the nation s economic institutions and reshaped ideas about wealth, inequality, and Wall Street power.
As they sort out what to do next, the Occupiers might take a page from the history of American labor, the only social...
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2 Nov 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Arrest Records

Many Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in New York City reside in more luxurious homes than some of their rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found. For each of the 984 Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in New York City between September 18 and October 15, police collected and filed an information sheet recording the arrestee s name, age, sex, criminal charge, home address and - in most cases - race. The Daily Caller has obtained all of this information from a source in the New York City government.
Many Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested in New York City reside in more luxurious homes than some of their rhetoric...
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2 Nov 2011

Now Veterans Are Marching On Wall Street — They’re Mad About Scott Olsen, Benefit Cuts And 20% Unemployment

Veterans are coming together to beef up their presence and stature at Occupy Wall Street following last week's injury of one of their own. Scott Olsen's head wound, suffered in Oakland last week, has caused vets ranks to swell in the Occupy protests. In response, organizers have planned a march from Vietnam Veteran's plaza to Zuccotti park in New York today. At the park, veterans will voice their concerns over declining benefits, lingering postwar trauma, and unemployment rates of over 20 percent for 18 to 24-year-old vets.
Veterans are coming together to beef up their presence and stature at Occupy Wall Street following last week's injury of...
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2 Nov 2011

Military vets march with Occupy Wall Street

About 100 military veterans are joining the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan. The march began Wednesday at the Vietnam Veterans Plaza near Wall Street. The protesters, who were in uniform, ended at the Zuccotti Park encampment.
About 100 military veterans are joining the Occupy Wall Street protest in Manhattan. The march began Wednesday at the...
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1 Nov 2011

Occupy Wall Street – A Growing Force

Positive sentiment toward the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow based on a new poll and ongoing social media analysis by global market research firm, ORC International.
Positive sentiment toward the Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow based on a new poll and ongoing social media...
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1 Nov 2011

Oakland Activists Regroup and Call for General Strike

A week after police in riot gear rousted and then tear-gassed Occupy Oakland protesters, supporters of the movement have rebuilt their encampment in front of City Hall and are calling for a general strike on Wednesday that will include an attempt to shut down the nation s fifth-busiest shipping port.
A week after police in riot gear rousted and then tear-gassed Occupy Oakland protesters, supporters of the movement have...
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1 Nov 2011

Iowa protesters call for national help to ‘occupy’ presidential campaign HQs

Iowa activists are inviting caravans of protesters from across the country to help them "occupy" all the presidential campaign headquarters in Iowa -and to shut the offices down if they feel their message about corporate greed is not being heard.
Iowa activists are inviting caravans of protesters from across the country to help them "occupy" all the presidential...
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1 Nov 2011

Occupy Phoenix: The People protecting the People

Veterans took an oath to defend the constitution so we re going to ask a few questions. Are the men in this video doing what s right and what was taught to us as US citizens, in order to defend our country? America, what does she really stand for? The better question might be, why are we not seeing men like this broadcast on the major main stream news media in America? Why are we seeing so little attention being paid on major news channels on the Occupy movements the world over? Why do we need to receive the real news from our neighbors via YouTube and Twitter?
Veterans took an oath to defend the constitution so we re going to ask a few questions. Are the men in this video doing...
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30 Oct 2011

Denver police move into Occupy encampment

have moved into an encampment of Occupy Wall Street supporters and are arresting demonstrators who have ignored orders to leave. The police action this evening comes just hours after a standoff between protesters and authorities near the steps of the Colorado Capitol erupted into a clash that resulted in a surge of demonstrators being met with police force that included reports of pepper spray and rubber bullets.
have moved into an encampment of Occupy Wall Street supporters and are arresting demonstrators who have ignored orders...
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29 Oct 2011

Occupying the mind – Five of the best on YouTube

Today's five best features some of the remarkble videos that are coming out of the continued #Occupy protests, staring with Michael Moore showcasing the idiocy of the media, then violence in Oakland, Pete Seeger among the crowds, and finally a piece by Dr. Joseph Stiglitz on the madness of what happened to Iceland, which some would argue was part of what led to this Occupy movement.
Today's five best features some of the remarkble videos that are coming out of the continued #Occupy protests, staring...
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29 Oct 2011

Fights erupt among Occupy Wall Street protesters

Fights are erupting among Occupy Wall Street protesters, so much so that one corner of Zuccotti Park has emerged where protesters say they won't go for fear of their safety, the New York Daily News is reporting.
Fights are erupting among Occupy Wall Street protesters, so much so that one corner of Zuccotti Park has emerged where...
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29 Oct 2011

Occupy Wall Street Has Raised $450,000, Spent Just Over $50,000

The first financial report of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City shows protesters have raised more than $454,000 and have spent slightly more than $50,000 in the movement's first five weeks, a person close to the movement said Friday.
The first financial report of the Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York City shows protesters have raised more...
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28 Oct 2011

5 real-life lessons in meditation from Occupy Wall Street

Consciously or not, the Occupy movement has done something truly radical: from the beginning, they have followed the principles of meditation. All of the components of the meditative attitude are reflected in Occupy Wall Street, and they have given us five real-life lessons in how to truly live our practice in the gritty, real world:
Consciously or not, the Occupy movement has done something truly radical: from the beginning, they have followed the...
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28 Oct 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters stripped of their power, literally, by fire department and NYPD

The city has stripped Occupy Wall Street protesters of their power. Dozens of firefighters and police officers entered Zuccotti Park Friday morning to confiscate generators and gas canisters. Fire trucks and police vans pulled up on the corner of Broadway and Liberty St. at about 8:30 a.m. and asked the encamped demonstrators to bring the items to them, saying they were a health and fire hazard.
The city has stripped Occupy Wall Street protesters of their power. Dozens of firefighters and police officers entered...
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28 Oct 2011

Will Occupy protesters come in from the cold

The idea that comfort and excess equals greed and corruption is embedded in the message of Occupy Wall Street, but images of shivering martyrs are counter to the underlying meaning behind economic justice, which is that every person has a right to live a fulfilling and pleasurable life.
The idea that comfort and excess equals greed and corruption is embedded in the message of Occupy Wall Street, but...
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28 Oct 2011

Occupy Wall Street in chaos: Money disputes, freeloaders imperil protest

Organizing a global anti-capitalist revolution is not as easy as one might think - at least that is what Occupy Wall Street leaders are discovering. From money squabbles and freeloading ex-cons to the complaints of New Yorker residents and the specter of public health code violations, protesters are being given a crash course in Government 101, whether they like it or not.
Organizing a global anti-capitalist revolution is not as easy as one might think - at least that is what Occupy Wall...
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28 Oct 2011

As Occupy Atlanta Is Evicted, The City Has Nation’s Widest Income Gap Between The Rich And Poor

Earlier this week, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed abruptly uprooted the protesters at Occupy Atlanta, arresting more than 50 demonstrators. State Sen. Vincent Fort (D), who was arrested with demonstrators, blasted Reed for the move, saying, "This is the most peaceful place in Georgia. At the urging of the business community, he s moving people out. Shame on him."
Earlier this week, Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed abruptly uprooted the protesters at Occupy Atlanta, arresting more than 50...
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27 Oct 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Keep your eyes on the prize

The Occupy Movement that is spreading like a prairie fire worldwide is attracting critics who want it to take on every issue on every agenda: healthcare, campaign financial reform, environmental concerns and the like. All are important and all are, on some level, interconnected - but when you try to do everything, you can easily end up doing nothing. Instead of sending out a clear message, you diffuse it, losing clarity and confusing the public.
The Occupy Movement that is spreading like a prairie fire worldwide is attracting critics who want it to take on every...
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26 Oct 2011

Defiant Occupy Oakland protesters vow to return to plaza

Occupy Oakland protesters, dislodged from their encampment outside City Hall after a march Tuesday night, are organizing to return Wednesday. The Twitter handle, @OccupyOakland, called on protesters to return to downtown at 6 p.m., "for round three. and four. and five. and six. We will not be moved.
Occupy Oakland protesters, dislodged from their encampment outside City Hall after a march Tuesday night, are organizing...
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26 Oct 2011

When Will the Oakland Police Learn

The ACLU of Northern California and the National Lawyers' Guild demanded a full investigation of yesterday's events. The groups also asked OPD to immediately produce records about the use of force in responding to the early morning raid of the Occupy Oakland encampment and the evening demonstration. The public has a right to transparency and accountability, and yesterday's events are no exception. The ACLU-NC is also urging people to email the Oakland Police Department calling for transparency and an end to excessive use of force.
The ACLU of Northern California and the National Lawyers' Guild demanded a full investigation of yesterday's events. The...
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26 Oct 2011

Oakland Police Use Rubber Bullets, Flash Grenades, And Smoke Bombs To Evict Occupy Oakland

Tody hundreds of Oakland police officers raided the camp. Dressed in riot gear, the police used rubber bullets, flash grenades, and gas canisters to forcibly evict and/or arrest the demonstrators who remained in the plaza
Tody hundreds of Oakland police officers raided the camp. Dressed in riot gear, the police used rubber bullets, flash...
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24 Oct 2011

Occupy Wal Street sympathizer creates :I’M getting arrested” app to help protesters avoid police

An Occupy Wall Street sympathizer created a free smartphone application to help demonstrators avoid getting arrested. The app, appropriately dubbed, "I'm Getting Arrested," lets protesters send out text messages to friends, family, and fellow protesters to alert them when law enforcement draws near.
An Occupy Wall Street sympathizer created a free smartphone application to help demonstrators avoid getting arrested....
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24 Oct 2011

About 130 arrested at Occupy Chicago protest

About 130 protesters were arrested at an Occupy Chicago demonstration early Sunday after they erected tents and refused to leave a park next to Lake Michigan after its closing time, police said.
About 130 protesters were arrested at an Occupy Chicago demonstration early Sunday after they erected tents and refused...
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23 Oct 2011

‘Occupy’ camps provide food, shelter for homeless

When "Occupy Wall Street" protesters took over two parks in Portland's soggy downtown, they pitched 300 tents and offered free food, medical care and shelter to anyone. They weren't just building, like so many of their brethren across the nation, a community to protest what they see as corporate greed.
When "Occupy Wall Street" protesters took over two parks in Portland's soggy downtown, they pitched 300 tents and...
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23 Oct 2011

For tea party and Occupy Wall Street movements, some common ground

Wayne Schissler walked the four blocks from his workplace to the small Occupy Allentown protest to show the young demonstrators that a tea party member is not a monster. What he learned after a few hours of talk surprised him. "They didn't stink, and they weren t on drugs," he said. "I could see me being them, 30 years ago."
Wayne Schissler walked the four blocks from his workplace to the small Occupy Allentown protest to show the young...
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21 Oct 2011

Innovative “Direct Action” Key to Occupy Wall Street

One of the more vexing issues for people looking at Occupy Wall Street (OWS) from the outside has been the movement's reluctance to adhere to the norms of established politics - in particular, the refusal to elect spokespeople who communicate a set list of demands. If we ask why this is the case, the answer brings us to the idea of "direct action," a concept which should be examined a much greater length than it has been by the media thus far.
One of the more vexing issues for people looking at Occupy Wall Street (OWS) from the outside has been the movement's...
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21 Oct 2011

Tent Libraries Occupy Boston and Beyond

This city, home to the nation s first major public library, has a new and somewhat grittier reading nook. Housed in a green military tent, the library at the Occupy Boston encampment in Dewey Square is overflowing with scholarly tomes that have no due dates or late fees.
This city, home to the nation s first major public library, has a new and somewhat grittier reading nook. Housed in a...
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21 Oct 2011

The autocratic response to OWS

Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that in this 10th month of the first year of His Majesty King John Hickenlooper s reign, the sovereign governor of the Kingdom of Colorado handed down an edict closing the grounds of the Capitol palace to the public and ordering his praetorian guard to arrest the peaceful Occupy Denver protesters assembled at the castle gates.
Hear ye, hear ye! Let it be known that in this 10th month of the first year of His Majesty King John Hickenlooper s...
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21 Oct 2011

Cornel West arrested as OWS spreads to Harlem

Occupy Wall Street headed to Harlem Friday afternoon in a solidarity march that ended with the arrests of a few dozen protesters including Princeton professor Cornel West - just days after his arrest in Washington, D.C., at another demonstration.
Occupy Wall Street headed to Harlem Friday afternoon in a solidarity march that ended with the arrests of a few dozen...
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19 Oct 2011

The Strategic Brilliance of Facelessness

The Occupy Wall Street Movement has sometimes been criticized for having no demands and no distinct leader. However, this is one of its strengths. Leaders can be discredited on an individual basis, though in the days before all of our new social and mobile technology, it may have been necessary to operate close to the center with leaders and manifestos. Social media does that work now.
The Occupy Wall Street Movement has sometimes been criticized for having no demands and no distinct leader. However,...
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17 Oct 2011

Chris Hedges: “This one could take them all down.”

Chris Hedges: "What happens is in all of these movements ... the foot soldiers of the elite -- the blue uniformed police, the mechanisms of control -- finally don't want to impede the movement and at that point the power elite is left defenseless
Chris Hedges: "What happens is in all of these movements ... the foot soldiers of the elite -- the blue uniformed...
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17 Oct 2011

Sergeant Shamar Thomas Yells At NYPD Officers After Times Square Protest (VIDEO)

After the violent clashes between police and protesters at Saturday's massive Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Times Square, a marine who served in Iraq delivered this impromptu speech in front of some NYPD officers, denouncing their crowd-control methods and police brutality. "This is not a war zone!" he yells at NYPD officers. "These are unarmed people."
After the violent clashes between police and protesters at Saturday's massive Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Times...
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17 Oct 2011

Occupy Wall Street assault: lawyer demands action on policeman’s punch

A lawyer acting on behalf of an Occupy Wall Street protester who was allegedly assaulted by a New York police officer on Friday has called for an investigation into the behaviour of the deputy inspector involved after video evidence appeared to show the same officer engaging in the rough handling of a woman protester in an earlier incident.
A lawyer acting on behalf of an Occupy Wall Street protester who was allegedly assaulted by a New York police officer on...
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17 Oct 2011

Occupy Wall Street Shows Muscle, Raises $300K

The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday with a big Times Square demonstration and found legions of activists demonstrating in solidarity across the country and around the world.
The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower...
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16 Oct 2011

Arrests at New York and Rome ‘Occupy’ rallies

Dozens of people have been arrested in New York as thousands of anti-corporate protesters marched to the city's famous Times Square at the culmination of a day of global demonstrations inspired by the 'Occupy Wall Street" movement.
Dozens of people have been arrested in New York as thousands of anti-corporate protesters marched to the city's famous...
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16 Oct 2011

Bob Marley Get Up Stand Up

Bob Maley is an inspiration for the 99 percent. This song should be the fighting song for the #99percent
Bob Maley is an inspiration for the 99 percent. This song should be the fighting song for the #99percent
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15 Oct 2011

Mayor Bloomberg had good reasons to back-off from Occupy Wall Street’s Zuccotti Park cleanup plan

Mayor Bloomberg never wanted this fight - and never wanted to pick a side. Politically and financially he couldn't afford a messy public showdown with hundreds of arrests. And, personally, he was somewhere in the middle. The billionaire business mogul is one of Wall Street's staunchest defenders and his advisers say he was becoming increasingly worried the protesters' message could seriously harm one of the city's most important industries.
Mayor Bloomberg never wanted this fight - and never wanted to pick a side. Politically and financially he couldn't...
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15 Oct 2011

Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD

The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for a month. And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters' moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert who gained access to one of the group's internal mailing lists, and then handed over information on the group's plans to authorities and corporations targeted by protesters.
The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for a month. And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking...
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14 Oct 2011

Video of Protester’s Leg Beneath Scooter Spurs Conflicting Accounts

Amid the chaos in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning after the cleanup of Zuccotti Park was postponed and the Occupy Wall Street protesters marched through the streets, a volunteer legal observer for the National Lawyers Guild was apparently injured by a police motor scooter.
Amid the chaos in Lower Manhattan on Friday morning after the cleanup of Zuccotti Park was postponed and the Occupy Wall...
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14 Oct 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Remain in Zuccotti Park as Cleanup Is Canceled

New York officials on Friday morning abruptly pulled back from a confrontation with Occupy Wall Street protesters, canceling a planned clearing of the park where the protesters have been camping and raising the prospect of their prolonged presence in Lower Manhattan.
New York officials on Friday morning abruptly pulled back from a confrontation with Occupy Wall Street protesters,...
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14 Oct 2011

Stand-Up Mr. U.S. Businessman

Protest song - nice beat and great message -- Stand-Up Mr. U.S. Businessman Not happy about Wall Street, the bankers, big business, and the Senators & politicians that run our country. Not happy about greed, inhumanity, corruption, million dollar bonuses at the expense of tax payer bail-out money, favors, kickbacks, back-door deals, scamming, mis-truths, and flat out lies
Protest song - nice beat and great message -- Stand-Up Mr. U.S. Businessman Not happy about Wall Street, the bankers,...
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13 Oct 2011

How To Hold Your Ground?

Starting at midnight through tomorrow morning, we will hold our ground against police aggression and assert the right of the people to peaceful assembly. The following are links to resources on using nonviolent tactics to defend Liberty Plaza.
Starting at midnight through tomorrow morning, we will hold our ground against police aggression and assert the right of...
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13 Oct 2011

Stop NYC from Evicting Occupy Wall Street

Signs are strong that Mayor Bloomberg is finally trying to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park under the ruse of a thorough park cleaning. As Matt Browner Hamlin reports on the AmericaBlog, Bloomberg and Brookfield, which owns the formerly public park, are asking protesters to vacate Zuccotti Plaza in stages tomorrow, Friday, so the park can be cleaned. The problem is that after the cleaning, strong new restrictions about what would and would not be allowed back into the plaza after the cleaning would prevail with sleeping bags, tents and even lying down within Zuccotti Park banned.
Signs are strong that Mayor Bloomberg is finally trying to evict the Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti Park...
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13 Oct 2011

Reporters arrested, roughed up while covering Occupy Wall Street protests

The often violent response to the Occupy Wall Street campaign that is growing in the United States and elsewhere is affecting the freedom to inform. Reporters Without Borders condemns the arrests of reporters in recent weeks, especially in New York where the police assume the right to decide who are journalists.
The often violent response to the Occupy Wall Street campaign that is growing in the United States and elsewhere is...
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4 Oct 2011

Occupy Seattle Protesters Face Off Against Target in Westlake Park

One of the demonstrators, Christina Purington, 27, of Seattle, said she's unemployed, has struggled to find medical treatment for severe nerve damage in her back, and doesn't plan on leaving until she's forced out of the park. "I went from a productive, tax-paying citizen, an office worker, to just living off credit cards," said Purington, who lost her dot com job when a larger company bought hers out and shut it down. "Big business totally fucked my life over."
One of the demonstrators, Christina Purington, 27, of Seattle, said she's unemployed, has struggled to find medical...
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4 Oct 2011

Three Babies, Four Dogs, Two Breasts, and No Radiohead

The class war began at the corner of Broadway and Cedar St., as Wall Street's bankers waited for a bus and Wall Street's occupiers, for a revolution. What had begun two weeks ago as an unfocused rabble of ragtag discontents had become a still-unfocused rabble of ragtag discontents"but way bigger. The culprit: Radiohead. Rumors of a surprise solidarity concert had brought the huddled masses streaming in from Williamsburg, Greenpoint, and Bushwick. The crowd in Zuccotti Park, occupation-central, bulged outwards, spilling into the bus stop, tivas scuffing shined loafers and graphic tees dueling paisley ties.
The class war began at the corner of Broadway and Cedar St., as Wall Street's bankers waited for a bus and Wall Street's...
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3 Oct 2011

Anti-Wall Street Protests Spread to Other Cities

Three weeks into a protest against corporate abuses and Wall Street power that has led to hundreds of arrests in New York, similar demonstrations are popping up in other cities across the country with the aid of social media and with the same loosely organized structure as the original demonstration.
Three weeks into a protest against corporate abuses and Wall Street power that has led to hundreds of arrests in New...
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3 Oct 2011

Occupy Everything

700+ protestors are arrested after thousands march from Liberty Plaza to the Brooklyn Bridge.
700+ protestors are arrested after thousands march from Liberty Plaza to the Brooklyn Bridge.
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3 Oct 2011

Joseph Stiglitz and Jeff Madrick

It was rather amazing how this just emerged in the middle of Zuccotti park AKA LIBERTY SQUARE. The "people's mic" check occurred, and suddenly we were listening to two important economists of our time speak to the protestors.
It was rather amazing how this just emerged in the middle of Zuccotti park AKA LIBERTY SQUARE. The "people's mic" check...
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28 Sep 2011

Who Is Donating to Keep it Afloat

The Occupy Wall Street movement has not only inspired people to take to the streets, but to open their own wallets to support the cause - many using mobile payment site WePay. On Oct. 10, WePay had recorded more than $81,000 sent to groups associated with Occupy Wall Street. Just 17 days later, that number grew by 301% to more than $325,000, according to WePay, whose trove of data reveals who these donors are and where all that money is going.
The Occupy Wall Street movement has not only inspired people to take to the streets, but to open their own wallets to...
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27 Sep 2009

How to Escape from Zip Ties

Here are video instructions on how to break zip ties: To defeat zip ties, you can either completely break the zip ties, shim them, use a friction saw or with a little forward thinking just be able to slip right out of them.
Here are video instructions on how to break zip ties: To defeat zip ties, you can either completely break the zip ties,...
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19 Feb 2012

Parents occupy school to protest ‘turnaround’

As many as 100 parents, students and activists are camping out at an elementary school on the city's West Side in an attempt to get the mayor's attention and prevent the school from being overhauled.
As many as 100 parents, students and activists are camping out at an elementary school on the city's West Side in an...
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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.
Police have fired tear gas and flash grenades while arresting more than 300 people as anti-Wall Street protesters tried...
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Publisher: Al Jazeera

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24 Jan 2012

#OccupyNigeria shows the movement’s global face

Even as the Occupy movement recedes in size, if not in activism, in the global North, it has, to its own surprise, opened up a new front in Africa's most populous country, Nigeria - where tens of thousands have occupied and paralysed the economy in a protest against the lifting of oil subsidies.
Even as the Occupy movement recedes in size, if not in activism, in the global North, it has, to its own surprise,...
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occupy global, oil subsidies
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Publisher: AlterNet

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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.
In October, the Alameda County Sheriff s Department turned parts of the campus of the University of California in...
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crackdown, police brutality
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Publisher: Associated Press - Video

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2 Nov 2011

Workers, Teachers Join Occupy Rally in Oakland

Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters and labor unions marched in the streets of Oakland, California Wednesday. The "general strike" was a peaceful event for a city that became a rallying point last week after an Iraq War veteran was injured.
Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters and labor unions marched in the streets of Oakland, California Wednesday. The...
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general strike, occupy oakland
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Publisher: BBC News

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15 Nov 2011

Occupy Oakland: Pre-dawn raid clears Frank Ogawa Plaza

Police have shut down a camp set up by Occupy protesters in the California city of Oakland, dismantling tents and arresting 33 people. Hundreds of protesters later marched back to Frank Ogawa Plaza and several said they would set up tents again. A similar raid ended with police in riot gear arresting 50 people in Portland, Oregon on Sunday evening.
Police have shut down a camp set up by Occupy protesters in the California city of Oakland, dismantling tents and...
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arrests, crackdown, occupy oakland
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Publisher: BBC News

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2 Nov 2011

California protesters shut down Oakland port

Thousands of anti-corporate greed demonstrators have closed one of America's busiest ports. The authorities at the Port of Oakland in California said maritime operations had effectively halted. The shutdown capped a day in which hundreds of city workers, including teachers, joined the call for a strike. The crowds also stopped traffic at a junction where a military veteran was seriously injured last week as protesters clashed with police.
Thousands of anti-corporate greed demonstrators have closed one of America's busiest ports. The authorities at the Port...
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general strike, occupy oakland
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Publisher: bloomberg.com

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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.
Goldman Sachs Group Inc. (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS) are getting a chilly reception at top colleges, including Harvard...
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banks, occupy colleges, occupy effects
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Publisher: bloomberg.com

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16 Nov 2011

OWS Protesters Lose Bid to Return to NYC Park

Occupy Wall Street protesters lost a bid to overturn their eviction and the removal of tents and structures from a lower Manhattan park where they had been demonstrating 24 hours a day for eight weeks. New York City police pushed into the park early this morning, forcibly removing demonstrators who had been camping there to protest inequality of wealth, unemployment and the financial industry.
Occupy Wall Street protesters lost a bid to overturn their eviction and the removal of tents and structures from a lower...
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crackdown, first amendment, legal battle, zuccotti park
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Publisher: businessinsider.com

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8 Nov 2011

Guess How Much Money Angry Customers Moved Out Of Banks In Support Of Bank Transfer Day

In October alone Credit Unions around the country gained 650,000 new customers and $4.5 billion was moved out of major banks. That is obviously a sliver of total bank deposits, but banks have been sent a clear message.
In October alone Credit Unions around the country gained 650,000 new customers and $4.5 billion was moved out of major...
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bank transfer, banks, solidarity
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Publisher: BuzzFlash.org

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15 Nov 2011

The 1% Solution in Oakland and NYC is to Erase Those Who Would Expose Economic Justice

On the morning of November 14th, the Oakland police again dismantled the Occupy camp in Oscar Grant Plaza. This action was allegedly taken because a man was killed in an altercation near Occupy Oakland last week, and because the Occupy camp has become a place where homeless people can be fed and sheltered.
On the morning of November 14th, the Oakland police again dismantled the Occupy camp in Oscar Grant Plaza. This action...
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#onepercent, corruption, crackdown, occupy oakland, police brutality
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Publisher: CBC News

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5 Nov 2011

Car Strikes 3 At Occupy D.C. Rally, Driver Not Cited

Three pedestrians "either ran toward or jumped in front of the moving vehicle." One pedestrian jumped on the hood of the car. One of them was cited for being in the roadway. "The protesters were apparently trying to block the roadway," Micciche said. "It was essentially an accident where three individuals were injured but they were in violation by being in the roadway."
Three pedestrians "either ran toward or jumped in front of the moving vehicle." One pedestrian jumped on the hood of the...
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injuries, protests
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Publisher: CBS News

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18 Jan 2012

Occupy protesters rally at Capitol

Several hundred protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement converged on the West Lawn of the Capitol Tuesday to decry the influence of corporate money in politics and voice myriad other grievances.
Several hundred protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement converged on the West Lawn of the Capitol...
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