UC Faculty Side with Students in Protests
http://stevebeckow.com/2011/11/uc-faculty-side-with-students-in-protests/ Statement of UC Faculty in support of peaceful students This week, we have seen excessive force used against non-violent protesters at UC Berkeley, UCLA, CSU Long Beach, and UC Davis. Student, faculty…
California Campus Police on Leave After Pepper-Spraying
California campus police on leave after pepper-spraying By the CNN Wire Staff, November 21, 2011 http://www.cnn.com/2011/11/20/us/california-occupy-pepperspray/index.html?hpt=hp_t3 Police spray seated Occupy protesters (CNN) — The University of California at Davis has placed two police officers…
Occupy Protestors Embracing the Homeless
4 Occupations Embracing the Homeless (As Cities Increasingly Can’t Take Care of Them) It is impossible to separate homelessness from Occupy Wall Street’s struggle for economic justice. Alternet, November 8, 2011 http://tinyurl.com/7wld4b8 In…
Occupy Oakland Calls for Total West Coast Port Shutdown on 12/12
Nov. 19, 2011, 8:35 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt http://occupywallst.org/article/occupy-oakland-calls-total-west-coast-port-shutdow/ Proposal for a Coordinated West Coast Port Shutdown, Passed With Unanimous Consensus by vote of the Occupy Oakland General Assembly 11/18/2012: In response to coordinated attacks…
The Villain Occupy Wall Street Has Been Waiting For
Robert Scheer, The Nation, November 17, 2011 http://www.thenation.com/print/article/164669/villain-occupy-wall-street-has-been-waiting In the pantheon of billionaires without shame, Michael Bloomberg, the Wall Street banker turned business-press lord turned mayor, is now secure at the top. What…
Lobbying Firm’s Memo Spells Out Plan to Undermine Occupy Wall Street
By Jonathan Larsen and Ken Olshansky, MSNBC TV http://openchannel.msnbc.msn.com/_news/2011/11/19/8884405-lobbying-firms-memo-spells-out-plan-to-undermine-occupy-wall-street A well-known Washington lobbying firm with links to the financial industry has proposed an $850,000 plan to take on Occupy Wall Street and politicians who…
Tokyo, Seoul, Taipei, Hong Kong Occupied —Beijing Worried
Submitted by Bill Weinberg on Sat, 11/19/ http://www.ww4report.com/node/10547 Inspired by the global Occupation movement, a group of mostly women protesters from all over Japan are camping in front of the Ministry of Economy,…
Police Captain Joins Occupy Wall Street, Gets Arrested
One always hopes that this will prove to be the thin edge of the wedge, as with the Syrian army officers who turned against Assad. Philadelphia Police Department Captain Ray Lewis joins OWS…
Occupy Berkley: Free Public Education For All
http://stevebeckow.com/2011/11/occupy-berkeley-marches-for-universal-accessibility/ Occupy Berkeley is marching for free public education. In the Sixties, we called this “universal accessibility.” I recall hearing that one of my soccer buddies was unable to go to university because…
The Occupy Movement Needs Your Help Securing Shelter
Jane Hamsher, Firedoglake.com (From email) With winter quickly approaching, 1%-friendly Mayors like NYC’s billionaire Michael Bloomberg, Oakland’s Jean Quan and other mayors appear to be coordinating raids of occupations, destroying their tents and…
