‘Occupy Our Homes’ Protesters Highlight Foreclosures Nationwide
Posted: 12/ 6/11 07:19 AM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/06/occupy-our-homes-foreclosures_n_1130375.html Bobby Hull is scheduled to be evicted from his Minneapolis house in February, but he won’t leave without a fuss. He’s invited 100 people from the…
Arundhati Roy: “The People Who Created the Crisis Will Not Be the Ones That Come Up With a Solution”
Arun Gupta, guardian.co.uk, 11-30-11 http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/nov/30/arundhati-roy-interview The prize-winning author of The God of Small Things talks about why she is drawn to the Occupy movement and the need to reclaim language and meaning. Sitting…
Brianna Lee: Occupy Movement at a Crossroads as Evictions Spread
By Brianna Lee, The Daily Need, November 16, 2011 http://www.pbs.org/wnet/need-to-know/the-daily-need/occupy-movement-at-a-crossroads-as-evictions-spread/12364/ Occupy Wall Street protesters were still in Zuccotti Park Wednesday morning, but without their tents after Police removed them during a raid on Tuesday. In…
Occupy Los Angeles Vows to Stay Despite Mayor’s Deadline
NEW YORK | Sunday, November 27th, 2011 8:48am EDT By Katerina Sazonova http://www.theblogismine.com/2011/11/27/occupy-los-angeles-vows-to-stay-despite-mayors-deadline/ Despite a fast-approaching deadline set by the mayor and police chief, very few of the anti-Wall Street protesters from Occupy…
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…
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…
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…
