Bringing America Back: A Bank Doing the Right Thing
Chris Cuomo, Catherine Cole and Linh Tran, ABC World News Dec 21, 2011 http://abcn.ws/rxqhFE With their high fees, foreclosures and the number of families left scrambling to keep their homes, these days banks…
Chinese Government Gives in to Protesting Village
By GILLIAN WONG 12/21/11 07:29 AM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/21/china-wukan-village_n_1162569.html BEIJING — Southern Chinese authorities have given in to key demands of protesting villagers after a nearly two-week standoff with police, agreeing in a rare…
Thousands of Women Mass in Major March in Cairo
Dvid D. Kirkpatrick, New York Times, Dec. 20, 2011 http://www.nytimes.com/2011/12/21/world/middleeast/violence-enters-5th-day-as-egyptian-general-blames-protesters.html Egyptian protesters detained a suspected government collaborator, third from right, in Tahrir Square on Tuesday. More Photos » CAIRO — Thousands of women massed…
Three-Fourths of Americans Say the Rich Have Too Much Power: Poll
Alexander Eichler, 12-15-2011, HuffPost http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/15/occupy-wall-street-poll_n_1152176.html?ref=occupy-wall-street The major contention of Occupy Wall Street — that America is a country where a tiny slice of the population controls a disproportionate amount of the wealth and…
Protesters Occupy Goldman Sachs
by: J.A. Myerson, truth-out.org , 12 December http://www.truth-out.org/occupy-goldman-sachs/1323713278 It is not warm on West Street at 8:30 AM on December 12, and the wind coming simultaneously off the Hudson River to the west and New…
‘Occupy’ Protestors Blocks Gates At Some Of West Coast’s Busiest Ports
By TERRY COLLINS 12/12/11 08:35 PM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/12/occupy-protestors-attempt-west-coast-port-blockades_n_1142978.html OAKLAND, Calif. — More than 1,000 Occupy Wall Street protesters blocked cargo trucks at some of the West Coast’s busiest ports Monday, forcing terminals in…
Occupy Plans to Shut Down US West Coast Ports
Action relates to union battle over Longview terminal – though union itself has disowned the planned shutdown By Adam Gabbatt 9 December 2011 19.41 EST http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/dec/10/occupy-shutdown-west-coast-ports The Occupy movement will attempt to shut down all…
Tens of Thousands Gather for Moscow Protests Over Election Fraud
10 December 2011 07:26 ET http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-16122524 The opposition says the protest – on an island just south of the Kremlin – could become the largest the country has seen in two decades. Smaller…
Occupy DC Protesters Take Over K Street
By Tyler Kingkade Posted: 12/ 7/11 05:34 PM ET http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/12/07/occupy-dc-protesters-k-street-arrested_n_1135084.html WASHINGTON — At least 60 protesters were arrested on K Street NW, the historical lobbying hub of the nation’s capital, as they blocked…
Russia’s Anti-Putin Protests Grow
Russia’s anti-Putin protests grow Tens of thousands say they are prepared to take to the streets in the biggest challenge yet to the country’s government By Miriam Elder Wednesday 7 December 2011 15.03…
