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Videos> OccupyMN Homes> Jackhammer Eviction and Broken Doors at Press Conference
Published on May 25, 2012 by UpTakeVideo In the dark of night, Hennepin County Sheriff’s officers raided a foreclosed Minneapolis home that is being “defended” by Occupy Minnesota according to the group. Occupy says five people were arrested, but the a crowd of fifty people prevented the officers from evicting them from the house. This is the Hennepin […]
Truthdiggers of the Week> The May Day Occupiers
Truthdiggers of the Week> The May Day Occupiers Posted on May 4, 2012 Truthdig.com Every week, Truthdig recognizes an individual or group of people who spoke truth to power, blew the whistle or stood up in the face of injustice. See past winners here, and nominate the next awardee here. Police officers on scooters try to push protesters back […]
The New York Times, May 2nd – The Day After
The New York Times, May 2nd – The Day After By Don Gato May 2, 2012 New York Times eXaminer Yesterday, May 1st—International Workers Day (and what Obama has cynically renamed a new national holiday called “Loyalty Day,” tailing red-baiting anti-communist Presidents of times past[i])—I was in New York City for “Occupy May […]
New Occupy Crackdown Documents Just Obtained by the PCJF
New Occupy Crackdown Documents Just Obtained by the PCJF Revelations Show Brookfield’s Security National Coordination Partnership for Civil Justice Fund April 20, 2012 NPS Production Documents: Click here to view the NPS Production (77 pages) Two days before the NYPD’s eviction of the Occupy Wall Street encampment from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan, Brookfield Properties’ […]
Video> NYers Blockade Foreclosure Auctions with Week of Sing-In Actions
“Our aim is to confront Wall Street’s unchecked power to put profits over people’s right to housing.” April 16, 2012 Nation of Change In support of homeowners facing foreclosure and eviction in NYC, members of Occupy Wall Street (OWS) and other community groups will conduct vibrant singing protests and raise the people’s voices […]
Nathan Schneider> How to Succeed in Reoccupation without even trying
How to Succeed in Reoccupation without even trying by Nathan Schneider Saturday 7 April 2012 Nation of Change “Potential allies expect more from the movement, I’d say, and so they should.” I’ve lately been getting the feeling that Occupy Wall Street’s past successes are starting to go to the heads of some people […]
Jeremy Brecher> Occupy May Day: Not Your Usual General Strike
Occupy May Day: Not Your Usual General Strike Based on a talk by Jeremy Brecher to Occupy University, Zuccotti Park By Jeremy Brecher Common Dreams March 26, 2012 October2011 Last December, Occupy Los Angeles proposed a General Strike on May 1 “for migrant rights, jobs for all, a moratorium on foreclosures, and peace – […]
Video> Arrest those Occupiers!
Uploaded by WAMMMall on Apr 9, 2012 April 7 was Re-Occupy Day in Minneapolis — Occupiers gathered in Peavey Plaza and Loring Park. After being evicted from Peavey at 1:30 am, they peacefully marched down the street and were brutally attacked by the police. Videos at http://www.occupyminneapolis.mn show the police pulling several people off public sidewalks and violently slamming a […]
Chris Hedges> Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You
Someone You Love: Coming to a Gulag Near You By Chris Hedges Posted on Apr 2, 2012 Truthdig The security and surveillance state does not deal in nuance or ambiguity. Its millions of agents, intelligence gatherers, spies, clandestine operatives, analysts and armed paramilitary units live in a binary world of opposites, of good and evil, […]
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