Archive for the 'Occupy' Category

Environmentalists Join The 'Occupy Wall Street' Fray

A supporter cheers from the pedstrian overpass as police arrest demonstrators affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement on October 1, 2011. (Image by Getty Images via @daylife) Occupy Wall Street may be “leaderless,” but it's far from WASHINGTON — Organizers of the Occupy movement came to Washington, DC on Friday to seek advice from [...]

Insight: Occupy Wall St, the start of a new protest era?

Hundreds of protesters gathered in Cesar Chavez Park on Thursday to stand in solidarity with the growing nationwide demonstrations aimed at corporate greed, but some members of the peaceful event showed hostility to Many of those who “occupied” Freedom Plaza on Thursday said they had never been to a protest before but were inspired to [...]

Occupy Wall Street hits DC

The emergence of Occupy Wall Street has come just as Democratic leaders and President Obama himself are pivoting toward a more populist agenda. In recent days, a growing number of prominent Democrats have expressed solidarity with the movement's Late Wednesday night, just as groups of Occupy Wall Street protesters were launching efforts to invade Wall [...]

'Occupy DC' protesters rally in Freedom Plaza

Just before 8 p.m. Wednesday, reportedly at the corner of Broadway and Wall Street, a New York Police Department officer appeared to turn on a throng of activists with the Occupy Wall Street movement, hitting them with a LOS ANGELES — Los Angeles police have arrested about 11 anti-Wall Street demonstrators who entered a Bank [...]

Occupy Wall Street protests spread to Baltimore, other cities

Occupy Los Angeles on Saturday. Image: Twitter The people behind Occupy Wall Street had been involved with the 25000 person strong demonstrations on May 12th, in which a wide range of organizations took part. But no A live feed from “Occupy Wall Street” was played at the opening of a major annual gathering of liberal [...]