January 13, 2012

As other sites close, Occupy DC encampments persist in face of winter, rats; rally planned

WASHINGTON — They were let back into Zuccotti Park, but kicked out of a vacant house in Seattle. In other places, Occupy protesters are in courtrooms fighting evictions. Read more

January 13, 2012

Report From Occupy Philly’s Post-Arrest Abortion Rights Rally

About 35 members of Occupy Philly gathered yesterday afternoon outside 30th Street Station to hand out leaflets to rush-hour passersby. Their goal was to bring attention to a series of anti-abortion legislation that’s been creeping through the Pennsylvania legislature and onto the desk of Gov. Tom Corbett. Read more

January 13, 2012

Occupy Wall Street: Protesters Organize Candlelight Vigil For Martin Luther King Day

Occupy Wall Street is coordinating a global series of candlelight vigils on Sunday, January 15th in honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Protesters aim to light candles at 7PM in every time zone from “California to Cairo, New York to New Orleans, Germany to Nova Scotia.” Read more

January 13, 2012

Occupy DC camps persist as rally planned next week

They were let back into Zuccotti Park, but kicked out of a vacant house in Seattle. In other places, Occupy protesters are in courtrooms fighting evictions. Read more

January 12, 2012

Anonymous declares Day of Action against NDAA

January 12, 2012

Wonkbook: 66 percent of Americans see ‘serious conflict’ between rich and poor

Thirty-four percent of Americans think there are strong conflicts between the young and the old. Thirty-eight percent say there are strong conflicts between blacks and whites. Sixty-two percent of Americans say there are strong conflicts between immigrants and native-born citizens. But topping the list is the number of Americans who think there are strong conflicts between the rich and the poor: According to a new Pew poll, fully 66 percent of Americans believe there’s some serious class warfare in this country. Read more

January 12, 2012

Nick Kristof on Occupy and the rise of citizen journalism

Many traditional journalists seem inherently suspicious of “citizen journalism” — that is, the idea that anyone with a cellphone camera and a Twitter account can function as a journalist given the right circumstances. Read more

January 12, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Plans New York Marches Over Weekend

(Bloomberg) — Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York plan marches and a candlelight vigil over the coming weekend to honor Martin Luther King Jr. Read more

January 12, 2012

Occupy Wall Street returns to NYC’s Zuccotti Park

NEW YORK (AP) – A handful of protesters did their best to occupy New York City’sZuccotti Park on Wednesday, a day after metal barricades surrounding it came down. Read more

January 11, 2012

Next Stop: Occupy Congress, January 17

Harnessing the considerable power of the Occupy Wall Street movement, protestors from all over the country are being called to participate in “Occupy Congress” next week. Read more

January 11, 2012

Raw Video: Protesters Re-enter Zuccotti Park

January 11, 2012

The selling of “Anarchy”

January 11, 2012

Occupy 2.0: Movement to Occupy Vacant Houses Spreads

In New York, Occupy Wall Street is continuing to shift its focus away from occupying parks and squares to other actions, such as occupying homes. In Brooklyn, New York, an occupation of a vacant home has entered its second month. Read more

January 11, 2012

Occupy Wall Street returns to Zuccotti Park

(AP)  NEW YORK – Barricades surrounding a park that served as a camp for Occupy Wall Street protesters were removed Tuesday, allowing protesters to stream back in. Read more

January 10, 2012

The Civil War: Occupy DC makes camp at feet of Gen. McPherson

VIENNA, VA, January 9, 2012 — The sea of blue plastic tents crawls like so many cerulean mushrooms across the dead ground of winter.  Here and there pops up an orange or green one in the ranks of dwellings, where several hundred middle-aged people (and some younger ones) have taken up residence since October as a part of the “Occupy” protest which began in New York on Wall Street. Read more

January 10, 2012

Occupy Groups Nationwide Support Occupy Pittsburgh In Their Fight Against BNY Mellon

On January 10, 2012, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Cleveland, Occupy Philadelphia and other Occupy groups across the U.S. will take action in support of Occupy Pittsburgh in a Day of Solidarity as they go to court to defend themselves against a lawsuit from BNY Mellon. Read more

January 10, 2012

Mitt Romney in New Hampshire engages Occupy Wall Street protesters

BEDFORD, N.H. — In a rare moment on the campaign trail, Mitt Romney directly engaged the Occupy Wall Street protestors who are making themselves a regular presence at his events. In doing so, Romney seemingly announced his support for a federal public financing program for campaigns, ripping President Barack Obama for opting out of it. Read more

January 10, 2012

‘A Nightmare on Wall Street’: New Video From Nurses Says Time to Hold Wall Street Accountable to Heal America

If there is one enduring message from the past year, it is that the days of silent suffering are over for the millions of Americans who continue to face a daily struggle to survive while Wall Street high rollers have yet to be called to account for ruining our economy. Read more

January 10, 2012

Occupy Wall Street going to Washington to Occupy Congress

The Occupy Wall Street movements, who for months now have been taking their anti-corporate greed message “everywhere”, will now take it to those Wall Street enablers that “We the People” regrettably elected to office. That’s right people; “Occupy Congress” is coming to Washington D.C. on January 17, 2012.  Read more

January 9, 2012

Anonymous Releases Details of US, UK and NATO Officials

According to reports, after successfully hacking into a US intelligence analysis firm, Stratfor, during Christmas, ‘anonymous’ hackers posted online details of US, British and NATO officials. Read more 

January 9, 2012

Occupy Wall Street debates how to spend its 0K

Nearly two months after the NYPD raided Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street protesters are now deciding how to spend 0,000 left in their coffers.  Read more

January 9, 2012

Oakland police arrest six Occupy protesters in Saturday night march

OAKLAND — A clash between police and protesters Saturday night ended with six protesters arrested, windows broken in a Starbucks coffee shop and a handful of police cars, and Occupy Oakland organizers promising more action opposed to police violence. Read more

January 9, 2012

Occupy Wall Street movement develops new strategies for 2012

NEW YORK: It’s been a long, cold winter already for Occupy Wall Street, the protest movement that burst onto the scene in September to focus national attention on income inequality and the perceived greed of the rich and powerful.  Read more

January 9, 2012

Occupiers Crash The Primary

Manchester, N.H.—As the first-in-the-nation presidential primary approached, some of the most visible action on the main street here came not from candidates or staffers, but decidedly non-Republican activists swarming into the state from Connecticut and as far as Nevada. Read more

January 7, 2012

Ask Not What Occupy Wall Street Will Do Next; Ask How We Will Change The Status Quo

“I wonder what Occupy Wall Street is going to do next…” So goes the refrain that punctuates many conversations about Occupy Wall Street today. Read more

January 7, 2012

Occupy Wall Street plans gay pride parade, protests to disrupt NH primary

Despite failing to have any real impact on the Iowa Caucus, Occupy Wall Street protesters say they plan to make their voices heard in the New Hampshire primary with a gay pride parade and a “funeral for the American dream” on Saturday, the same day the candidates will face each other in a debate. Read more

January 7, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Goes to Bloomberg’s House to Protest Press Arrests

Occupy Wall Street protesters staged their second public action of the year this afternoon, returning to Mayor Mike Bloomberg’s Upper East Side townhouse to protest the NYPD’s treatment of journalists covering the movement. Read more

January 6, 2012

Police Presence at Occupy Wall Street

January 6, 2012

Bloomington evicting Occupy protesters from park

BLOOMINGTON (AP) — Bloomington has ordered Occupy Wall Street protesters to vacate a downtown park and remove their personal belongings. Read more

January 6, 2012

Aiming to occupy new political ground

LESLIANE Bouchard was born in 1963. Too late, she thought, to be involved in the great social movements of an era when ordinary voices were being heard. Read more 

January 6, 2012

Reflections on Occupy Wall Street From Nancy Pelosi, Alice Walker, Arianna Huffington & Others

At a holiday dinner with family, the conversation turned to the Occupy Wall Street movement. My mother made a comment about how the spirit of the movement had seemed to have somewhat come and passed, the protests seemingly swept away by other distractions and the chill of winter. Read more

January 6, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Building a Better Facebook?

Facebook has been the ire of many for a long time, despite (or, in part, because of) its growing popularity. Compared to top internet rival Google, it lacks that whole “do no evil” thing… (and many have the hunch it’s all about doing evil). Read more

January 5, 2012

Occupy Wall Street’s Next Big Move

After ringing in the New Year with a bang, New York protesters are currently working on plans for Martin Luther King Day, said protester Phil Arnone, who has been with Occupy Wall Street since the early protestors started meeting in July. Read more

January 5, 2012

Scary Crackdown on NDAA Occupy Wall Street Protest

Oh, so maybe this is what life in post-NDAA America looks like. Gotcha. An apparently peaceful protester at Grand Central Station in Manhattan yesterday was, without warning, arrested and dragged away by NYPD. Read more

January 5, 2012

Arrest at J3 occupy wall street

January 5, 2012

DNC chair says she admires Communist Party-backed Occupy Wall Street

Debbie Wasserman Schultz, the chair of the Democratic National Committee said Tuesday that she admires the Occupy Wall Street protests. Read more

January 5, 2012

Occupy Wall Street has changed the national conversation

In 2012, Americans will go to the polls and vote for who they want to represent them in Washington. But, as 2011 showed, the real political momentum is not to be found in Washington. Read more

January 4, 2012

Romney brushes off Occupy protesters at rally

January 4, 2012

Occupy D.C. plans challenge to police action

An attorney representing a member of Occupy D.C.had until midnight Tuesday to file papers in U.S. District Court challenging the procedures by which police can seize property in an attempt to dislodge his clients and other protesters living in McPherson Square. Read more

January 4, 2012

SOUTHGATE: More than 100 show up to protest couple’s foreclosure

SOUTHGATE — About 100 people showed up outside Robert and Debbie Henry’s house in the 13600 block of Helen Street before marching to Bank of America, 13763 North Line Road, in protest of the Henrys’ pending eviction. Read more

January 4, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Protests NDAA at Grand Central

Occupy Wall Street took to another New York landmark at 5 p.m. this evening to protest President Obama’s signing of the National Defense Authorization Act at the end of last year. Read more

January 4, 2012

Occupy Wall Street’s Livestream Operators Arrested

Occupy Wall Street is in the middle of one of its day-long marches in New York Tuesday, protesting the National Defense Authorization Act, but for those following along on the Global Revolution livestream, the real action is happening in the broadcast studio itself. That’s because police have apparently just raided the Brooklyn studio of Globalrevolution.tv and taken some of the project’s key volunteers into custody. Read more

January 3, 2012

Occupy Wall Street makes presence known at Rose Parade with human float

On Monday, the Tournament of Roses Parade became the scene of the latest Occupy Wall Street protest, with a giant octopus made of plastic bags. Read more

January 3, 2012

The Rules on News Coverage Are Clear, but the Police Keep Pushing

In late November, the police commissioner, Raymond W. Kelly, ordered every precinct in his domain to read a statement. Officers, the commissioner said, must “respect the public’s right to know about these events and the media’s right of access to report.” Read more

January 3, 2012

Romney Iowa event interrupted by Occupy Wall Street protesters

CLIVE, Iowa – Occupy Wall Street protestors interrupted Mitt Romney’s speech in a suburban Des Moines warehouse Monday night, breaking in with their rallying cry of “mic check” and yelling up at the candidate. Read more

January 3, 2012

Occupy Wall Street protester ‘stabbed police officer in the hand with scissors’ during New Year’s Eve clash at Zuccotti Park

An Occupy Wall Street protester has been charged with allegedly stabbing a police officer in the hand with scissors as a crowd tried to retake Zuccotti Park on New Year’s Eve. Read more 

January 3, 2012

Occupy Des Moines Steps Onto the Political Stage

January 2, 2012

Occupy Hawaii Island Protesters Gather Near Pelosi’s Vacation Resort

Hawaii Island’s Occupy Wall Street movement held a protest on December 31, 2011, against the “1 percent” of America’s wealthy, including affluent residents living in the Kuhio area. Read more

January 2, 2012

Cops arrest 68 as Occupy Wall Street protesters try to ‘retake’ Zuccotti Park 

Video of a cop shoving actress Ellen Barkin was burning up the internet Sunday after she got caught up in the chaos surrounding a New Year’s police roundup of Occupy Wall Street protesters. “I have never been afraid of an NY policeman until last nite. What I saw was random & senseless arrests and unnecessarily threatening behavior,” she said on Twitter. Read more

January 2, 2012

Occupy protesters vow peaceful Rose Parade

PASADENA, Calif., Jan. 2 (UPI) — Occupy Wall Street protesters face a ,000 fine and a possible six-month jail term if they disturb Monday’s Rose Parade in Pasadena, Calif., officials said. Read more

January 2, 2012

Occupy Wall Street New Year’s Eve in Zuccotti Park

December 31, 2011

The ‘Occupy’ movement lives

he hashtag#occupywallstreet inspired the most basic of organizing strategies: sit-ins. OWS sit-ins became encampments, many of which are now being dismantled by law enforcement and debilitated by weather. As the movement is increasingly out of the sight of pundits and the popular media, and criticized as leaderless and lacking a clear purpose, it has become fashionable to talk about OWS as inevitably failing. This is a mistake.  Read more

December 31, 2011

Protester Defends Flag-Burning at Occupy Charlotte

Some members of the Occupy Wall Street group in Charlotte, N.C., are under fire for setting American flags ablaze, but one of the protesters is defending his incendiary actions. Read more 

December 31, 2011

Occupy’s Rose Parade float: 70-foot octopus of corporate greed

The octopus, said activist Mark Lipman of Los Angeles, represents Wall Street’s stranglehold on political, cultural and social life, with tentacles “that reach into your pocket to get your money and a tentacle to get your house. Read more

December 30, 2011

Occupy protesters at Iowa Democratic Party headquarters

December 30, 2011

Occupy Wall Street takes the fight to the Internet with its own Facebook clone

Facebook rivals and detractors have been springing up online for awhile now. It most significantly started with Diaspora, the anti-Facebook, open source social network that launched with the idea of segmenting how you share online. Anybeat (formerly Altly) has also tried to execute these ideas, as has Path and newcomer Unthink. Read more

December 30, 2011

Occupy activists prepare for Rose Parade march

Protesters will walk the parade route after the floats and marching bands have passed. The group has been working with police and Tournament of Roses officials on how not to disrupt the parade. Read more

December 30, 2011

Twitter, Anonymous, Occupy Wall Street, the First Amendment, and the Suffolk County district attorney

Two weeks ago, the Suffolk County (read: Boston) district attorney sent Twitter a request for “subscriber information” and the “IP address logs for account creation” of a user going by the name of Guido Fawkes. Fawkes is associated with hacker group Anonymous, and has posted names, addresses, phone numbers, and other personal information on police officers in what appears to be a retaliation to crackdowns on Occupy protests. Read more

December 30, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protests Intensify at Campaign Headquarters; Many Arrested

Five Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested yesterday outside the Iowa campaign headquarters of presidential contender Ron Paul as the group rallied in its continued protest against Republican candidates and President Obama. Read more

December 29, 2011

Protesters are arrested outside of Mitt Romney’s Iowa campaign headquarters

Supporters of presidential hopeful U.S. Rep Ron Paul (R-TX) attempt to block Occupy Wall Street protesters who are disrupting a campaign event at the Iowa State Fairgrounds on Dec. 28, 2011 in Des Moines, Iowa. With less than one week to go before the Iowa caucuses, Ron Paul is trying to maintain his lead as he campaigns through Iowa. Read more

December 29, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Gets Big ‘Up Twinkles’ from Third World Revolutionaries 

The Occupy Wall Street movement got big cheers at a recent international gathering of “resistance fighters” mainly third world communist parties, and front organizations, in Dhakar, Bangladesh. Read more

December 29, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Police Intimidation, Online Misinformation Campaigns Abound

The First Amendment: “Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the government for a redress of grievances.” Read more 

December 29, 2011

Five ways to re-Occupy in 2012

Since the protesters in Zuccotti Park who made headlines around the world were ousted from their New York City encampment in November, and other demonstrators were sent packing in cities across the country, observers have been left wondering whether the movement is on its deathbed or will transform and grow in the coming year. Read more

December 28, 2011

Occupy protest in Bellingham facing deadline

An Occupy Wall Street protest in Bellingham has been given a deadline to vacate a city park. The Bellingham Herald reports that (http://bit.ly/vVeJYB) Occupy Bellingham has been given until Wednesday morning to leave Maritime Heritage Park. Read more

December 28, 2011

Occupy Louisville vows to fight city’s attempt to take down tents

The peaceful co-existence between the city and Occupy Louisville protestors appears to be coming to an abrupt, and potentially confrontational, halt. Read more

December 28, 2011

Occupy Geeks Are Building a Facebook for the 99%

“I don’t want to say we’re making our own Facebook. But, we’re making our own Facebook,” said Ed Knutson, a web and mobile app developer who joined a team of activist-geeks redesigning social networking for the era of global protest. Read more

December 28, 2011

Occupy the Caucuses Meets to Plan A Week of Protests

DES MOINES, Iowa – An offshoot of the Occupy Wall Street movement met Tuesday evening to organize and plan protests in Iowa’s capitol during the week leading up to the state’s caucuses next Tuesday. Read more

December 28, 2011

Occupy Wall Street plus Anonymous may equal city computer outages

Note to the Homeland Security Department: expect hackers to join forces with offline activists in 2012 for strikes on transportation computer systems and other critical networks. Read more

December 27, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Spawns Anti-foreclosure Movement as Banks Take Action

Fueled by Occupy Wall Street, a nationwide anti-foreclosure movement is gripping the country. The anti-foreclosure movement is an attempt to highlight the housing crisis by publicly moving homeless families into vacant foreclosed properties (squatting), disrupting foreclosure actions and challenging big banks. Read more

December 27, 2011

Outrage over caged Wall Street bull

Six weeks after Occupy Wall Street was evicted from Zuccotti Park, the nearby Wall Street bull is still completely corralled behind police barricades — enraging tourists and members of the downtown community who want cops to uncage the bronze beast. Read more

December 27, 2011

Occupy Wall Street And The Tea Party: Either Everything Matters, Or Nothing Matters

Beyond the politics and the slogans, I think the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street represent a fundamental re-evaluation of where America is today, and where we want it to go. It’s a conversation about inequity and policy, to be sure. Yet it’s also a conversation about putting the past behind us and choosing the less-traveled path for once. Read more

December 27, 2011

Next Move: Occupy Foreclosed Homes?

With a national movement heading in different directions, empty houses may be beckoning. If that’s where the self-styled movement of “99-percenters” fighting economic inequality and corporate greed decides to go next. Read more

December 26, 2011

Occupy Any Street could be called class warfare

Those who “occupy” today’s streets use the occasion to demonstrate — not so much against Wall Street, but against their loss of both economic status and their self-esteem. It could be called class warfare. Read more

December 26, 2011

Massachusetts Senate race tests feelings about Wall Street

The race is for a U.S. Senateseat in Massachusetts, but it’s really a referendum on Wall Street. On one side is Democrat Elizabeth Warren, the architect of the new Consumer Financial Protection Bureau and an inspiration for the Occupy Wall Street movement. Read more

December 26, 2011

Fund icon decries Wall St. tax breaks

John C. Bogle counted himself among the 1 percent of wealthiest Americans a few decades ago. You might not guess that today when you hear the 82-year-old founder of mutual-fund company Vanguard rail against economic inequality. Read more

December 26, 2011

Occupy OC protesters to leave camp site in January

IRVINE, Calif.—Occupy Wall Street protesters in Orange County have agreed to end overnight camping at the Irvine Civic Center where they have set up tents since October. Read more

December 26, 2011

Occupy Wall Street marks Christmas with prayers

NEW YORK — Occupy Wall Street protesters are celebrating Christmas with prayers and a reading of a Martin Luther King speech in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park. Read more

December 23, 2011

Occupy protesters to descend on Rose Parade

PASADENA, Calif. — Occupy activists say they are planning a peaceful protest at the Rose Parade on Jan. 2.Pete Thottam, spokesman and organizer behind Occupy the Rose Parade says they have spent more than 20 hours meeting with the Pasadena Police Department and Rose Parade staff. Read more

December 23, 2011

The 99% Versus Wall Street: Stephen Lerner on How We Can Mobilize To Be the Greedy 1%’s Worst Nightmare

Earlier this year, long before Occupy Wall Street turned Zuccotti Park into Liberty Plaza, Stephen Lerner, a longtime labor organizer with SEIU and mastermind of the Justice for Janitors campaign, wrote in New Labor Forum of “large-scale sit-ins, occupations, and other forms of nonviolent civil disobedience that must inevitably overcome court injunctions and political pressures.” Read more

December 23, 2011

Occupy’s 2012 Agenda: Visiting Campaign Cities

“Occupy” protest organizers say they are using the winter to hone in on specific events and presidential campaign events instead of occupying town centers and financial institutions. Read more

December 23, 2011

Bankers Join Billionaires to Debunk ‘Imbecile’ Attack on Top 1%

Jamie Dimon, the highest-paid chief executive officer among the heads of the six biggest U.S. banks, turned a question at an investors’ conference in New York this month into an occasion to defend wealth. Read more

December 23, 2011

After the Tents Fall at Occupy Oakland

After hundreds of Occupy Oakland protesters were tear-gassed and shot at with rubber-coated steel bullets by riot police on October 25, protesters in Tahrir Square marched to the US embassy in protest. One of their signs read: ”Cairo and Oakland are one hand.” Read more

December 22, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Where did all the money go?

OAKLAND — In between facing off with riot police over tent cities and disrupting port traffic along the West Coast, Occupy protesters have managed to rake in some serious cash. Read more

December 22, 2011

Does Occupy Wall Street have staying power?

December 22, 2011

Occupy Wall Street, Unions Learn How To Work Together, Slowly

WASHINGTON — During a recent demonstration in Washington, D.C., several hundred progressives gathered on K Street were protesting the same outrage but had heated arguments over how to protest. Read more

December 22, 2011

Newt Gingrich heckled at endorsement event in Iowa by Occupy Des Moines protesters

According to the New York Daily News, it began with a shouting demonstrator calling Gingrich a “1 percent candidate” before being escorted from the room, as other protesters standing behind Gingrich began to clap and chant “Put people first.” Read more

December 21, 2011

CNN: Anonymous Hacking Group Threatens To Disrupt Iowa Caucus

December 21, 2011

Occupy Denver 12/19/11 Police Raid

December 21, 2011

Protest resumes after Denver police raid Occupy Wall Street camp

As many as 50 demonstrators returned to downtown Denver on Tuesday morning after police cleared out an Occupy Wall Street protest overnight, arresting nine, including one for setting makeshift structures on fire.  Read more

December 21, 2011

Occupy Wall Streets Next Steps – Part 2 – How to Win a Fight with the 1%

Occupy supporters must re-orient their organizing from mass, symbolic actions – such as “mic-checking politicians” and waving signs at CEO’s – to more targeted campaigns designed to win real, immediate gains for ourselves. Read more

December 21, 2011

Occupy Wall Street’s ‘occucopter’ – who’s watching whom?

Tim Pool’s citizen drone that keeps tabs on the police may lift protesters’ spirits, but it could lead to a surveillance nightmare. Read more

December 20, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Three months in

December 20, 2011

What Lies Ahead For Occupy Wall Street? 

On Sunday, the Occupy Wall Street movement marked its 3 month anniversary with marches, teach-ins, and demonstrations. In just 90 days, what began as a small group of protesters sleeping in a New York City park has grown into an international grassroots movement. Read more

December 20, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Stands Divided

As predicted, the leaders and achievers are standing out from the Occupy Wall Street crowd. GlobalRevolution.tv has moved from a tarp in Zucotti park to a second floor office in NoHo (North of Houston), and is being led by a former Wall Street derivatives trader, Vlad Teichberg. Read more

December 20, 2011

Are NDAA, SOPA, Occupy Wall Street and Anonymous Off-Limits on Twitter?

NDAA, SOPA, Occupy Wall Street and Anonymous may be off-limits on Twitter. As Twitter users who extensively discuss those topics continue to find their accounts being shut down or otherwise restricted, it seems increasingly likely that the phenomenon is more than a coincidence. Read more

December 19, 2011

A Sign Occupy Wall Street Is Having Political Impact

For those saying that Occupy Wall Street hasn’t had a concrete effect, take a look at this. It’s not much, but it’s a little something. The leaders of the House Financial Services Committee announced yesterday that they will be holding hearings on the SEC’s practice of concluding settlements with Wall Street defendants without forcing the accused to admit to wrongdoing. Read more

December 19, 2011

‘Occupy’ protests trigger envy, ire in Generation X

NEW YORK (AP) – The generation that gave the term “slacker” new meaning is looking with measures of rivalry, regret and tart bewilderment at a movement its successor mobilized in the name of “the 99 percent.” Read more

December 19, 2011

Arrests as Occupy Wall Street movement turns to church

From his spot at the centre of Duarte Square in Lower Manhattan, Matt Sky watched on Saturday as hundreds of protesters streamed into the public areas of the triangle-shaped space at the centre of an ideological tug of war between one-time allies turned adversaries: Occupy Wall Street and Trinity Church. Read more

December 19, 2011

What if Occupy Wall Street protests impact your business

As has been widely reported in the media, the Occupy Wall Street movement was evicted from Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan. And in cities around the country, police have been removing occupiers from their encampments. Read more

December 17, 2011

Andy Piascik: Occupy Wall Street becomes Occupy Everywhere

The explosion of the Occupy movement is the most important political development in the United States in decades. Emerging against the backdrop of a presidential campaign that is something straight out of the worst B horror movie, the movement that began on Sept. 17 on Wall Street has, in just several months, grown to where it now has a presence in all 50 states as well as the disenfranchised District of Columbia.  Read more 

December 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Gains Legitimacy (Video)

As respected educators, politicians and noteworthy figures begin to show solidarity, the Occupy Wall Street movement has moved beyond tents and marches into what is looking like a genuine political movement. Read more

December 17, 2011

Starbucks’ Occupy Wall Street Holiday Cup: ‘Strictly A Coincidence’!

There’s been a rumor about, revived by Boing Boing today, that the Starbucks holiday cup that seems to feature a nutcracker might be a subtle hat-tip to the Guy Fawkes mask that’s come to signify the Occupy Wall Street movement.  Read more

December 16, 2011

Did NYPD Officers Talk on Facebook About Beating Occupy Wall Street Protesters?

Earlier this month, Facebook commentssurfaced in which people who appeared to be NYPD officers called participants in the West Indian Day Parade “savages” and “animals.”  Read more

December 16, 2011

Occupy the Dream

Yesterday, something wonderful happened in America. Yesterday was the day the American Civil Rights Movement merged their hopes and dreams with Occupy Wall Street. Read more

December 16, 2011

Commentary: Fear and loathing of Occupy Wall Street

Fast forward almost four years, and just recently Luntz was warning a group of Republican governors to be afraid, very afraid, of Occupy Wall Street. “I’m so scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death,” he said. “They’re having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism.” Read more

December 16, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Prepares For Occupation 2.0

NEW YORK — In celebration of their three-month anniversary, Occupy Wall Street protesters in New York City are gearing up for Occupation 2.0, an attempt to occupy a small piece of unused land that is owned by the Trinity Church in Manhattan’s Tribeca neighborhood. If all goes according to plan, the second occupation would begin this Saturday, Dec. 17th. Read more

December 15, 2011

Newt Gingrich Protested in Iowa

December 15, 2011

Mic Check Chicago Board of Ed Meeting 12-14-2011

December 15, 2011

Occupy Newt? Gingrich event in Iowa disrupted by protest

Reporting from Iowa City, Iowa— In a forerunner of what some Republicans expected to be a recurring event over the next 20 days, about a dozen protesters from the Occupy movement disrupted the start of a campaign appearance byNewt Gingrich at the University of Iowa on Wednesday. Read more

December 15, 2011

Occupy 2.0? Church leaders join movement

(CNN) – A group of African-American church leaders announced Wednesday their intention to join ranks with the Occupy movement in the nation’s capital, bolstering what some consider a mutual message of condemning income inequality and social injustice. Read more

December 15, 2011

4 arrested at Norfolk ‘Occupy’ protest over military detention

About 40 demonstrators rallied Wednesday to protest a measure moving through Congress that they say would curtail Americans’ legal rights. Read more

December 14, 2011

‘Occupy’ protests target local Walmart operations

The Occupy Salt Lake movement ventured west into the Tooele Valley on Monday as part of a global effort to disrupt operations by some of the world’s largest corporations as a protest against corporate greed and wealth inequality. Read more

December 14, 2011

Poll: NYers back Occupy protesters over NYC mayor

NEW YORK — New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg is getting mixed marks on his handling of the Occupy Wall Street protesters. Read more

December 14, 2011

With Port Actions, Occupy Oakland Tests Labor Leaders

OAKLAND, Calif. — In most cities, the Occupy movement has been thrown on the defensive, struggling to regroup and plan new protests after being evicted from its encampments by the police. Read more

December 14, 2011

Report: 5,425 Occupy arrests in 94 cities 

There have been 5,425 arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests in 94 cities as of December 12, according to a collection of news reports conducted by St. Pete for Peace, an Occupy-affiliated group from St. Petersburg, Fla. Read more 

December 14, 2011

Goldman Says Class Dismissed as Occupy Harvard Mars Session

Dec. 13 (Bloomberg) — Goldman Sachs Group Inc. and Morgan Stanley are getting a chilly reception at top colleges, including Harvard University and Princeton University, as campus offshoots of Occupy Wall Street target investment-bank recruiting events. Read more

December 13, 2011

Hundreds Of Occupy Protesters Shutdown Port Of Long Beach Second Busiest Port In U.S.

December 13, 2011

Occupy Gulf Port Action

December 13, 2011

Occupy protesters seek to shut West Coast ports

Anti-Wall Street protesters along the West Coast joined an effort Monday to blockade some of the nation’s busiest ports from Anchorage, Alaska, to San Diego, with the thought that if they cut off the ports, they cut into corporate profits. Read more

December 13, 2011

More than a dozen arrested at protest at Loveland Walmart Distribution Center

LOVELAND — Police on Monday arrested more than a dozen Occupy protesters after they briefly blocked the road outside the Walmart Distribution Center near the Budweiser Events Center. Read more

December 13, 2011

Police remove Occupy Baltimore protesters

BALTIMORE (AP) – Occupy Baltimore demonstrators who spent 10 weeks protesting economic disparity were removed peacefully from a downtown plaza near the Inner Harbortourist district during a pre-dawn raid Tuesday. Read more

December 12, 2011

Occupy Atlanta Disrupts Monthly Foreclosure Auction – 12/06/2011

December 12, 2011

Lee Park Vandalism ‘Occupy Will Rise Again’

Charlottesville police are searching for vandals who spray painted a message about Occupy Charlottesville on a statue in the park protesters were kicked out of. Read more

December 12, 2011

Defying eviction, Occupy Pittsburgh plans week of action

BNY Mellon    and Occupy Pittsburgh are set for a likely showdown Monday morning. The protest movement that encamped at Mellon Green beginning Oct. 15 defied BNY Mellon’s request that they leave the privately owned park in Downtown Pittsburgh by noon Sunday. Read more

December 12, 2011

Occupy Boston protesters face arraignment

BOSTON—The dozens of Occupy Boston protesters arrested when their encampment was dismantled over the weekend face arraignment this week, while the movement contemplates its next moves. Read more

December 12, 2011

Live coverage: Police estimate 1,500 marchers are at Port of Oakland

7:35 a.m.: Demonstrations mellow

Demonstrations are mellowing out at Port of Oakland at berths 30-32. Protesters are chanting: “Who shut down the port?” “We shut down the port!” Read more 

December 9, 2011

JP Morgan-Chase Mic-Checked at Princeton University

December 9, 2011

Watch Anonymous – Message To The American Congress – Anonymous – Message To The American

December 9, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Occupies Some Office Space

Zuccotti Park is encased in barriers, looking more like a crime scene these days than a hotbed of social activism, but while the drummers and the mike checks and the signs are gone, Occupy Wall Street activists claim their ranks are growing and the movement is stronger than ever. Read more 

December 9, 2011

Police arrest 6 protesters, seize camping equipment at Occupy Phoenix

Six Occupy Phoenix protesters were arrested late Thursday night for urban camping in Cesar Chavez Plaza, violations that prompted Phoenix Police to tear down much of the movement’s camp, authorities said. Read more

December 9, 2011

Occupy Santa Cruz Camp Wiped Out Of San Lorenzo Park

SANTA CRUZ, Calif. – More than 100 law enforcement officers in riot gear streamed into San Lorenzo Park and told Occupy Santa Cruz campers that they had four minutes to clear out or they would be arrested. Read more 

December 8, 2011

Occupy Our Homes, December 6, East New York

December 8, 2011

Popular Power: US labor unions pick up Occupy call

December 8, 2011

At least 85 taken into custody as SF camp cleared

Occupy San Francisco protesters are trying to regroup after police cleared their encampment and arrested at least 85 demonstrators. Read more

December 8, 2011

Tent set afire at empty Occupy encampment in Maine

AUGUSTA, Maine — The Maine fire marshal’s office is investigating a small fire set at the empty encampment that had been used by Occupy Augusta demonstrators. Read more

December 8, 2011

Dozens arrested in Occupy D.C. protests

More than 70 people were arrested Wednesday during a chaotic and often tense day of protests in downtown Washington as members of the Occupy movement blocked intersections and snarled traffic along K Street for hours. Read more

December 7, 2011

Occupy Nova Scotia Visits Walmart

December 7, 2011

‘Occupy’ occupies seized homes

December 7, 2011

Protesters sit in at congressional offices

Anti-Wall Street Occupy DC protesters joined demonstrators from other groups in legislative office buildings, and police arrested one protester at the office of U.S. Representative Vicky Hartzler, a Missouri Republican, for unlawful entry, a Capitol Police spokeswoman said. Read more

December 7, 2011

Occupy Movement Targets Home Evictions in U.S. Day of Action

Dec. 6 (Bloomberg) — Occupy Wall Street protesters marched through a neighborhood of New York’s Brooklyn borough to claim a foreclosed property for a local family as part of a nationwide day of demonstrations against home seizures. Read more

December 7, 2011

Unions and Occupiers march on City Hall

lm City residents and workers joined forces with Occupy New Haven protesters Tuesday afternoon at City Hall to march for better-paying jobs, safer streets and more opportunities for city youth. Read more

December 6, 2011

Tent Protest Costume Violently Stripped from Protester’s Body

December 6, 2011

Crazy Man Verbally Abuses NYPD at Occupy Wall Street – NYC

December 6, 2011

Occupy protesters close bank accounts, march to the Drag

Occupy Austin protesters marched from the Capitol to the corner of 24th Street and Guadalupe Street on Saturday to express their opposition of banks that received bailout funds and to celebrate the restrictions lifted from protesters on Capitol grounds. Read more

December 6, 2011

Los Angeles weighs steps to hold its banks more accountable

Under pressure to deliver a law that will hold banks more accountable, the City Council began Monday to debate a proposal that would require some banks seeking the city’s financial business to disclose detailed information about their lending practices in Los Angeles. Read more

December 6, 2011

Police Clear out Occupy New Orleans Camp

Scores of police officers marched into an encampment of protesters and homeless people across from City Hall before dawn Tuesday, forcing the dozens of occupants out and removing tents in a peaceful eviction that drew loud, sometimes raucous complaints but did not result in violence. Read more

December 5, 2011

Occupy UK: Mass strike bites Britain

December 5, 2011

Cops Throw Out Protesters At Glenn Beck Book Signing

December 5, 2011

Occupy Protesters, Police May Face Showdown

BOSTON – Occupy Boston protesters and police may be facing yet another showdown Monday with demonstrators saying they plan to bring in a larger winter weather tent to the encampment in Dewey Square. Read more

December 5, 2011

Deadline to remove Occupy Orlando property passes without incident

As the clock ticked past a midnight deadline to remove their belongings from throughout Senator Beth Johnson Park, more than 100 Occupy Orlando supporters waited for police to arrive. Read more

December 5, 2011

Standoff ends between police, Occupy DC protesters

Washington (CNN) – An hours-long standoff between police and Occupy DC protesters ended Sunday night after officers forcibly removed several people clinging to a wood structure erected earlier in the district’s McPherson Square. Read more

December 2, 2011

LAPD Descends on Occupy LA and Destroys an American Flag

December 2, 2011

The Occupy Movement Is Entering Its Dangerous Second Phase

NEW YORK (AP) — The overnight police raids in Philadelphia and Los Angeles that dismantled two of the nation’s biggest Occupy Wall Street encampments leave just a few major “occupations” still going on around the U.S. But activists are already changing tactics and warning of a winter of discontent, with rallies and marches every week. Read more

December 2, 2011

29 Occupy Tampa protesters arrested in Florida

TAMPA, Fla. (AP) — Police in Florida have arrested 29 Occupy Tampa protesters who refused to leave a park. The arrests followed a peaceful protest at Riverfront Park around 10 p.m. Thursday. Read more

December 2, 2011

Battle of the barricades: Occupy SF, police clash

Historians might someday call it the Battle of the Barricades. Complete chaos nearly broke out Thursday between Occupy SF campers and police, but after a long day, cops and demonstrators both walked away with few injuries or arrests. Read more

December 2, 2011

Occupy Protesters Target Herman Cain Lecture in Murfreesboro, Tenn.

Murfreesboro, Tenn. — Embattled GOP presidential candidate Herman Cain took a break from the campaign trail Thursday night to deliver a lecture at Middle Tennessee State University in Murfreesboro. Read more

December 1, 2011

Occupy the Capitol: The Next Stage in the Occupy Movement

Roughly two thousand people descended upon the Washington state capitol yesterday to expand the Occupy Wall Street movement to an “Occupy the Capitol” movement. The day’s events, which ended in an attempt to occupy the capitol building, took protests against budget cuts and corporate tax loopholes straight to politicians. Read more

December 1, 2011

Occupy movement’s next stop? Foreclosed homes.

After being evicted from parks and public spaces, the Occupy movement is set to move into foreclosed homes. Organizers said Tuesday that they plan to help families across America fight foreclosure and eviction next week by “occupying” those properties. Read more

December 1, 2011

Occupy Boston seeks injunction to bar removal

BOSTON—Occupy Boston protesters are set to return to court to ask a judge to grant an order banning authorities from removing them from their encampment in the city’s financial district. Read more

December 1, 2011

Occupy NCSU protests Wells Fargo CEO

Students of Occupy NCSU protested before, during and after a speech by Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf, as police stood nearby Nelson Hall Wednesday afternoon. Read more

December 1, 2011

Occupy London protesters take over empty bank office

Occupy London Stock Exchange protesters have extended their action by taking over an empty office block in Hackney, east London, belonging to the bank UBS. The deadline has passed for people camping outside St Paul’s Cathedral to leave or face court action, but protesters remain at the site. Read more

November 30, 2011

Police Connect Occupy Seattle To Broken Bank Windows

November 30, 2011

Deadline Arrives, Protesters Remain at Occupy LA

November 30, 2011

Police arrest 5 Occupy protesters for blocking entry into bank’s event Indiana University

BLOOMINGTON, Ind. — Police officers arrested five protesters who tried to block an entrance into a recruitment event by JPMorgan Chase Bank at Indiana University’s business school. Read more

November 30, 2011

200+ Arrested at Occupy Los Angeles, 50 in Philly

More than 1,400 police officers, some in riot gear, cleared the Occupy Los Angeles camp early Wednesday, driving protesters from a park around City Hall and arresting more than 200 who defied orders to leave. Similar raids in Philadelphia led to 52 arrests, but the scene in both cities was relatively peaceful. Read more

November 30, 2011

Evicted Occupy Philly protesters arrested

PHILADELPHIA (AP) — Police have begun arresting a group of roving marchers who left the Occupy Philadelphia encampment near City Hall after officers evicted protesters. Read more

November 29, 2011

Occupy Harvard Rally for Free Speech Targets Goldman Sachs Recruiting Event

Occupy Harvard went head-to-head with Wall Street on Monday when protesters attempted to interrupt a Goldman Sachs recruiting event hosted by the Office of Career Services.  Read more

November 29, 2011

War veteran injured in Occupy protest says he’s ‘lucky’

OAKLAND – Scott Olsen, the ex-Marine Iraq veteran who became the bloodied face of the Occupy movement, returned to where his skull was fractured last month during a standoff between police and protesters.  Read more

November 29, 2011

Occupy camps still standing in L.A., Philadelphia

Wall Street protesters camped out on the Los Angeles City Hall lawn still have their tent city after defying a deadline to pack up and clear out. “Still occupied,” read the sign of one protester.  Read more

November 28, 2011

Police arrest Occupy LA protesters who blocked traffic

(Reuters) – Police in riot gear closed in before dawn Monday on some 2,000 anti-Wall Street activists who defied a midnight deadline to vacate an 8-week-old encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall before blocking traffic.  Read more

November 28, 2011

Occupy “Congress” Movement Started 

An Occupy Congress movement has been scheduled for December 6-9th, with the support of the SEIU, Communications Workers, and MoveOn.org.  Read more

November 28, 2011

Occupy Philly protests continue past deadline

PHILADELPIHA – November 28, 2011 (WPVI) — Though the eviction deadline has passed, a number of Occupy Philly demonstrators are continuing their protests.  Read more

November 26, 2011

Protests Sharpen Focus

The group of protesters that gathered in downtown Newark Friday struck some now-familiar themes: setting up camp in a park to denounce the 1% and economic inequity. But they also took aim at police brutality and the privatization of food services in the city’s public schools, a sign of how Occupy Wall Street’s message and tactics have been adapted across the region to address more parochial concerns. Read more

November 26, 2011

L.A. mayor says Occupy camp must leave City Hall by Monday

LOS ANGELES (AP) – The mayor of Los Angeles set a deadline for anti-Wall Street protesters to leave an encampment by City Hall, while demonstrators elsewhere in California took their message about corporate greed to Black Friday shoppers, at times facing off with police. Read more

November 26, 2011

Bloomington Occupy protest rankles businesses

November 25, 2011

OPD Starts “Occupy Wall St – The Revolution Is Love”

November 25, 2011

OPD Starts “The Thanksgiving Potty Police-Riot of 2011″

November 25, 2011

Police turn Occupy Oakland’s Thanksgiving into potty riot

Occupy Oakland’s Thanksgiving gathering turned violent Thursday after police orchestrated the removal of portable toilets from  Frank H. Ogawa Plaza, which the protesters have renamed Oscar Grant Plaza. Read more

November 25, 2011

Man arrested for Facebook comment threatening Gov. Haley’s life

COLUMBIA, SC (WIS) – A South Carolina man is accused of threatening the life of Gov. Nikki Haley on Facebook, but he claims he was only making a point about free speech. Read more

November 24, 2011

More arrests at Occupy S.D.

A handful of people were arrested early today at the Occupy San Diego camp in Civic Center Plaza. Mike Garcia, a spokesman for the demonstrators, said witnesses reported seeing four people arrested between midnight and 2 a.m.,including one disabled man who uses a wheelchair. The witnesses said he was taken away for indecent exposure after he urinated in a bottle, and for resisting arrest. Occupy San Diego posted a video of the arrest on its Facebook page. Read more

November 24, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Memes Sprout Up On The Internet

NEW YORK – Call it the Meme Movement. Whatever degree of success achieved by the Occupy protests, it’s largely been based on its old-fashioned, off-line demonstrations. They’ve been decidedly beyond virtual, staking out real ground in downtown Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park and forging signs-and-sit-in protests around the country. Some of its founding members even disdain online interaction. Read more

November 24, 2011

Occupy Protest Class War Anthem: Our Life

November 23, 2011

OCCUPY The Highway: March from OWS to DC

November 23, 2011

Anonymous – UC Davis Police Brutality – Strike on Nov. 28, 2011

November 23, 2011

Occupy L.A., city inching into endgame for City Hall camp

The first outlines of an endgame for Occupy Los Angeles began taking shape as protesters considered a controversial package of incentives to encourage the peaceful resolution of their seven-week demonstration and details emerged of a possible Monday deadline for protesters to leave their City Hall camp. Read more

November 23, 2011

Occupy protester hands President Obama a note

The Occupy movement trailed President Obama to New Hampshire today, where protestors briefly interrupted his jobs speech at a Manchester high school. Using the so-called “human microphone” method, protestors shouted Obama down just minutes into his speech, calling attention to the arrest of peaceful protestors at Occupy movements around the country. Read more

November 23, 2011

Santa Rosa Occupy campers without permits evicted

Occupy protesters in Santa Rosa who didn’t have city permits for their campsites near City Hall were evicted by police Tuesday morning in a peaceful raid, officers said. Read more

November 22, 2011

Occupy Wall Street eviction – Protester talking about throwing Molotov Cocktails at Macy’s

November 22, 2011

UC Davis students put up new encampment

Students have again put up tents near the site where Universityof California, Davis police used pepper spray on seated protesters in a conflict that has sparked outrage and calls for the school chancellor’s resignation. Read more

November 22, 2011

Occupy Pensacola unsure if any from group involved in City Hall vandalization

Pensacola city officials say numerous acts of vandalism occurred at City Hall over the weekend after the Saturday morning removal of tents associated with the Occupy Pensacola encampment. Read more

November 22, 2011

All Occupy camps cleared from Oakland

OAKLAND — For the first time in nearly a month, there isn’t a visible Occupy Oakland encampment. Police quickly and peacefully cleared the Snow Park encampment at 19th and Harrison streets near Lake Merritt early Monday morning, leaving Oakland without an Occupy encampment for the first time since Oct. 26. Read more

November 22, 2011

Get a What? A Job? 70% of Occupy Wall Streeters are Employed, Compared to 56% of Tea Partiers

A new infographic posted on the Dangerous Minds blog shows some striking differences between the Occupy movement and the Tea Party. The movement is younger, more politically independent, less wealthy and, unfortunately for all of the folks crying laziness, MORE EMPLOYED. Read more

November 21, 2011

Occupy Bank of America, Occupy Portland

November 21, 2011

OWS video: NYPD arrest Philly police retired captain Raymond Lewis

November 21, 2011

Eight Occupy Phoenix members arrested during ‘sleep-in’ protest

Eight members of the ongoing Occupy Phoenix protest were arrested in Cesar Chavez Plaza on Friday night while protesting the City of Phoenix ordinance against camping in public spaces. Read more

November 21, 2011

Dozens arrested over weekend at Occupy Albany

ALBANY, N.Y. — Police have made dozens of additional arrests of Occupy Wall Street protesters at state-owned parks near the Capitol in downtown Albany. Read more

November 21, 2011

US Occupy: officers in pepper spray incident placed on leave

Two University of California, Davis police officers involved in pepper spraying seated protesters are being placed on administrative leave as the chancellor of the school accelerates the investigation into the incident. Read more

November 18, 2011

Occupy protesters move on local banks

Police arrested 17 demonstrators Thursday as the Occupy Eugene movement tried to close five downtown Eugene banks in a day of civil disobedience aimed at protesting corporate influence and income inequality. Read more

November 18, 2011

Occupy Atlanta disrupts two Wells Fargo banks

ATLANTA, Nov. 17, 2011, 2:15 p.m. – Occupy Atlanta today hit a popular bank chain with chants and leaflets about the institution’s level of foreclosures and other financial mismanagement concerns, according to a spokesman. Read more

November 18, 2011

Occupy Theme Song: We Are The Many – Makana

November 18, 2011

Anonymous-Revenge Against the NYPD and Mayor Bloomberg

November 18, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Projects Giant 99 Percent Logo Onto Verizon Building

Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are taking aim at corporate tax dodger Verizon, projecting a giant 99 percent logo onto the building:

November 18, 2011

Hundreds held in Occupy protests across nation

Reporting from Los Angeles and New York — Hundreds of people were arrested across the country Thursday in a series of sometimes confrontational street demonstrations protesting efforts to break up Occupy Wall Street-inspired camps. Read more

November 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street — A Look Back at the Last Two Months

November 17, 2011

#occupybaltimore Mic Checks Karl Rove

November 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street’s Day of Disruption Begins

He finds it curious that Occupy Oakland chose the Port of Oakland as the prime focus for its general strike, since neither the port nor the shipping industry had figured previously as an Occupy villain. Why didn’t they go after some big bank, say, or some other financial target? Schiavone believes the choice is proof of organized labor’s increasing involvement in and support of the movement. Unions who support OWS now include the UAW, the SEIU, the AFL-CIO and the Teamsters. Read more

November 17, 2011

Occupy Dallas Peacefully Evicted

Dallas police moved into the Occupy Dallas encampment at City Hall Park shortly after 1 a.m., and the eviction was quietly over less than an hour later. Eighteen protesters were arrested without resistance shortly after 1:30 a.m., city spokesman Frank J. Librio said in a statement early Thursday morning. Read more

November 17, 2011

Judge rules city can bar Occupy Wall Street tents and tarps from Zuccotti Park after evictions 

November 17, 2011

Occupy SF protesters storm Bank of America

Dozens of protesters stormed into a Bank of America in downtown San Francisco and are sitting down and chanting as police officers in riot gear stood around them. Outside, hundreds more demonstrators on Wednesday surround the building, standing shoulder-to-shoulder so people could not exit or enter the building. Police so far stood by watching the protest, and no arrests had been made. Read more

November 16, 2011

Protesters flood back to ‘Occupy’ NY park

November 16, 2011

Mic Check: Minnesotans confront Wells Fargo CEO John Stumpf about “chains of debt”

November 16, 2011

Arrests made in front of Charlotte Bank of America branch

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WNCT) — Eight people were released on Tuesday after Charlotte police arrested them for climbing flag poles in front of Bank of America with a banner that read “not with our money.” Read more

November 16, 2011

15 Occupy Cincinnati protesters arrested

DOWNTOWN – Cincinnati police said they arrested 15 Occupy Cincinnati protesters at Piatt Park early Wednesday. The protesters stayed in the park, on Garfield Place across from the main library, beyond the 10 p .m. closing time and refused to leave, emergency communication reports state. Read more

November 16, 2011

Judge rules city can bar Occupy Wall Street tents and tarps from Zuccotti Park after evictions

The two-month-old shantytown that was the symbolic heart of the Occupy Wall Street movement is no more — and the NYPD vows it won’t rise again. After an overnight raid razed the tent city in Zuccotti Park early Tuesday, Manhattan Supreme Court Justice Michael Stallman upheld the city’s right to enforce “reasonable” rules to maintain safety and hygiene. Read more

November 15, 2011

NYPD raid video: OWS protesters arrested at Zuccotti Park

November 15, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: NYPD raid on camp in Zuccotti park

November 15, 2011

New York Police Evict Occupy Wall Street Protesters

New York City police in riot gear swept into a Lower Manhattan park early today to remove hundreds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators who had been camping there for more than eight weeks to protest income inequality.  Read more

November 15, 2011

Police arrest Chapel Hill protesters who occupied vacant business

CHAPEL HILL — A SWAT team of more than 25 police officers arrested a group of demonstrators Sunday afternoon and charged them with breaking and entering for occupying a vacant car dealership on Franklin Street. Read more

November 15, 2011

Police Clear Occupy Oakland Encampment, but Protesters Return

OAKLAND, Calif. — Protesters returned to a downtown plaza Monday evening, after hundreds of police officers raided the Occupy Oakland encampment there early Monday, arresting 33 people and flattening tents. Read more

November 14, 2011

Anonymous – A Message to Occupy Toronto

November 14, 2011

Banks tagged with graffiti

Members of Occupy Springfield had nothing to do with vandalizing two Springfield banks with graffiti, one of the people coordinating Occupy activities said Saturday. Read more

November 14, 2011

Three Occupy Denver protesters arrested after scuffle with police

Tensions between police and Occupy Denver reignited Sunday, a day after 17 protesters were arrested when officers cleared the sidewalks of a makeshift encampment. Read more

November 14, 2011

Police arrest Chapel Hill protesters who occupied vacant business

CHAPEL HILL — A SWAT team of more than 25 police officers arrested a group of demonstrators Sunday afternoon and charged them with breaking and entering for occupying a vacant car dealership on Franklin Street. Read more

November 14, 2011

Occupy Del. marches on Wilmington banks

WILMINGTON — About 100 Occupy Delaware protesters marched through downtown on Saturday, stopping in front of several banks to shout their frustrations over inequality, corporate greed and political corruption. Read more

November 11, 2011

Police investigate deaths at Occupy protests in 3 states

OAKLAND, California (AP) – Police are investigating a fatal shooting just outside the Occupy Oakland encampment in Northern California, the apparent suicide of a military veteran at an Occupy encampment in Vermont’s largest city and a man found dead in a tent Friday morning in Utah.  Read more

November 11, 2011

Protesters ‘occupy’ Bachmann foreign policy speech

Protesters disrupted Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann’s foreign policy speech in Mount Pleasant, South Carolina, on Thursday, causing Bachmann to briefly leave the stage until the disturbance was over.  Read more

November 11, 2011

November 11, 2011

November 10, 2011

Class War? Occupy Wall Street, Unions Protest at Sotheby’s–8 Arrested

You could hear them a block away; their whistles and chants preceded them. About a hundred protesters stood outside Sotheby’s at the beginning of the auction house’s contemporary evening sale, the last important art sale of the year. Read more

November 10, 2011

Occupy protester arrested in Molotov cocktail incident, his second arrest in four days

In the latest development in the Occupy Portland occupation, a man living at the encampment was arrested for the second time in less than a week, this time on arson charges in connection with a Molotov cocktail thrown at Portland’s World Trade Center late Tuesday night. Read more

November 10, 2011

UW student demonstrators march

SEATTLE — About four-dozen officers, including police on horses and bikes, escorted about 100 students, union members and other demonstrators who marched from the University of Washington Wednesday afternoon to banks in the nearby University District in Seattle. Read more

November 10, 2011

OccupyMN protesters occupy foreclosed Minneapolis home

“If they want to take Monique out of her home they’ll have to take me with her!” With these words protestor Nick Espinosa summed up OccupyMN’s new direction: the protest group has occupied a foreclosed home to prevent its residents from being evicted. On November 8, about 60 people rallied at the home of Monique White in the McKinley neighborhood of North Minneapolis. U.S. Bank which owns White’s mortgage foreclosed on her home after she became later in her payments. White is now facing eviction. Read more

November 10, 2011

U.S. mayor’s website hacked by Occupy Wall St sympathizer

(Reuters) – A hacker broke into the mayor of St. Louis’s website and posted a message in support of anti-Wall Street protesters who are facing eviction from a city park they occupied five weeks ago. Read more

November 10, 2011

Occupy L.A. Occupies Bank of America Downtown

November 9, 2011

Occupy Chicago Marches towards Grant Park (VIDEO)

Occupy Chicago Marches towards Grant Park from Raza Siddiqui on Vimeo.

November 9, 2011

Latest Developments in the Occupy Protests

An Oakland man says a police officer shot him with a rubber bullet or beanbag while he was videotaping last week’s standoff between law enforcement and a small group that took over a building and lit fires after a day of peaceful anti-Wall Street protests. Read more

November 9, 2011

Night Of A Thousand Masks -11.11.11 – Anonymous (VIDEO)

November 9, 2011

Occupy protesters moved to Gallivan Plaza

SALT LAKE CITY — Occupy Salt Lake activists seeking to protest corporate greed will now be able to do so in close proximity to the city’s Wells Fargo, U.S. Bank, and Chase Bank buildings, as well as Goldman Sachs’ central office. Read more

November 9, 2011

6 Occupy Houston Protesters Arrested In Park

HOUSTON — Six Occupy Houston protesters were arrested in a downtown Houston park Wednesday. Houston police said the incident began in Tranquility Park at 11 p.m. Tuesday after some Occupy Houston members put up what officers called a tent. Read more

November 8, 2011

Occupy Wall St protesters ready for winter, erect 1st of 27 military tents to withstand cold

November 8, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protests Outside Department Of Education

NEW YORK — On Monday evening, about 200 students, parents, school aides and educators associated with Occupy Wall Street congregated on the steps of the New York City Department of Education in lower Manhattan to “occupy the DOE.” Read more

November 8, 2011

N.J. is ordered to return Occupy Trenton possessions

TRENTON — The state must return the seized possessions of Occupy Trenton protesters at a park across from the Statehouse, but the occupiers cannot use a generator or the park’s electricity, Superior Court Judge Mary Jacobson ruled yesterday. Read more

November 8, 2011

Occupy Oakland’s new target – foreclosed buildings

Now that their general strike is over, Occupy Oakland activists are looking for a new initiative to keep the momentum rolling – and their gaze is turning toward taking over foreclosed or abandoned buildings. Read more

November 8, 2011

Tucson Police make 24 ‘Occupy’ arrests over weekend

TUCSON – Over the weekend, Tucson Police Department made 24 total arrests at Veinte de Agoso Park, opting to arrest, cite and field-release “Occupy Tucson” demonstrators in the park after 10 p.m. Read more

November 7, 2011

Occupy LA Bank Transfer Day Rally (VIDEO)

November 7, 2011

Occupy Raleigh National Bank Transfer Day (VIDEO)

November 7, 2011

City to probe Occupy Dallas confrontation at bank

DALLAS — The City of Dallas is launching an investigation into Saturday’s Occupy Dallas protest that ended with arrests. In a brief written statement to News 8, city spokesman Frank Librio said Dallas police “will review whatever video is available next week as part of an overall review of the incident.” Read more

November 7, 2011

Riverside police arrest 11 protesters

Riverside police arrested 11 “Occupy Riverside” protesters near City Hall on Sunday afternoon after several demonstrators allegedly refused to removed tents from the public plaza, authorities said. Read more

November 7, 2011

More arrests for Occupy Fresno protesters

Eight Occupy Fresno protesters were arrested early this morning at Courthouse Park by Fresno County sheriff’s deputies, marking the second night of arrests. The eight were locked arms before a crew of 43 deputies, dressed in riot gear, arrested them about 12:45 a.m. on suspicion of disorderly conduct and refusing to disperse. Protesters are not permitted in the park from midnight to 6 a.m. Read more

November 4, 2011

‘Occupy’ group plans demonstration outside Vallejo branch of Chase Bank

Vallejo’s second “Occupy” event is scheduled Saturday — aligned with a coordinated day of action against large national bank chains. Christine Macukas Brown is behind the “Occupy for Liberty” demonstration, planned from 10 a.m. until later that day in front of the Chase Bank at 972 Admiral Callaghan Lane. Read more

November 4, 2011

‘Vendetta’ mask becomes symbol of Occupy protests

Look at a photo or news clip from around the world of Occupy protesters and you’ll likely spot a handful of people wearing masks of a cartoon-like man with a pointy beard, closed-mouth smile and mysterious eyes. The mask is a stylized version of Guy Fawkes, an Englishman who tried to bomb the British Parliament on Nov. 5, 1605. Read more

November 4, 2011

Occupy Portland demonstrates ahead of Bank Transfer Day; local musicians join in

Four Portland musicians have organized a campaign to urge their community to shift their money from national banks into local institutions and credit unions. The move comes just ahead of Saturday’s Bank Transfer Day, a effort engineered by the Occupy Wall Street movement to give unhappy account holders a way to vote with their wallets. Read more

November 4, 2011

Occupy Providence plan action against big US banks

PROVIDENCE, R.I.—Occupy Providence activists are preparing to participate in a national action against the largest U.S. banks and urging residents to close their Bank of America accounts as an act of protest. Read more

November 4, 2011

Emotions run high after Occupy protests in Oakland

(AP)  OAKLAND, Calif. — Emotions ran high as Occupy Wall Street supporters and public officials dealt with the aftermath of protests that shutdown the nation’s fifth-busiest port before spiraling into chaos near the movement’s downtown encampment. Read more

November 3, 2011

‘Occupy SD’ Protesters March Against Big Banks

SAN DIEGO — Protesters with “Occupy San Diego” marched to bank counters downtown on Wednesday to close their accounts after they say they are fed up with “big bank greed.”

“Occupy San Diego” protesters along with union members and activists chanted, “Corporate greed has got to go” as they marched to Bank of America and Wells Fargo Bank on Fifth Avenue and B Street in downtown San Diego. Read more

November 3, 2011

Occupy Boston, students, protest education debt

Members of the Occupy Boston movement, students from area colleges and union workers have marched through downtown Boston to protest the nation’s burgeoning student debt crisis. The protest started at Occupy Boston’s Dewey Square tent city today and stopped outside Bank of America offices and the downtown Harvard Club before moving to the Statehouse. Read more

November 3, 2011

NYC arrest records: Many Occupy Wall Street protesters live in luxury

Many “Occupy Wall Street” protesters arrested in New York City “occupy” more luxurious homes than their “99 percent” rhetoric might suggest, a Daily Caller investigation has found. Read more

November 2, 2011

Michael Moore @ Occupy Wall Street (VIDEO)

November 2, 2011

Occupy Denver: Cops pepper-spray protesters, fire rubber bullets (VIDEO)

November 2, 2011

Occupy Sacramento leaders sue city of Sacramento

After nearly a month of tense standoffs in Sacramento’s Cesar Chavez Plaza, Occupy Sacramento activists – seeking to thwart the city’s insistence on clearing the park nightly – moved the battle to another venue: the federal courts. Read more

November 2, 2011

Occupy Nashville protesters plan for the future

Occupy Nashville is back and settling in for the long haul. Now that a federal judge has ordered the state to stop arresting and ousting the protesters from their encampment every night for violating a state-imposed curfew, tents and protest signs have sprung up on Legislative Plaza once again. Read more

November 2, 2011

Anti-Peace Flyers Being Distributed at Occupy Oakland

We’ve been impressed by the overall pacifist tone of many of the demonstrations in Oakland this week, and particularly grateful for those who stood as a buffer between protesters and cops during the anti-police brutality march on Saturday night. That said, every protest has its provocateurs and its agitators, those who think that violence is the only way to effect change. Read more

November 1, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters’ own security detail sets standards for conduct in Zuccotti Park

Protesters in Zuccotti Park may be free spirits, but they’ve decided they need some rules all the same. And if you dare break them – you’re out. The group has formed its own security detail to enforce a code of ethics mapped out during their general assembly meeting Monday. Read more

November 1, 2011

Occupy protesters offered new campsite at AFL-CIO property

CHARLESTON, W.Va. — Protesters aligned with the Occupy Wall Street movement have been guaranteed a new place to set up camp should Charleston officials require them to leave Davis Park. Read more

November 1, 2011

Students playing key role in ‘Occupy’ protest

College students in Mississippi and worldwide are coupling passion with technological prowess in a quest for reform: They’re calling it “occupation.” Read more

November 1, 2011

Scott Bergstresser – ANONYMOUS Identifies Cop Who Shot Marine Vet Scott Olsen

November 1, 2011

Corporate Preparations for Protester Challenges

Occupy Wall Street is not just a protest. It’s an intelligence tool for protest organizers the world over. The Occupy protests may be considered a protester training ground for next year’s G20 and NATO Summits in Chicago, and more importantly, the RNC and DNC in Tampa and Charlotte respectively. Read more

October 31, 2011

Police break up Occupy Wall St. camp in Richmond, Va., make some arrests for trespassing

RICHMOND, Va. — Police cleared out a downtown plaza early Monday that had been home to Occupy Wall Street protesters, ordering out dozens of people who had encamped there since Oct. 17 and arresting those who refused to leave. Read more

October 31, 2011

Dozens of Occupy protesters arrested in Texas, Oregon

The arrests occurred thousands of miles apart, but the scenes were similar in Oregon and Texas early Sunday: In the dark of night, police told Occupy demonstrators to leave protest sites. Those who refused were handcuffed and arrested. Read more

October 31, 2011

Occupy Denver Clash: Police Use Force On Denver Protesters

October 31, 2011

Portland police arrest 30 Wall Street protesters

Police in Oregon arrested about 30 anti-Wall Street protesters early Sunday, dragging and carrying them to waiting vans, after they refused to leave a park in an affluent district. Read More

October 29, 2011

Latest Developments in the Global Occupy Protests

Tennessee state troopers for the second straight night arrested Wall Street protesters for defying a new nighttime curfew imposed by the Republican governor, in an effort to disband an encampment near the state Capitol in Nashville. Read more

October 28, 2011

Wall Street Protesters Hold Vigils for Injured Vet

OAKLAND, Calif. –  Anti-Wall Street demonstrators held vigils for an Iraq War veteran seriously injured during a protest clash with police in California as some occupy encampments held out against orders from authorities to abandon sites in parks and plazas. Read more

October 28, 2011

Occupy Wall Street spreading to state capitols

ALBANY, N.Y. — The Occupy Wall Street demonstrators plan to occupy the state Capitol in New York and in other states this weekend. The Occupy Albany group plans events Saturday beginning at noon with participants from throughout the state. The Albany event will coincide with similar events at capitols in other states on Saturday. Read more

October 28, 2011

Arrests made at Wall St. protest in Nashville

NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Authorities in Tennessee made about 30 arrests early Friday at the site where a few dozen Wall Street protesters have been encamped for about three weeks in Nashville, protesters said. Authorities began moving in a little after 3 a.m. using a newly enacted state policy that set a curfew for the grounds near the state Capitol, including Legislative Plaza where the protesters had been staying in tents. The state’s new rules specifically banned “overnight occupancy” at the public space and require permits and use fees for rallies. Read more

October 28, 2011

The Architect of #OccupyWallStreet Praises the Power of “Magical Hashtags”

The #occupywallstreet movement didn’t spring up out of nowhere. It was very deliberately conceived by the creators of a title you may have seen on the newsstand: Adbusters. As digital marketing agency iCrossing recently outlined, the movement started with a tweet from Adbusters on July 4. Read more

October 28, 2011

Hackers Publish Vulnerabilities in US Law Enforcement Websites

A group of hackers called Team Poison (TeaMp0isoN) published a list of websites utilized by law enforcement authorities that are supposed to be vulnerable to MSAccess SQL injection attacks. A number of six sites that are listed are supposedly utilized by the police for their updates, the cybercriminals urging Occupy Wall Street supporters to take them down. Read more

October 27, 2011

Oakland Police Critically Injure Iraq War Vet During Occupy March

WASHINGTON — The Oakland Police Department fired tear gas on Occupy Oakland demonstrators Tuesday night as they marched through downtown, determined to reclaim the camp that officers destroyed that morning. As the marchers zigged and zagged in search of safe ground, authorities bombarded and barricaded the activists into a drawn-out stalemate that resulted in further arrests. Read more

October 27, 2011

Mayor Villaraigosa: Occupy L.A. ‘cannot continue indefinitely’

Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa said Wednesday that the Occupy Los Angeles encampment outside City Hall “cannot continue indefinitely” and has asked city officials to draft restrictions limiting when people are allowed on city property. “I respect the protesters’ right to peacefully assemble and express their views,” Villaraigosa said. “City officials have been in a continuous and open dialogue with the organizers of Occupy L.A. However, the protesters must respect city laws and regulations, and while they have been allowed to camp on City Hall lawns, that cannot continue indefinitely.” Read more

October 27, 2011

Occupy Atlanta says it will go on

Even as their organizers were jailed and the park they occupied was barricaded, Occupy Atlanta protesters said their movement will go on and that they believe more people will join them. “It’s only going to make it stronger,” said John Reynolds, 25, a freelance photographer from North Druid Hills. “People who did not come out before will now see our First Amendment rights being trampled.” Read more

October 27, 2011

Occupy Pittsburgh Causes Abrupt Closure Of Downtown PNC Bank

PITTSBURGH — A downtown PNC Bank branch abruptly closed Wednesday afternoon when members of Occupy Pittsburgh said they went inside to open accounts and were denied.Channel 4 Action News’ Keith Jones reported that five people involved with Occupy Pittsburgh told him employees locked the doors once they went inside the branch at Fifth Avenue and Market Street. Read more

October 26, 2011

Seven arrested at ‘Occupy San Jose’ protest

SAN JOSE – Police arrested seven more ‘Occupy San Jose’ protesters early Tuesday morning, and one protester remains perched atop a large wall outside City Hall. It was Shaun O’Kelly’s third night on the wall, said Occupy San Jose protester Peter Brown, who is acting as a spokesman for the group. Read more

October 26, 2011

Politicians, Unions March With Occupy Protesters Across Brooklyn Bridge

Brooklyn politicians joined more than 100 union members and protesters to march across the Brooklyn Bridge in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement this evening. The group, which was co-organized by Democratic Brooklyn Assemblyman Vito Lopez, headed to Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, where the protesters have camped for more than five weeks. Read more

October 26, 2011

Poll: 43 percent agree with views of “Occupy Wall Street”

Forty-three percent of Americans agree with the views of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement, according to a new CBS News/New York Times poll that found a widespread belief that money and wealth should be distributed more evenly in America. Read more 

October 26, 2011

“Occupy Atlanta” camp cleared, dozens arrested

ATLANTA — With helicopters hovering overhead, police moved into a downtown Atlanta park and arrested around 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters who had been encamped there for about two weeks early Wednesday. Read more

October 26, 2011

Occupy Movement Faces Arrests, Aims at Verizon and Foreclosures

While Occupy Wall Street and the Communications Workers rallied against runaway corporate power at New York’s Verizon headquarters Friday, Occupy Detroit marched from the downtown park it calls home to Bank of America. Read more

October 26, 2011

Oakland police fire teargas at Occupy protest

Hundreds of police swept into the Occupy Oakland protest on Tuesday, firing teargas and beanbag rounds before clearing out an encampment of demonstrators. In less than an hour, the two-week-old, makeshift encampment in the California city was in ruins. Read more

October 25, 2011

‘Red Army’ Behind Occupy Wall Street?

On a balmy autumn afternoon, a stroll along lower Manhattan to Liberty Plaza, or another American city or even in squares and plazas around the world, is likely to take you to an encampment of mostly-young, mostly cheerful, determined citizens who’ve come together for the long haul to challenge and oppose a list of anti-social deeds, from government support of venal businessmen to excessive CO2 emissions. Under the banner of “Occupy Wall Street,” a local-turned-global protest movement strives to bring your attention to injustice. Read more

October 25, 2011

What “Diversity of Tactics” Really Means for Occupy Wall Street

Even as Occupy Wall Street shapes the public conversation about high finance, political corruption, and the distribution of wealth, it has also raised anew questions about how resistance movements in general should operate. I want to consider one of the matters that I’ve thought about a lot over the past month while watching the occupation and its means of making its presence felt on the streets of New York and in the media. Read more

October 25, 2011

Occupy Oakland March Shuts Down Chase Bank Branch (VIDEO)

October 25, 2011

23 Arrested After Occupy Dallas Protest at Chase

Nearly two dozen Occupy Dallas protesters were arrested after a demonstration outside of a Chase Bank branch in downtown Dallas on Monday afternoon. Protesters blocked customers from entering the Chase bank at Main and Akard streets in downtown Dallas at about 2:15 p.m. Another group of protesters were inside the bank branch, canceling their accounts. Read more

October 24, 2011

Police investigate graffiti spree in financial district

Boston police say they are investigating a spree of graffiti vandalism reported over the weekend in the financial district, near the area where protesters have camped out in downtown Boston. Between Friday and yesterday, police received reports of vandalism at 22 addresses where a mix of black, blue and silver-colored paint was sprayed on buildings, doorways, signs and vehicles including on or outside of bank and financial company locations. Read more

October 24, 2011

Nurses to picket City Hall over arrests at Occupy Chicago protests

Outraged by the arrest of two nurses and a union organizer volunteering at the Occupy Chicago protest over the weekend, National Nurses United is planning a protest at Mayor Rahm Emanuel‘s office today. Read more

October 24, 2011

Anonymous Targets Fox News (VIDEO)

October 24, 2011

Occupy Vancouver escalates with Run on the banks (VIDEO)

October 22, 2011

Occupy Oakland defies vacate orders

(AP) OAKLAND, Calif. — Hundreds of anti-Wall Street protesters defiantly remained at their campsite outside Oakland’s City Hall early Saturday, despite a city order to vacate.  Read more

October 21, 2011

Internet talks about ‘Occupy Wall Street,’ media listens

First proposed by anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters earlier this year, the Occupy Wall Street movement started gaining notable Internet “buzz” on Sept. 10, NM Incite reports. Much to the consternation of many following the movement, however, it took mainstream media almost a month to start paying attention. When Web traffic suddenly shot up on Thursday, Oct. 6, the world couldn’t help but notice. Read more

October 21, 2011

AP-GfK Poll: 37 percent support ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters; politics angers most people

October 21, 2011

Wall Street Protesters ‘Occupy’ MoMA, Slam Admission, Don Mask

Oct. 21 (Bloomberg) — Five weeks after protesters occupied a Lower Manhattan plaza to press for economic and political change, they’ve turned their attention to what they call “temples of cultural elitism,” New York’s museums. Read more

October 21, 2011

San Jose: Eight Occupy Wall Street protesters arrested, one cited

San Jose police arrested eight Occupy Wall Street protesters and cited one man in a wheelchair early Friday for violating a city ordinance that forbids camping out on city property. Read more

October 20, 2011

Occupy SF gets boost from economist, activist Robert Reich

As Occupy SF enters its second month, participants got a shot in the arm Wednesday evening from a man who has been on the other side of the aisle. Read more

October 20, 2011

Officers arrest armed man at Occupy Portland encampment

Police arrested a man they said flashed a handgun during an argument at the Occupy Portland encampment Wednesday afternoon. Read more

October 20, 2011

Occupy Chicago After Arrests: We Will Re-Occupy

“Bring five friends with you next time,” announced Ashley Bohrer, 23, beaming with pride at Occupy Chicago’s Monday afternoon General Assembly (GA), “and have them bring five friends with them!” Read more

October 19, 2011

Silent Vigil Linked to Occupy Wall Street Planned for Lincoln Center Oct. 18

Activists of Occupy Wall Street, the grassroots movement that seeks to protest “bank bailouts, corporate greed and the unchecked power of Wall Street in Washington,” will participate in a silent protest at the fountain at Lincoln Center 7-8 PM Oct. 18. Read more

October 19, 2011

Hackers leak Citigroup CEO’s personal data after Occupy Wall Street arrests

Addresses, phone numbers and other personal data of Citigroup CEO Vikram Pandit have been leaked by hacker group CabinCr3w after two dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters were arrested at a Citibank location. Read more

October 19, 2011

Man with rifle arrested at Occupy Seattle protest

A convicted felon believed to be part of the Occupy Seattle protest was arrested at the demonstration after he was found carrying an unloaded rifle in a bag, along with 16 rounds of ammunition, police said on Tuesday. Read more

October 18, 2011

Mass. union leaders court Occupy Boston protesters

Massachusetts labor leaders, beset by dwindling numbers and an increasingly frosty environment on Beacon Hill, are betting they’ve found a shot of political adrenaline in the unlikeliest of places: a scruffy hodgepodge of an encampment pitched across the street from Boston’s South Station. Read more

October 18, 2011

Occupy Providence protesters close BofA accounts

From their encampment at a downtown city park, protesters in the Occupy Providence movement on Monday called for a mass account closure at Bank of America, accusing it of “immoral” banking and lending practices. Read more

October 18, 2011

Occupy SF braces for possible police action, plans City Hall rally

Occupy SF demonstrators were gathering peacefully in Justin Herman Plaza to eat and talk about what to do if San Francisco police attempt to clear the gathering tonight or Tuesday morning. Read more

October 18, 2011

Makeshift Leaders Emerge for Occupy Wall Street Movement

A handful of hardcore “Occupy Wall Street” protesters — ranging from a Free Tibet activist to a Sundance Channel producer to an unemployed English grad — have emerged as makeshift leaders of the movement. Read more

October 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street reaches 1-month birthday

The month-old Occupy Wall Street movement continues to grow, with money in the bank and participants finding satisfaction in the widening impact they hope will counter the influence on society by those who hold the purse strings of the world’s economies. Read more

October 17, 2011

Arrests after Occupy Seattle defies eviction

Police moved in Monday to evict Occupy Seattle demonstrators who were camping out in the city’s Westlake Park. Protesters had defied an order to remove dozens of tents and not to camp overnight in the park. Read more

October 17, 2011

Occupy protests spread around the world; 70 injured in Rome

Thousands of people across the world railed against corporate power, grinding poverty and government cuts Saturday as the Occupy Wall Street movement spread to the streets of Europe, Asia and Australia — and took a particularly violent turn in Rome. Read more

October 17, 2011

Bank Of America Branch In California Reportedly Refuses To Allow Protesters To Close Accounts (VIDEO)

Should people who are tired of paying extra fees be allowed to close their bank accounts in protest? One Bank of America official reportedly doesn’t think so. Read more

October 17, 2011

Hundreds arrested at ‘Occupy’ events in Chicago, Denver, Arizona, as movement spreads across U.S.

Hundreds of demonstrators were arrested in Chicago and other cities on Saturday night and Sunday morning, as the anti-corporate fury from the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York continue to spread across the country. Read more

October 17, 2011

Occupy Wall Street shows muscle, raises $300K

The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. Read more

October 17, 2011

Occupy LA Protests Are Tens Of Thousands Strong & Growing

Thousands marched through Downtown Los Angeles on Saturday, adding to the global throng of protesters that celebrated the one month anniversary of the Wall Street occupation. Read more

October 17, 2011

Occupy Boston denies “bad behavior”

Occupy Boston is denying what it says are “reports from Fox News” that an Occupy Boston participant “spit on a member of the Coast Guard” near South Station in Boston last week. Read more

October 17, 2011

Global Day of Rage: Reporting Inside NYC’s Massive Occupy Times Square March

By the time I infiltrated the drum circles and sing-alongs of Occupy Wall Street early this afternoon, there had already been reports of offshoot protests in more than 80 countries, including China, Japan, Indonesia, and England. Read more

October 17, 2011

74 Arrested as Protesters ‘Occupy’ Times Square (PHOTOS)

Arrested by U.S. police in New York City 14 members of the movement “to occupy Wall Street” after the clash with police after trying to demonstrate movement towards the financial district in the city. Read more

October 17, 2011

Police in riot gear arrest 5 at Occupy SF

Five people were arrested Sunday night when San Francisco police raided the Occupy SF encampment on Justin Herman Plaza, police said. Read more

October 14, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Police Violence (VIDEO)

October 14, 2011

Photos: Occupy Showdown in Denver

Protesters and police engaged in a tense game of chicken late Thursday, as members of the Occupy Denver movement stubbornly defied an 11 p.m. deadline for them to leave a park near the Capitol. Read more

October 14, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Needs Kent State-Like Imagery

Donny Deutsch made an eyebrow-raising statement on Friday’s “Morning Joe” when he said that the Occupy Wall Street movement needed imagery similar to the Kent State shootings. Read more

October 14, 2011

Violence Breaks Out During ‘Occupy Wall Street’ March Toward New York Stock Exchange

Just a short while after protesters learned they’d be able to stay in Zuccotti Park indefinitely, violence broke out as a group marched away from it. Read more

October 14, 2011

Occupy Wall Street: Zuccotti Park clean-up called off – in pictures

Protesters claim victory as Brookfield properties, owners of Zuccotti Park in New York, call off their plans to clean the area. Demonstrators had mounted their own clean-up operation during the night. Read more

October 14, 2011

Occupy Protesters Rally at Bank of America

“Occupy” protesters are gathered Thursday in front of the Bank of America on West 11th in Eugene. The group was a mix of community activists, including Occupy Eugene. Read more

October 14, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Comes to Brooklyn, Promptly Arrested

A small group of Occupy Wall Street protestors crossed the river today, arriving in the borough of Kings for the first time since the mass arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge. Read more

October 14, 2011

‘Occupy,’ unions connect in protest

The loosely organized protesters of Occupy Boston joined forces with organized labor yesterday, marching to a downtown Verizon Wireless store with electrical workers who said they are in a stalemate in their negotiations with the company. Read more

October 14, 2011

Occupy Pittsburgh march to shut down city streets Saturday

Police plan to close several streets between 11:15 a.m. and 3 p.m. while restricting parking beginning at 7 a.m. on 27 more for the planned two-mile Occupy Pittsburgh march tomorrow from the Hill District to Market Square as protesters decry what they call corporate influence and excesses. Read more

October 14, 2011

Arrests made as police, CSP clear out Occupy Denver camp site

A handful of people have been arrested as police in riot gear moved into the Occupy Denver camp in front of the Colorado Capitol early this morning to dismantle tents and remove debris. Read more

October 14, 2011

Chicago protesters stage “die-in” at bank

A few hundred demonstrators protesting over unemployment woes targeted Bank of America on Thursday, with 30 protesters entering a bank building in Chicago and laying down in a “die-in” before heeding police orders to leave. Read more

October 14, 2011

Occupy Chicago Protestors Dumped Garbage From A Foreclosed House In Front Of A Bank Of America

On Monday, thousands in the “Stand Up Chicago” movement, inspired by but not officially affiliated with Occupy Wall Street, marched in downtown Chicago tying up rush-hour traffic for hours, according to the Chicago Tribune. Read more

October 14, 2011

NYC “Occupy” showdown averted; Cleanup put off

The cleanup of a plaza in lower Manhattan where protesters have been camped out for a month was postponed early Friday, sending cheers up from a crowd that had feared the effort was merely a pretext to evict them. Read more

October 14, 2011

San Francisco Union Members and Occupy Protesters ‘Foreclose’ Wells Fargo

With “We are the 99%!” chants echoing across the streets and placards with slogans like: “Ya Basta!” and “Make the Banks Pay!/¡Que Pagan los Bancos!”, “people power” was very visible in downtown San Francisco Wednesday. Read more

October 13, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Raises $225,000

The growing Occupy Wall Street movement that began in Manhattan’s Financial District and quickly spread nationwide with satellite versions popping up in other cities has a boatload of money now. Read more

October 13, 2011

Unions Play Major Role in ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests

As “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations have gone national, observers are taking note of the prominent role of labor unions in this anti-business crusade. Read more

October 13, 2011

Labor groups to march with Occupy Boston protesters

Rain-soaked Occupy Boston demonstrators will get a boost this afternoon as hundreds of workers join them in Dewey Square. Read more

October 13, 2011

Anti-Wall Street protesters ready to block clean-up

Anti-Wall Street protesters threatened on Thursday to block any efforts by clean-up crews to enter their camp to clear away three-weeks worth of debris, raising anxiety about a potential showdown between demonstrators and police. Read more

October 13, 2011

Unions to join Occupy Seattle protestors

About 75 protestors spent the night Thursday or have gathered at Westlake Park. Park workers began moving them out for park cleaning around 6 a.m. Protestors will get reinforcement when union members join them for a rally for jobs at 10:30 a.m. Read more

October 13, 2011

Al Gore Endorses Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street can now count former Vice President Al Gore as one of its supporters. Read more

October 13, 2011

Who’s behind the Wall St. protests?

Anti-Wall Street protesters say the rich are getting richer while average Americans suffer, but the group that started it all may have benefited indirectly from the largesse of one of the world’s richest men. Read more

October 13, 2011

‘Occupy Dallas’ Protesters Threatened with Arrests

A standoff between Dallas City Hall and the Occupy Dallas protestors has gotten more intense. The city says it’s considering a crackdown in Pioneer Plaza because the protestors failed to purchase insurance as they entrenched themselves. Read more

October 13, 2011

US ‘Occupy’ protests evolved from magazine appeal

Early this year, the editors of a Canadian anti-establishment magazine watched Egyptians demanding democracy in Cairo, and young Spaniards camping out in city centers to protest high unemployment, and wondered, “Why isn’t this happening in America?” Read more

October 13, 2011

Citigroup chief says Occupy Wall Street concerns “completely understandable”

Vikram Pandit, CEO of Citigroup, says he would be happy to talk to the thousands of protestors whose anti-Wall Street message has spawned similar protests around the country. Read more

October 13, 2011

Propaganda by Deed: 99% Protesters #Occupy the Senate

On Tuesday, protesters from #FreedomPlaza and #occupydc in Washington #occupied the Senate. In the morning, they #occupied the Senate Hart office building. Read more

October 13, 2011

Four Arrested As “Occupy Wall Street” Protesters Rally At JPMorgan Chase HQ

A few hundred “Occupy Wall Street” protesters gathered outside of JPMorgan Chase’s headquarters Wednesday to march against what they called “corporate greed.” Read more

October 13, 2011

Occupy Protests Showing No Signs of Slowing Down

October 12, 2011

Occupy Detroit Begins Friday; Coincides with Obama Visit

The grassroots group known as Occupy Detroit has planned its occupation for Friday — the same day President Barack Obama will visit the Metro area. Read more

October 12, 2011

Police arrest Occupy San Francisco protesters at Wells Fargo headquarters

Occupy San Francisco protesters are marching and demonstrating outside Wells Fargo headquarters today in the city’s Financial District today. Read more

October 12, 2011

Occupy L.A. Protester Calls for Bloody Revolution

Citizen journalist Ringo captured this speaker at the Occupy Los Angeles camp a few days ago letting the cat out of the bag: After dismissing nonviolence as a dead end, he admits that for the Occupiers to achieve their goals, violence and bloodshed will be necessary. Read more

October 12, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Target JPMorgan Chase Skyscraper

The Occupy Wall Street movement protesting U.S. economic inequality will target a JPMorgan Chase skyscraper on Wednesday, as the number of rallies on U.S. college campuses planned for Thursday grew to at least 90 schools. Read more

October 12, 2011

Occupy Wall Street’s Bank Account Is Swelling

Money might not make the world go round for the protesters in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, but it’s certainly starting to help. Read more

October 12, 2011

Occupy Atlanta | Police let protesters stay in park

Police maintained only a low-key presence, both at the park and during a late afternoon march to the Midtown offices of the Bank of America, which drew about 50 people from the park and perhaps 100 who joined en route. Read more

October 12, 2011

Why Occupy Wall Street isn’t about a list of demands

A lot of lip service has been paid to the idea that Occupy Wall Street lacks focus. The critics ask: What’s the goal of these protests? Everyone wants something different. Read more

October 12, 2011

Six antiwar, economic protesters arrested at Senate offices

Six people were arrested on Tuesday during a protest in a Senate office building involving antiwar and Occupy DC demonstrators, police and participants said. Read more

October 12, 2011

200 Occupy Minnesota Protesters March on Wells Fargo, TCF Banks

Some 200 demonstrators, chanting “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out,” marched from the Hennepin County Government Center plaza to Wells Fargo Bank in downtown Minneapolis over the noon hour today and rallied in the bank’s lobby, before continuing their march past the TCF Bank and back to the plaza. Read more

October 12, 2011

NYC Protesters March to Homes of 1%

Hundreds of protesters, emboldened by the growing national Occupy Wall Street movement, streamed through midtown Manhattan on Tuesday in what they called a “Millionaires March.” Read more

October 11, 2011

Occupy Chicago member: Protests “are not anti-wealth”

Sam Abrahamson, a member of the Occupy Chicago protests, talks to the WGN-TV Morning Show about the protests and what they stand for. Read more

October 11, 2011

The Real Reason Why Occupy Wall Street Protesters Aren’t Getting Kicked Out Of Zuccotti Park

the heels of the Solyndra debacle, the Obama administration has just approved a 8.9 million loan guarantee for the Granite Reliable wind farm project owned by Brookfield Asset Management (BAM). Read more

October 11, 2011

Occupy Philly May March On Bank Branch

FOX 29 News previously reported that protesters might target a Bank of America branch, blaming that company for some of the country’s problems. The protesters are taking a stand against what they consider to be corporate greed. Read More

October 11, 2011

Chicago street protests target financial industry

Some demonstrators gathered outside a meeting of the Mortgage Bankers Association, while others came together near a luxury hotel where a U.S. futures exchange trade association was holding a conference. Read more

October 11, 2011

Occupy Wall Street protesters plan ‘Millionaires March’ to Rupert Murdoch’s, tycoons’ NYC homes

A “Millionaires March” will visit the homes – or, more realistically, the gleaming marble lobbies – of five of the city’s wealthiest residents, including News Corp. CEO Rupert Murdoch, JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon and conservative billionaire David Koch. Read more

October 11, 2011

Scores arrested at Occupy Boston protest site

Tensions boiled over in the early hours of Tuesday in downtown Boston, where police arrested about 100 protesters after the Occupy Boston group expanded its footprint and was told by authorities to backtrack. Read more

October 10, 2011

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Can Stay Indefinitely: Bloomberg

Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday that he’ll allow the Wall Street protesters to stay indefinitely, provided they abide by the law, marking his strongest statement to date on the city’s willingness to let demonstrators occupy a park in Lower Manhattan. Read more

October 10, 2011

Could ‘Bank Transfer Day’ Pit Americans Against Their Big Banks?

The growing anger directed at U.S. banks (especially the big ones that took federal bailout funds) over recent fee increases coalesced this weekend into a Facebook-driven campaign urging Americans to close their accounts at large banks and move their money to credit unions by Nov. 5. Read more

October 10, 2011

Occupy Wall St.’s drumbeat grows louder

From the streets of New York … to the nation’s capital … to the South and West, Americans are frustrated and making their voices heard. Read more

October 10, 2011

“Occupy Charlotte” protests Bank of America

For two hours Saturday, more than 500 protesters in uptown Charlotte marched, chanted, and rallied against what they called “corporate greed.” Read more

October 10, 2011

Wells Fargo bank closes amid Occupy Together protests

After a short general assembly meeting, a commonality among the movement reflecting a respect for democracy and free speech, the protesters began a march targeting all of the major bank branches in downtown Colorado Springs. Read more

October 10, 2011

Occupy LA: Weekend 2 Shows Numbers Growing

Los Angeles expected the Occupy LA movement to continue to grow through the weekend – and that it has. Hundreds more have gone to join protestors, activists, and generally passionate citizens in Downtown Los Angeles where Occupy LA has made a home at City Hall. Read more

October 10, 2011

“Occupy Denver” tent city near Colorado Capitol is growing

The number of tents along a strip of Broadway where “Occupy Denver” demonstrators are protesting continues to grow even as the Colorado State Patrol has warned against camping out. Read more

October 10, 2011

Occupy D.C. protests march into second week

Hundreds of protesters marched in Washington on Sunday, angered at what they said was the U.S. government’s willingness to bail out rich corporations while neglecting the nation’s hard-pressed citizens. Read more

October 10, 2011

The Occupy Wall Street movement unfolds in downtown San Jose

The small but persistent encampment that began as a single protest on Wall Street last month has spawned numerous such gatherings nationwide as divergent groups rally against corporate greed and social inequity. Read more

October 10, 2011

Occupy group plans bank protest next Sunday

Occupy Winston-Salem, drawing about 150 people to its first public meeting Saturday, made plans to protest at a Bank of America branch next Sunday, as part of its movement to fight “corporate greed.” Read more

October 10, 2011

Chicago’s ‘Occupy’ Protest Issues Specific Demands

The local spin-off of the Occupy Wall Street protests born in Manhattan released 12 proposed demands during the weekend, some of the first specifics to emerge from collection of groups that have sprung up in recent weeks across the U.S. Read more