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Occupy Kc Journal – Welcome to Kansas City, Duck Mother Fucker!

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Occupy the Farm: Gill Tract – UC Police Make Early Morning Raid on Gill Tract Public Farm

  UPDATE 9:15am UC Tractor moved on to Gill Tract Farm and plowed under the thousands of crops planted. Follow @occupyfarm for updates Albany, CA UC police moved in to break up the two-day old Gill Tract Farm in the early morning hours of May 13. Despite a transformation of the vacant lot from abandoned [...]

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Occupy Kc Journal – The Sly James method of negotiation.

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Tony’s Kansas City – Democracy is Dead in Kansas City

KANSAS CITY STARTS PAYING FOR MAYOR SLY’S TOY TRAIN TODAY!!! Kansas City will pay dearly for the streetcar line when it comes to broken promises, cost overruns, traffic accidents and yet another pet project that FAILS to spark biz development. Today is just the beginning: “The Kansas City Downtown Transportation Development District will begin to [...]

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Occupy KC Journal – All Power to the People

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Occupy KC Journal – The Recession is Over! IF YOU WANT IT

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Occupy KC Journal – Mr. President

Mr. President, We here at the Occupy KC Journal all think it is about time for a Ms. President in this Country. We also think we need some more Benjamin Franklin’s as well.

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Tony’s Kansas City – SOURCES SAY ANGRY PROTESTOR WHO INTERRUPTED KANSAS CITY MAYOR SLY’S STATE OF THE CITY SPEECH WAS FORMER MO STATE REP. CANDIDATE DERRON BLACK!

TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! News before all of the other media in Kansas City and because they don’t actually bother to talk to people at these press events . . . So . . . THIS PROTEST NOW TAKES ON A NEW TONE . . . THIS ISN’T ABOUT A CRAZY GUY GRABBING THE [...]

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Occupy KC Journal – Video of Protestor Storming the Stage at mayor’s State of the City Address in Kansas City

Man takes over microphone at mayor’s State of the City Address in Kansas City click the link to watch the video: Read more: http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_news/man-rushes-onto-stage-at-mayors-state-of-the-city-address-in-kansas-city?CMP=201303_emailshare#ixzz2O10Eha1p   http://www.kshb.com/dpp/news/local_news/man-rushes-onto-stage-at-mayors-state-of-the-city-address-in-kansas-city?CMP=201303_emailshare

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The Occupy KC Journal – The Corporate Party! Equal Rights for Equal Fries!!!

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Occupy KC Journal – Mayor Sly James & Son

The apple never falls far from the tree. Mayor Sly James with son Kyle James, a professional rapper that has been arrested on numerous occasions.

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Occupy KC Journal – The 1%

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Occupy KC Journal – NOPE

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Occupy KC Journal – Councilman Pastor Michael Brooks, Where is the 15k?

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Occupy KC Journal – Mayor Silvestri James with Mayor Pro Tem Ms. Cindy Circo

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Exquisite Corpse – A New Bleeding Hearts Section & Contest!

A New Corpse Section and Contest! by Andrei Codrescu Exquisite Corpse is inaugurating a new section called BLEEDING HEARTS. When we received this report from artist and Occupy activist Jessica Logsdon, we were quite taken by its unrelenting pathos, until the end when Jessica’s companion Jeff ventures that Red’s death may have come about from [...]

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Occupy KC Journal – Human Rights are triumphing over Animal Rights

Breaking News! The Occupy KC Journal would like to inform you about local news, however unfortunately, the Kansas City Star Newspaper, the local t.v. news and even some local bloggers have ALL been bought by Kansas City’s political elite, composed primarily of lawyers and bankers. This exclusive Kansas City Club has done a tremendous job [...]

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Occupy Portland News Feed

Occupy Portland News Feed  

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Occupy Oakland - Oakland DA Files Last Minute Charges for October 25, 2011

Last minute charges have been filed on people busted last October 25th, they were ordered to appear today,  at Department 107 with almost no notice. Some people were notified that the DA may be filing some Occupy cases from last October just before the statute expires.  The person appearing on Wednesday (10/25/12) has already contacted [...]

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Video of Scott Olsen Injured During the Occupy Oakland Raid

Oakland Scott Olsen Injured during the Occupy Oakland Raid

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Occupy KC Journal - Vote Nope

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Occupy KC Journal - Nelson Mandela

“Newspapers are only a poor shadow of reality; their information is important to a freedom fighter not because it reveals the truth, but because it discloses the biases and perceptions of both those who produce the paper and those who read it.” Excerpt from the international bestseller, “Long Walk to Freedom” by Nelson Mandela

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Occupy KC Journal - Vote Nope - 2012

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Occupy KC Journal - The Manheim District

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Occupy KC Journal - The Kansas City Star Newspaper Fails Again

The Kansas City Star Newspaper once again proves itself to be terrible journalism at it’s finest. Not until the day of the street car vote does The Star even bother to write an article noting the corruption that is the Kansas City government, which is run by elitist lawyers catering to the bankers and it’s all for ‘ [...]

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Occupy KC Journal - Kansas City Toy Train Streetcar Scheme Starts Today by Tony's Kansas City

KANSAS CITY TOY TRAIN STREETCAR SCHEME STARTS TODAY!!! Here’s the way Democracy died in Kansas City . . . Ballot applications for streetcar vote due TODAY. Just a few things to remember . . . – THIS VOTE WAS STOLEN!!! A GERRYMANDERED DISTRICT WAS CREATED USING A MISSOURI TAX LOOPHOLE TO AVOID LOSING A CITY-WIDE [...]

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The Sparrow Project - Activists, Journalists Celebrate as Judge Issues Permanent Injunction Agaist NDAA. Petitions President to Not Seek Appeal

[New York, NY] Judge Katherine Forrest ruled yesterday that the so-called “indefinite detention” provision (subsection 1021) of the fiscal 2012 National Defense Authorization Act (NDAA) violates the Constitution and issued a permanent injunction against its application. The law would have allowed the military to indefinitely detain civilians without charge or trial if they are accused [...]

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Occupy KC Journal - Mayor Sly James in Kansas City

As regards gorillas in the wild There’s little known, in fact, About Behavior relating to And Surrounding the sexual act. Data gathered in the field Are presented this text To clarify some aspects of Wild Gorilla sex. Though swollen labia in chimps Are rather hard to miss, The vulvas of gorillas show more subtlety than [...]

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Occupied Detroit Free Press - Detroit Water Workers Strike

Workers at the Detroit system that provides water to most of Southeast Michigan walked out early Sunday, Sept. 30.  The board that oversees the water department plans to eliminate 81% of about 2,000 jobs at one of the nation’s largest water and sewer utilities, which serves 40% of Michigan’s population over a 1,000 square miles. The Detroit [...]

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Occupy KC Journal – City Hall with Mayor Sly James

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilwoman Jan Marcason

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilman John Sharp

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilwoman Melba Curls

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilman Russ Johnson

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilwoman Cindy Circo

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilwoman Cindy Circo & Mayor Sly

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilman Jermaine Reed

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilman Scott Wagner

Jessica Logsdon said… The Kansas City website states that one of Councilman Scott Wagner’s initiatives is:”Stopping the Crime Pipeline: Gateway Crimes. This Mayor and Council are making a commitment to addressing crime. While there is an effort that will soon be announced concerning violent crime, I will be working with another group on what I [...]

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Occupy KC Journal - Councilman Scott Taylor

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Watch Live Stream of the nonviolent Occupy Movement in NYC and financial districts around the world. - September 17, 2012 - Occupy Wall Street - One Year Anniversary

September 17, 2012 – Occupy Wall Street – One Year Anniversary Live stream from the nonviolent Occupy Movement in NYC and financial districts around the world. http://www.ustream.tv/occupyeye http://www.adbusters.org/ Home Schedule S17: All Roads Lead to Wall Street S17: All Roads Lead to Wall Street Download the action map and important information! DOWNLOAD PDF On September [...]

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Occupied Chicago Tribune - Letter to the Editor from CTU President Karen Lewis

    Teachers, parents, students and other allies rally downtown in Chicago on September 10, Day 1 of the Chicago Teachers Union Strike. (Photo: Sarah Jane Rhee/Chicago Indymedia.) The Chicago Public Schools (CPS) is so cash-strapped that it plans to close and consolidate under-utilized schools, with rumors that it could be upwards of 120 schools [...]

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Occupied Chicago Tribune - Strikebot Makes Rahm's Head Spin

As of midday Friday, there have been no reports of Mayor Rahm Emanuel considering the use of remote-controlled robotic policing devices to clear the streets of the striking Chicago teachers. But just in case Rahm gets any funny ideas, he should know that those teachers have at least one mechanized strike supporter in their corner. [...]

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Occupy KC Journal - Mayor Sly by Artist Jessica Logsdon on Tony's Kansas City

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Occupy KC Journal - Mayor Sly James & Artist Jessica Logsdon on Tony's Kansas City

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Occupy KC Journal – Mayor Sly

Two against one maneuvering is what lends chimpanzee power struggles both their richness and their danger. Coalitions are key. No male can rule by himself, at least not for long, because the group as a whole can overthrow anybody. Chimpanzees are so clever about banding together that a leader needs allies to fortify his position [...]

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Occupy Kansas City Journal – KC’s Political Machine

The Kansas City Star today is talking about blogger and citizen journalists, ‘Tony’s Kansas City’ or known more simply as TKC. This is the first time I have observed The Star Newspaper refer to TKC and it will most likely be the last time. The article about TKC states that the blogger retracts posts and [...]

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Occupied Wall Street Journal – Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines

  YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEws There’s no smiling in baseball! Photo: The Tax Dodgers This week in Occupy, Southern California erupted, the Occupied Chicago Tribune won the battle to keep its name, The Tax Dodgers were honored at the National Baseball Hall of Fame in Cooperstown and time is running out to [...]

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Portland Occupier – Job Crisis Denial by Shamus Cooke

July 18, 2012 Photo by Mary McClain By Shamus Cooke Before any problem can be fixed it must first be acknowledged. The jobs crisis stays in the shadows, out of mind, and consequently unaddressed. This is allowed to happen because those in power – Republicans and Democrats – both have political reasons to remain silent. [...]

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Occupied Oakland Tribune – Elaine Brown, Former Chair of the Black Panthers, Speaks to Occupy Oakland and All Occupiers

  Elaine Brown has been many things. Chair of the Black Panther Party from 1974 until 1977. Candidate for Oakland City Council.  Candidate for the nomination of the Green Party for President of the United States. Founder of various nonprofits. Advocate for radical prison reform and prison strike organizer. She has been a supporter and [...]

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Adbusters – Overcoming The Fear

  THE AGGIE One of the most inspiring recent actions against banks was pulled off by a group of students and faculty at the University of California, at Davis (UC Davis). Every day for two months, they sat in front of the entrance of a U.S. Bank branch in their student union. Last February the [...]

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Kansas City – City of Fascist Heart of the Nation

“falsely blamed as Anti-Semitic” The 1% in Kansas City routinely defame and smear anyone they perceive as a threat against their own agenda. The 1% use the main stream media as tools to discredit any individual or group they fear may relinquish their control and expose them as the tyrants they are in KC. Ladies [...]

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Occupied Wall Street Journal – “Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines”

YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS Photo: Aaron Black This week in Occupy, the National Gathering culminated in a gathering at Independence Mall, TPP was exposed as the latest NAFTA/SOPA nightmare, a Romney fundraiser hosted by David Koch was #occupied, and a homeowners bill of rights passed in California. #NatGat culminated in Washington, D.C., [...]

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Permanent Culture Now – Are Governments attempting to stop citizens from growing their own food?

I have watched and followed with some worry and considerable concern during the last few years at various Governments  attempts to ban people from growing organic food and medicinal plants in their home gardens. No Conspiracies here! At first glance this looks like something that you would expect to come from conspiracy theorists, in many [...]

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Tony’s Kansas City – “Special Taxing District Scam”

TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! DOWNTOWN KANSAS CITY STREETCAR CAMPAIGN MISDEED?!?!? QUESTIONABLE KANSAS CITY “YES” VOTE NOTARY OFFER COULD SOON CAUSE CONTROVERSY!!! First let’s define terms . . . THE “SPECIAL TAXING DISTRICT” VOTE IS NOTHING MORE THAN A BARELY LEGAL AND DESPICABLE SCAM INVENTED TO BILK ALL OF KANSAS CITY OUT OF CASH IN [...]

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Occupy KC Journal listed in the Occupy Wall Street Journal !!!

#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines Posted on 07/02/2012 by Jennifer Sacks  YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS Thousands march through Los Angeles’s Chinatown to stop Wal-mart’s invasion of Los Angeles. Photo: Neil Jacobs, IATSE Local 600 This week in Occupy, the Occupy National Gathering is under way in Philadelphia, Los Angeles rejects Wal-mart, [...]

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Occupy Wall Street – Two Americas: Corporate Profits All Time High, Wages All Time Low

by DSWrightFollow for Occupy Wall Street We already know that America has the highest level of inequality in the developed world and that the recent crisis wiped out 40% of wealth for most Americans, hurting everyone but the rich. But here are some new records in inequality within the system itself, from Business Insider: 1) [...]

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Tony’s Kansas City – KANSAS CITY SHOWDOWN OVER IMPENDING CITY HALL HOUSING CONDEMNATION FOR PROPOSED KCPD EAST PATROL SITE!!!

Tuesday, June 26, 2012 TKC BREAKING AND EXCLUSIVE NEWS!!! This week the showdown over the proposed East Patrol site is back on center-stage. To wit . . . ONCE AGAIN KANSAS CITY NEIGHBORS AND COMMUNITY LEADERS AND PLANNING A RALLY TO IN ORDER TO STOP THE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL FROM CONDEMNING THEIR HOMES IN [...]

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Occupy KC Journal exposes Northeast News & Combat

Another article by the Northeast News that does a great job of using a lot of words and names without saying much. Notice that the word combat is used repeatedly, “combat violence in the urban core” and ” a pyramid approach to combating crime,” Well what this article does not state is that the program [...]

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Adbusters – Occupy Will Be Back by Chris Hedges

Occupy Will Be Back Photo by Paul Weiksel, Rights reserved By Chris Hedges In every conflict, insurgency, uprising and revolution I have covered as a foreign correspondent, the power elite used periods of dormancy, lulls and setbacks to write off the opposition. This is why obituaries for the Occupy movement are in vogue. And this [...]

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Occupy KC Journal – Signatures submitted in bid to recall KC Councilman Jermaine Reed

Jermaine Reed A group seeking to recall Kansas City Councilman Jermaine Reed has turned in 79 pages of signatures. Marilyn Sanders, the acting city clerk, said Monday that the group needs 1,633 valid signatures of registered voters from the 3rd District. Election officials estimated it needs 700 more valid signatures. Sanders said that once the [...]

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‘ This Is The Future ‘ by Chris Heges

What was left of electoral politics in the United States gasped and sputtered to its extinction with the 2010 Supreme Court ruling known as Citizens United. At that point the game was over. Legalized bribery now defines the political process. The most retrograde elements of corporate capitalism, such as the Koch brothers, are the undisputed [...]

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Occupy Kansas City – Economic Justice Petition: Save Our Neighborhoods!

RECALL COUNCILMAN JERMAINE REED If you live in the 3rd District Of Kansas City please sign this petition to save our neighborhood http://www.change.org/petitions/save-our-neighborhoods Update:  The City of Kansas City, MO’s Capitol Improvements Department announces that they have purchased 2601 Brooklyn Avenue, and released proceeds to the owner.  Meanwhile, a 72yr old neighbor is begging the [...]

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Tony’s Kansas City – ‘ Councilman of Death ‘

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Tony’s Kansas City – Political Art

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Tony’s Kansas City – Opinion, Jokes and Stories from KC

Sly James And Cindy Circo Satire Check the latest from Kansas City Artist Jessica Logsdon She simply calls it: “Mayor Sly James And Cindy Circo” I don’t know much about art but I like this drawing that’s pretty exciting and offers a lot of room for interpretation . . . Also, the Cindy Circo cougar [...]

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Occupy KC Journal on Fox News

Occupy KC Journal Volume 2 Issue 2 The Occupy KC Journal proudly presents…..volume 2 issue 2 in support of the occupation movement and the evolution of art in America. The Occupy KC Journal Team www.OCCUPYKCJOURNAL.COM Topics: Arts & Culture

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