Occupy Oakland
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 [...]
The Occupied Wall Street Journal – Reports from the Front Line
YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS Excessive Force: Chicago PD meets its match. Photo: Dan Bellini This week in Occupy, thousands swarmed Chicago for the NATO summit, Quebec’s student movement reached a critical mass, Greece remains on the brink and Occupy Wall Street’s librarians are suing the city and the NYPD over the destruction [...]
Inquirer News – Occupy Protesters detained in US May Day rallies
Agence France-Presse 9:28 am | Wednesday, May 2nd, 2012 share1 1 An Occupy Oakland protester resists police near Oakland City Hall in downtown Oakland during the May Day protest on May 1, 2012 in California. A handful of Occupy protestors were arrested as they clashed with police who used tear gas. Tensions rose after police [...]
Adbusters – Battle for the Soul of Occupy
As we prepare for the May uprising, two power centers of our movement have announced plans for a spectacular bi-coastal May 1st bridge blockade. On the West Coast, Occupy Oakland and Occupy San Francisco are planning rush hour disruptions on the Golden Gate Bridge while in New York City, occupiers say they will block one [...]
The Occupied Wall Street Journal
#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines by Jennifer Sacks and SIUKittyPie on Apr 11, 2012 YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS Fight For Your Right…to Sleep: An OWS member sleeps on a Union Square-adjacent sidewalk – beneath a giant Citibank ad for home loans – seizing a legal loophole that allows for permanent overnight [...]
Occupied Reports From the Front Lines
by Jennifer Sacks on Mar 19, 2012 • 8:18 pm YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS Looks Like We Made It: A packed General Assembly in Liberty Square on March 17 marks six months since Wall Street was first #occupied. Screengrab: TimCast This week in Occupy, we turned six months old – and law [...]
Occupied Reports From the Front Lines
Bryant Park, Manhattan: #Occupied. Photo: Eric Walton This week in Occupy, more than 80 Shut Down the Corporations actions on #F29 signaled a spring resurgence, student activists across the nation marched for an affordable education and the Occupy movement introduced the mainstream media—and the country—to the American Legislative Exchange Council. The NYPD: Keeping Zuccotti [...]
Occupied Reports from the Front Lines
This week in Occupy, Mitt Romney got mic-checked, Davos was #occupied, the President co-opted Occupy language in his #SOTU address and Occupy Oakland’s attempt to transform an abandoned building into a community center ended with 400 arrests and sparked coast-to-coast solidarity marches. #On Saturday, January 28, Occupy Oakland commenced with “Move-In Day,” an attempt to establish [...]