Demonstrations with the Occupy Wall Street movement are only days away from their next staged protest and hope to reestablish a presence in Manhattan with an even slated for this weekend. To commemorate four months to the day since Occupy Wall Street began in New York City’s Zuccotti Park, protesters will march one mile north [...]
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December 14, 2011
November 16, 2011
Occupy Wall Street – A look back at the last two months
You could say Occupy Wall Street started with a whisper – a call by Canadian activist group Adbusters that spread on Facebook to gather on September 17, 2011. But before long that whisper turned into a roar, a collective anger at Wall Street corruption, at growing income inequality in America, and at a system in [...]
October 6, 2011
‘Police reaction benefits protesters’
The police reaction in New York, where pepper spray and batons have been used against thousands of “Occupy Wall Street” protesters, brings a lot of attention to the issue and advances the protesters’ goals, believes writer and editor, Joshua Holland. “Protesters that I interviewed here, at Occupy San Francisco, have mentioned that police over-response is [...]