The seed planted on September 17th in New York City has grown into a national and international movement. Occupy Wall Street has branched out into hundreds of groups organizing in their own communities. Reader Supported News will highlight some of the more significant actions from around the country here. Share this page with your friends and associates and come back often for the latest developments.
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Occupy Worldwide
24 October 12
Spain Mulling Plan to Ban Photos & Videos of Police
24 October 12
In a move sure to send shivers down the spines of activists and civil liberties advocates everywhere, the Spanish government is taking steps to prohibit the filming and photographing of on-duty police and security forces, the New York Times reports.
Described by Deputy Prime Minister Soraya Saenz de Santamaria as a reaction to the recent shocking clashes between police and demonstrators – such as the Madrid anti-austerity actions – this ban is necessary, they claim, to strike a balance "between citizens' right to protest" and the need "to uphold the integrity of state security forces."
Man Sues Over Arrest for Wearing "Occupy" Jacket in Supreme Court
18 October 12
A man who was arrested in the Supreme Court's museum corridor for wearing a jacket emblazoned with the slogan "Occupy Everywhere" is suing the federal government over the incident.
Food Sovereignty Advocates Occupy the World Food Prize
18 October 12
The world's leading agricultural and food policy experts are headed to Des Moines, Iowa, this week to celebrate the World Food Prize. The annual event heralds the achievements of individuals who have advanced human development by improving the quality, quantity or availability of food in the world. But not everyone finds such achievements reason to celebrate.
Occupy the World Food Prize - an ad hoc coalition of community groups and activists - has organized a week of educational events, panel discussions and direct action to protest the corporate control of local and global food systems. The goals of Occupy the World Food Prize's campaign are twofold: to use the World Food Prize event as an opportunity to redirect the public discourse around food and farming systems and to shift the focus of the prize away from agribusiness to locally-based, sustainable agriculture.
This Week Is OccU-pied by DEBT!
16 October 12
JOIN US FOR A GREAT WEEK OF HORIZONTAL DISCUSSIONS AROUND DEBT!
5 Sessions! All THIS week!
On Debt and Race!
History of Debt Resistance!
The Visual Culture of Debt!
Contemporary Art, and the Specter of Communization!
On Municipal Debt!
About Occupy University: http://university.nycga.net/
Occupy London Little Book of Ideas
15 October 12
On the first anniversary of the Occupy London Stock Exchange camp just by St Paul’s Cathedral, Occupy London is pleased to announce the publication of its first book, which aims to demystify the financial world and provide possible solutions. Entitled ‘The Little Book of Ideas’, the free pocket sized book – written by the Economics Working Group of Occupy London – is now available for download and is also available in print, with a first run of 1,500 copies. A handy fact sheet is included below.
The book is launched one year to the day when thousands of people came together to highlight social and economic injustice in the UK and beyond, as part of a global movement for real democracy.
Join the Blockade of the Keystone Pipeline
16 October 12
The next great battle of the Occupy movement may not take place in city parks and plazas, where the security and surveillance state is blocking protesters from setting up urban encampments./p>
Instead it could arise in the nation’s heartland, where some ranchers, farmers and enraged citizens, often after seeing their land seized by eminent domain and their water supplies placed under mortal threat, have united with Occupiers and activists to oppose the building of the Keystone XL tar sand pipeline.
They have formed an unusual coalition called Tar Sands Blockade (TSB).
Global Noise Takes On Austerity: 'We Are Not Going to Be Silent'
15 October 12
Demonstrators across the world are calling for an end to austerity as Global Noise protests kick off in more than 30 countries, including many in the Nobel Peace laureate European Union.
The worldwide demonstrations on Saturday passed without incident, and Caleb Maupin from the International Action Centre explained what's driving the public to take to the streets.
RT: A year ago Occupy Wall Street spread across the world, and now it’s Global Noise. What is Global Noise all about? How is it different?
Occupy Supporters Stage Protest in London
15 October 12
LONDON (AP) — Several supporters of the anti-corporate Occupy movement chained themselves to the pulpit of St. Paul’s Cathedral during a service on Sunday in an action for the anniversary of its now-dismantled protest camp outside the London landmark.
The dean of St. Paul’s, David Ison, said he was conducting an evening prayer service when "four young women dressed in white" chained themselves to the structure.
Photos showed the women, one of whom was in a wheelchair, around the pulpit.
The police said officers were not trying to remove the demonstrators. Other protesters unfurled a banner outside the church urging "throw the money changers out of the temple."
Occupy the Pipeline Battles Fracking
13 October 12
I saw an odd sight on a quiet, West Village street in New York City on Saturday 6 October. A group of about 30 young women and men - all naked or topless - were dancing about, with their flesh painted green.
Patrick Robbins, a 26-year-old native of Brooklyn who works on sustainable development at Cooper Union, is the spokesperson for the group, Occupy the Pipeline. He explained the purpose of the protest-art show hybrid:
'Occupy' Activists in Newnan Court Seeking to Stop Woman's Eviction
12 October 12
A busload of former Occupy Atlanta activists were in Newnan Thursday to support former Atlanta police officer Jacqueline Barber as she fights eviction from her Fayette County home.
Greece: Where Occupations Speak, and Governments Fall
12 October 12
I recently traveled with a team of radical reporters to Greece. There, longstanding illusions of Europe as a "progressive and democratic" force in the world are being dashed as the neo-liberal and imperialist projects that are European Union and the International Monetary Fund bare their fangs.
Thousands upon thousands of public sector jobs have disappeared. Half of Greece's hospitals are slated to close. We met doctors who had not received their pay in over 6 months. Free access to healthcare is being replaced by free market chaos in which people must rely on bribes and brokers in order to even secure basic services. The old social contract of the European welfare state has come to an end.
20 Arrested in Housing Protest in Castro
11 October 12
A group protesting the lack of housing for thousands of San Franciscans briefly took over a vacant building in the heart of the Castro district on Wednesday evening as part of a worldwide day of action aimed at drawing attention to the plight of homeless people.
About 50 protesters gathered at Dolores Park at 5 p.m. and listened to music for an hour before marching down 18th Street, chanting "Homes not jails." Shortly after 6 p.m., protesters wearing black masks broke into an empty building at 535 Castro St. and hung a sign reading, "Gentrification Equals Assimilation."
One Year Later: Lessons Learned From Occupy Wall Street
10 October 12
Last week protesters disrupted traffic and picketed corporate headquarters in Washington, D.C., in honor of the Occupy Wall Street movement’s one-year anniversary.
Roughly 130 people gathered at 7 a.m. Oct. 1 in Farragut Square and then marched along K Street, where many lobbying firms are located, chanting “all day, all week, occupy K Street” and clutching signs that read “Down With K Street” until reaching Liberty Plaza.
Madrid on the Brink: S25 ? S29
09 October 12
This short film chronicles recent events in Spain where hundreds of thousands of people have taken to the streets to demand the resignation of the government and an end to police brutality. Many of the protests ended in clashes with the police. Since the stand off began on September 25th, the images of police brutality have travelled the world over, shocking and inspiring people across Europe and leading to an international day of action on September 29th. This film tells the story of why so many people took to the streets and follows these events as they unfolded.
Occupy Members Join Police in Bid to Save Home
09 October 12
Atlanta - Less than a year after Occupy Atlanta members clashed with police in riot gear in a downtown park, they're now protesting alongside officers to help a retired detective avoid losing her home to foreclosure.
Activists joined current and retired Atlanta police Monday for a demonstration and discussion at the home of retired Atlanta police Detective Jaqueline Barber in Fayetteville, south of the city.
"The police are in the 99 percent and when it comes down to their economic struggles, we're going to be there to shine a light on those and organize around those," said Tim Franzen.
A Chicago Judge Rules in Favor of "Occupy Chicago" Protesters
09 October 12
On September 27, Chicago Judge Thomas More Donnelly issued a ruling in favor of "Occupy Chicago" protesters who had stayed in Grant Park, an historic public forum, after the park's curfew - which closed the park from 11:00 p.m. until 6 a.m. - and had been arrested as a result. (On one occasion, this resulted in 173 arrests; on another, in 130 arrests.
Judge Donnelly - who invoked not only the First Amendment, but also the Illinois Constitution's especially broad right of assembly - made three key points in support of his ruling.
At Least Three Occupy Austin Members Arrested During Attempt to Reorganize
08 October 12
At least three Occupy Austin members were arrested when the group reorganized Saturday to begin a new occupation in North Austin.
About 50 protesters gathered at 5 p.m. at the northern edge of Highland Park Mall. But they were met by a line of about a dozen Austin police officers, who swept toward them and said they were on private property and needed to move to the sidewalk.
Occupy Atlanta Marks Anniversary of Protests
08 October 12
ATLANTA — Protestors involved in a series of Occupy Atlanta demonstrations last fall returned to Woodruff Park Sunday, to mark the one year anniversary of the movement.
A few dozen people turned out for the event, a far cry from the hundreds who camped out in the park last October, eventually clashing with police.
Members of the group told Channel 2's Carl Willis they wanted to reflect on the year that passed.
Occupy Portland Hits the Streets of Downtown for Anniversary March
08 October 12
At a little after 3 p.m. Saturday, a wedding party posing for photos outside the Benson Hotel looked up to find a noisy crowd of more than 300 Occupy Portland protesters, flanked by police, marching up Broadway.
Many demonstrators, celebrating the one-year anniversary of their counter-corporate movement, shouted good wishes to the couple. If you thought about it, the specter of the "99 percenters" tipping their hats to a well-heeled wedding party in front of a ritzy hotel where presidents have laid their heads might seem antithetical to their cause.
But it was just that kind of afternoon.
“A Buddhist Perspective on Occupy Wall Street” by Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi
08 October 12
I have not yet met the Ven. Bhikkhu Bodhi, but I very much hope to do so soon. I have spent time with several of his students, collaborators, and friends, and I have been impressed by all of them. And I have listened to countless hours of Bhikkhu Bodhi’s podcasts and lectures and -needless to say- read countless pages of his writings and translations of the Buddha’s words.
In this video, Bhikkhu Bodhi lays out the US economy in clear terms we all can understand. Usually, in my experience, these charts and graphs are limited to nerdy economists and leftists. It’s about time that a clear, Buddhist perspective can show these facts and describe the situation and the moral issues at hand.
Occupy Spirit Flares With Protests
05 October 12
Just days after the dismantlement of the last tent encampment in San Francisco that billed itself as part of the Occupy movement, several groups pushed on with protests against economic inequality this week.
On Tuesday, a cluster of groups including the Alliance of Californians for Community Empowerment (ACCE) and Occupy Bernal demonstrated at several sites throughout the city including a Chase bank branch and a foreclosure auction at City Hall to protest evictions and foreclosures.
Occupy DC Still There After One Year
05 October 12
Celebrating their one year of occupation, Occupy DC is still sticking it to authorities and making their presence known. A Facebook event page describes the one year anniversary event as:
"Freedom Plaza was occupied one year ago on Oct.6th and is still occupied to this day by our fellow Veterans. Show your support and come help us celebrate the one year anniversary. Details will be posted as this develops. The party begins Oct. 1st to Oct. 6th. If you would like to help with this event please contact us. We would love to see everyone that was here one year ago again. On the First we will rename Freedom Plaza and it will be called the Bradley Manning Freedom Plaza."
Recurring Global Actions Called for 22nd of Every Month, Beginning #O22
02 October 12
VIA22, an open collective created in Montreal-Quebec, is sending a call to create a monthly process of global actions, the 22nd of each month, starting on October 22nd.
The idea is to collectively express the need that our marches and demonstrations become spaces for sharing knowledge about alternatives, and raise collective consciousness. We want to support and connect initiatives around the world and contribute to the dialogue between global and local. Strength comes from creativity and unity!
People from Mexico, Spain, Mozambique, Senegal, Belarus, Croatia, England, Japan, Greece, El Salvador and Chile are already in contact with us, but we need to spread the word widely!
Occupy DC Protesters to Mark One-Year Anniversary With Demonstrations On Oct. 1
01 October 12
To mark the first anniversary of the Occupy DC protests, protesters are planning a series of events to "shut down K Street" Monday morning. The first demonstration is scheduled to begin at 7 a.m. and is expected to tie up traffic in the area.
Monday marks one year since Occupy DC protesters set up camp in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza.
Surround the Congress Spreads to Lisbon, Rome, and Beyond
01 October 12
A new tactic of global resistance is emerging: "Surround the Congress." Following #25S, when thousands of protestors converged on Spain's parliament building in Madrid to denounce austerity and the kidnapping of popular sovereignty by the Troika and the Markets, similar actions will take place Saturday September 29th across Spain and in a number of European capitals, including Rome, Lisbon, London, Brussels, and Amsterdam. With momentum behind the new tactic growing, AdBusters has called for an October 31 "Halloween Party" on Capitol Hill.
Judge Throws Out Occupy Chicago Arrests
28 September 12
Chicago - A judge Thursday threw out the arrests of more than 90 Occupy Chicago protesters in a city park and ruled that the curfew for the area was unconstitutional.
Occupy Camp at Federal Reserve in San Francisco Cleared, Protesters Arrested
28 September 12
San Francisco - Police made multiple arrests while clearing illegal Occupy encampments in downtown San Francisco late Wednesday night, a police spokesman said.
Occupy protesters camping out on the sidewalk in front of the Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco building at 101 Market St. were arrested for illegal lodging at about 11:30 p.m., police spokesman Officer Albie Esparza said.
Police Harassment Leads to Injury: NYPD Abuse Victim Arrested While in Hospital for Treatment
28 September 12
New York, NY September 25, 2012 - Police started their daily campaign of harassment early by kicking protesters wake to make room for Trinity churches private maintenance crew to clean the sidewalks, it quickly escalated to violence on the on the part of NYPD from there.
At 9:48 am police Sgt. Harney Badge number 2849 and a fellow officer confiscated a large painting from a protester that wasn't initially present at the scene.
When the young woman arrived shortly after police took the piece of art she tried to claim it. A pulling match ensured between the much larger Harney and the 4 ft. 9 in. woman. After several moments Harney released the painting with a push driving her into the scaffolding knocking her unconscious.
OWS Check Mates NYPD on S-17 (Photos and Video)
28 September 12
New York, NY September 18, 2012 - By the middle of the afternoon there had already been 120 arrests, many of the made violent by increased police aggression over the course of the day, provoking protesters to take every last vestige of control from police.
It's a Crucial Week for Spain and a Huge 'Occupy' Protest Plans to Swarm the Capital Today
25 September 12
Heads up: Later on today, Spain will be hit with its own "occupy" protests, as thousands of people are expected to voice their anger with the conservative governments' new budget cuts that are coming later today. According to reports, buses are already being stopped and checked, and the parliament is on lockdown, as protesters plan to surround the building.
We saw protests in Spain and Portugal a couple of weeks ago, and at least in Portugal it seems to have caused the leadership to back off on a specific tax.
This is a huge week for Spain (and all of Europe) as the country is expected to unveil a budget later this week.
Occupy's Planned Return Stirs Political Unease
25 September 12
Mayor Thomas M. Menino is vowing to block occupiers from digging in again at Dewey Square, setting up a potential high-profile showdown that could cause waves for Elizabeth Warren at a pivotal moment in her race to unseat U.S. Sen. Scott Brown.
"We're not going to allow them to set up camp at Dewey Square," the mayor told the Herald last night. "Occupy Boston can express themselves. But we’re not going to tolerate them blocking traffic or setting up encampments in the city of Boston."
Bloomberg's Army Will Not Silence Us
25 September 12
The first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street was a joyous affair for the 99%.
Yet regrettably, it was also a day that illustrated how Mayor Michael Bloomberg's 'private army' has been increasingly unleashed to beat, arrest, imprison, and broadly suppress OWS.
Occupy Activists Commandeer Anti-Occupy Wall Street Rally
21 September 12
A conservative rally billed as an opportunity to "stand up to Occupy Wall Street extremists" fell flat on Thursday when it was co-opted by members of Occupy Wall Street.
Supporters of Americans for Prosperity, a Tea Party-esque group funded by the billionaire Koch brothers, gathered at the Rockefeller Center in midtown Manhattan to demonstrate against both Occupy Wall Street and President Obama.
But almost half of the sparse crowd were Occupy Wall Street protesters, smartly dressed and bearing signs parodying Americans for Prosperity's ultra-conservative message.
Twitter Reluctantly Coughs Up Occupy Protester's Data
20 September 12
Twitter on Friday reluctantly complied with a judge's order to divulge the tweets and account information connected to an Occupy protester.
The case concerns Malcolm Harris, who was among hundreds arrested last October for disorderly conduct in an Occupy movement march along the Brooklyn Bridge.
Prosecutors sought tweets made by Harris' account "to refute the defendant's anticipated defense, that the police either led or escorted the defendant into stepping onto the roadway of the Brooklyn Bridge." The case was being closely watched as the authorities increasingly monitor and move to access material posted on social networks.
NYPD Arrests Almost 200 Occupy Protesters, Roughs Up City Councilman Again
17 September 12
A good many observers wonder, is Occupy over? After all, the encampments that announced the movement a year ago have largely disappeared, and no obviously similar protest demonstrations of young people have taken their place, at least not in the United States.
Nevertheless, I think the ready conclusion that the protests have fizzled is based on a misconception of the nature of movements, a misconception influenced by the metaphors we rely on. We think of these eruptions as something like explosions, Fourth of July fireworks perhaps that shoot into the sky, dazzle us for a moment, and then quickly fade away. The metaphor leads us to think of protest movements as bursts of energy and anger that rise in a great arc and then, exhausted, disappear.
WATCH LIVE: #S17
17 September 12
Occupy LiveStream September 17 2012
Occupy San Francisco Protests Ban on Homeless Sitting on Sidewalk
17 September 12
Occupy San Francisco continued their actions today by protesting against foreclosures, evictions and the criminalization of homelessness.
Occupiers sat down in front of Harvey Milk Plaza to protest San Francisco's Sit/Lie ban, which bans sitting or lying on the city's sidewalks for all, but ultimately is most detrimental to the homeless. Community Not Commodity, an LGBT Occupy coalition that organized the rally, said the ban severely affects LGBT youth, who make up 40 percent of the population.
Financial District In Chaos On 'Occupy Wall Street' Anniversary
17 September 12
Protesters and cops swarmed the Financial District Monday morning during events marking the one-year anniversary of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement.
Demonstrators had planned to shut down the District by lining the streets around the New York Stock Exchange and then sitting down en masse to create an occupied zone.
But "The People's Wall," as Occupiers called it, fizzled out and protesters took to marching through the streets, chanting slogans and singing "Happy Birthday" to their movement.
Protesters Meet Well-Prepared Police on Occupy Wall Street Anniversary
17 September 12
As several hundred Occupy protesters coalesced at key intersections in the financial district on Monday morning, they were met by the usual mix of curious onlookers, journalists, and police.
It is September 17, the first anniversary of the somewhat spontaneous occupation of Zuccotti Park, and what else could protesters do but try to disrupt the flow of life for the one percent?
Occupy Your Victories: OWS' First Anniversary
17 September 12
ccupy is now a year old. A year is an almost ridiculous measure of time for much of what matters: at one year old, Georgia O'Keeffe was not a great painter, and Bessie Smith wasn't much of a singer.
One year into the Civil Rights Movement, the Montgomery Bus Boycott was still in progress, catalyzed by the unknown secretary of the local NAACP chapter and a preacher from Atlanta -- by, that is, Rosa Parks and Martin Luther King, Jr. Occupy, our bouncing baby, was born with such struggle and joy a year ago, and here we are, 12 long months later.
Occupy Begins 'Year II' With Three-Day Convergence
15 September 12
"The whole world is watching! The whole world is watching!" cried voices across Zuccotti Park on Wednesday night as 30 people sat with their arms interlocked, surrounded by cameras and sympathetic onlookers. NYPD officers were positioned some distance away at the concrete barricades that had begun surrounding the park.
Confronting the sit-in with mock dispersal orders were Sam Corbin and Logan Price, OWS Direct Action trainers tasked with helping to prepare participants for the People's Wall, a nonviolent civil disobedience action in the Financial District planned for the morning of Monday, September 17.
September 17 (S17) is of course the one-year anniversary of the occupation of Zuccotti Park, a reclaiming of public space that galvanized the political imagination of the country and the world with its proclaimed opposition between the 99 percent and the 1 percent, its prefigurative emphasis on horizontality and mutual aid, and its linking of grievances from climate change to Stop and Frisk to predatory debt.
How Occupy Made Me Stronger
15 Sepember 12
In its first year, Occupy Wall Street was called a "movement of movements." Some likened its broad reach to an octopus. One person described occupied Zuccotti Park to me, wistfully, as a "city on the hill."
Then again, over dinner with the organizers of the National Gathering in Philadelphia this July, I heard OWS compared to "a bad dating scene."
As Occupiers gear up for a weekend of one-year-anniversary activities, it seems like the right time to offer my reading
New Tactics in Creative Resistance
12 September 12
Slowly, I am learning to embrace the electronic world in an effort to harness ever more tools for revolution. Though I still don't tweet, I have had the chance to be involved in several online webinars, have used Facebook as a tool for outreach and event organizing, have almost drowned in Google Docs to cowrite books in a cloud, and, now, this week, am co-hosting a virtual dialogue that spans seven days and as many continents in a keystroke.
So, here's your invitation to "Cultural Resistance: The Arts of Protest." It's part of a monthly online dialogue series for the website New Tactics in Human Rights, a project of the Center for Victims of Torture, this time in collaboration with Waging Nonviolence. It runs from today until September 18 and will be open to anyone in the 4,000-plus New Tactics online community, representing more than 120 countries. Anyone can join.
Nine Arrested During 'Occupy Monsanto' Protest in Oxnard
12 September 12
Nine protesters were arrested Wednesday on suspicion of trespassing after blocking access to a Monsanto seed distribution center in Oxnard, group organizers said.
Those arrested were part of a decentralized network of food activists and Occupy protesters, said Adam Eidenger, a spokesman for the Occupy Monsanto group.
Their aim is to protest Monsanto's sales of genetically modified seeds, he said. They also sought to bring attention to Proposition 37, a ballot initiative set to come before California voters this fall.
Occupate il Teatro
12 September 12
When a group of artists took over the Teatro Valle, Rome's oldest theater, in June 2011, nobody thought they would last long. Yet the artists, actors and crew members who first barricaded themselves in Valle soon grew into a crowd of fierce Occupiers who under the national media spotlight became the country's foremost anti-austerity crusaders.
Judge: Twitter Must Produce Occupy Protester's Tweets
12 September 12
Twitter must hand over the tweets of an Occupy Wall Street protester to Manhattan prosecutors by Friday or face civil contempt and a hefty fine, a New York City judge said on Tuesday.
Manhattan Criminal Court Judge Matthew Sciarrino told a lawyer for Twitter that the San Francisco-based social media company had had 73 days to comply with his June 30 ruling ordering it to produce nearly three months' worth of tweets from Malcolm Harris. The Occupy member was arrested during a mass march across the Brooklyn Bridge last October.
Seeing Red: Chicago Teachers Elevate Anti-Privatization Fight to National Level
12 September 12
When a teachers' strike started to look like a realistic possibility earlier this spring, CPS Chief Communications Officer Becky Carroll warned the readers of Catalyst, "Any talk of a strike is the wrong message to send our schools, students and taxpayers." For her, and the rest of the privatization evangelists at CPS, the "right" message is simple - shut up and do what you're told.
99% TO WALL STREET: WE’RE COMING FOR YOU! - Actions Set for Sept. 15, 16 and 17 As Year Two Begins
12 September 12
Occupy Wall Street Continues Pushback Against 1% Greed - "ALL ROADS LEAD TO WALL STREET”
The 99%? "Of course, they're fighting back after 30 years of being shot at." - Bill Gross, manager of the world's largest mutual fund
September 17, 2012 (#S17) marks the beginning of year two of Occupy Wall Street (OWS). Under the banner All Roads Lead to Wall Street three days of education, celebration and resistance to economic injustice are planned for September 15-17, with convergences and assemblies, concerts, and some of OWS’s famous direct action planned for 7 AM, September 17th at the New York Stock Exchange. Solidarity actions are being planned in dozens of cities across the country.
Stand Against Rahm!
11 September 12
First Wisconsin. Then Occupy. Now Chicago. The teachers' strike is the next chapter in the fight against plutocracy.
Year One: Occupy Wall Street Plans Anniversary Protest of Wall Street
10 September 12
Occupy Wall Street, one of the largest grassroots mass movements in U.S. history, celebrates its one year anniversary next week on September 17, and the group has planned not only a day of protest and direct action, but also weekend workshops in which protesters will bring awareness to ongoing projects, and lay out Occupy's vision for what will happen Sept 18 and beyond. The week leading up to Occupy's anniversary will include training in direct action, reflection on the past year of popular resistance, and ultimately the Sept. 17 action on Wall Street.
Washington Square Park on Sept. 15 will be a site of convergence, for gathering and information sharing under the banner of "Education for Liberation," according to Nina Mehta, an Occupy organizer who has been working the convergence spaces around S17.
Occupy Protesters Face Eviction With End of DNC
07 September 12
Charlotte, N.C. - The protesters who are camped out at Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte only have a few hours before police said they will make them leave.
2,500 March on Wall Street South: We Need Jobs, Housing, Justice, Not War!
05 September 12
Braving extreme heat, more than 2,500 people from throughout the South and across the U.S. filled the streets of Charlotte on Sun., Sept. 2 for the March on Wall Street South. The demonstration confronted the banks and corporations headquartered in Charlotte that are wreaking havoc on communities throughout the country, and raised a people's agenda for jobs and justice as the Democratic National Convention convenes here.
200 Charlotte Protesters: “Police Everywhere, Justice Nowhere!”
05 September 12
Texas Insider Report: CHARLOTTE, N.C. – The group apparently left the “Occupy Charlotte” camp in Marshall Park about 11 p.m., walking on McDowell & Davidson Streets before marching back to camp around 12:10 a.m.. An anti-war march at the Democratic National Convention Tuesday led to a standoff with the police, one arrest, and ultimately a peaceful protest through the streets of Charlotte.
Near the Convention Site, ‘Occupy’ Takes Root
05 September 12
Eric Verlo waved an “Occupy the DNC” flag as he stood among the dozens of tents pitched around Marshall Park in uptown Charlotte on Monday in advance of the Democratic National Convention. The flag was not so much a rallying point as a declaration of the Occupy movement’s defiant presence here.
DNC Protests Target Charlotte-Based Companies in 'Wall Street South'
05 September 12
As Democrats arrived in Charlotte, North Carolina for their party’s national convention - where they will formally nominate President Barack Obama for a second term - they were greeted by hundreds of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement. Many of the protesters are concerned about the influence of corporate money in politics.
In Charlotte North Carolina, the protests are bigger and livelier than similar events at the Republican National Convention in Tampa, because protesters say this is where President Obama and the Democratic Party are meeting to chart a path forward for the next four years.
The DNC Hostess Committee Invites You to Charlotte North Carolina
05 September 12
Join us in creating the NEW new South. Get ready for some SOUTHERN hospitality
DNC Dispatch: Occupy Charlotte Has Encampment
05 September 12
It is nicknamed "Banktown. ' The city is considered to be the No.2 banking capital of America. The city is Charlotte, North Carolina, and it is where the 2012 Democratic National Convention is being held.
The setting is appropriate when you consider how much of a return banks and financial institutions have gotten from President Barack Obama’s administration for donating to the campaign of hope and change in 2008. In retrospect, a banker might ask if that message was for executives and senior businessmen, who were afraid they would be investigated and prosecuted for contributing to the collapse of the economy. Which is why it is not surprising that there is likely to be a sizable number of Occupy protesters here during the convention to protest Obama and the Democratic Party.
I walked through downtown this morning to Marshall Park where Occupy Charlotte - and presumably other Occupy groups - should be during the next days.
New York Bakery Workers Fight Closure, Occupy Store
03 September 12
Workers at the New York City bakery Hot and Crusty got a jump start on Labor Day this year, storming one of the chain's Manhattan locations this afternoon - and refusing to leave.
The occupation came 11 days after owners announced they were closing the 63rd Street store. Workers condemned the closure as retaliation for union organizing.
Occupy Plans Resurgence at Democratic Convention
03 September 12
As President Obama reintroduces himself to America at the Democratic National Convention in Charlotte, N.C., next week, the Occupy movement will be there trying to do the same.
Common Ground Collective, Food Not Bombs and Occupy Movement Form Coalition to Help Isaac & Katrina Victims
03 September 12
A ground breaking coalition of activists from the Common Ground Collective, Food Not Bombs, and Occupy have come together in a Relief Effort to aid not only the victims of Hurricane Isaac, but also the nearly 10,000 people who remain displaced from Hurricane Katrina. Occupy activists are using a communications platform called InterOccupy, that combines conference calls, discussion boards, email listserves, rss feeds and social media links to organize the efforts of the coalition.
Occupy Charlotte Marches Ahead of the 2012 Democratic National Convention
03 September 12
Protesters numbering as many as 700 people have gathered in the business district of Charlotte, N.C. ahead of the 2012 Democratic National Convention. The anti-war and anti-capitalism demonstrators huddled in Frazier Park on Sunday ahead of their planned march. The group picked Charlotte for publicity because it is the location of the 2012 Democratic National Convention which is scheduled to convene on Tuesday in Charlotte's Time Warner Cable Arena.
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