What this blogger would do if he led the Occupy movement.
Category: Power to the People
Beatdown
Cops beating hippies. Who could have predicted it?
NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – Just a few hours after protesters learned they’d be able to stay in Zuccotti Park indefinitely, violence has broken out as a group marched away from it.
A group of protesters were headed south on Broadway toward the New York Stock Exchange. The group swelled quickly and wound up in a confrontation with police as they tried to gain access to Wall Street. A standoff occurred.
Police motorcycles were shaped like a V and moved toward the protesters in the stand off. One man lost his balance, and was run over by a police motorcycle. Police descended on the protester and got him out from under the bike, but violence broke out.
1010 WINS’ Steve Sandberg reported police descended on some protesters, wielding their night sticks and batons. A police captain reportedly hurled his megaphone and wound up rolling around in the street with a protester. Sandberg reports he himself was pushed around by police.
Heh
Bloomberg backs off
UPDATE: Five thousand people jam Zuccotti Park and Bloomberg backs down – for now.
Even Tucson is occupied
It’s coming to your town, even in the reddest state, if you make it happen:
In an interview with Current TV’s liberal news host Keith Olbermann on Wednesday night, “Occupy Tucson” organizer Craig Barber gave viewers a few tips on how they can start new chapters of the protest movement in their own towns and cities.
Namely, he hit on a political meme that runs like a constant thread through U.S. history: all politics is local.
“Don’t be discouraged by the fact that you’re a small city,” he said. “You have local issues that you can raise up in addition to the national issues. That’s one of the reasons we’re doing what we’re doing, to highlight local issues that directly affect our community.”
How to ditch your big bank
If you want to take part in the Nov. 5th action, here’s what you need to know to prepare.
OccupyLA: The beginning is near
Put this Occupy ad on the air
Occupy Des Moines arrests
32 arrested, including an 80-year-old grandmother:
Solidarity
OccupyPhilly took part in a joint action with the former ACORN in Philly today at Wells Fargo, about the millions of dollars they charged the school district over credit default swaps: