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‘Anonymous threat’ plot to undermine Wall Street protest a false flag operation?
‘Operation Invade Wall Street is bullshit! It is a fake planted operation by law enforcement and cyber crime agencies in order to get you to undermine the Occupy Wall Street movement,’ the new statement said. Continue reading
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Welcome to the Revolution: Life @ OccupyWallStreet’s Liberty Park
I’ve spent countless hours at Liberty Park talking with people of all political persuasions, from all walks of life, from all over this country, no, check that, from all over the world. The second you walk into the occupation, you can’t help but get knocked around like a volleyball. At every turn, there is an… Continue reading
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Video: Anonymous: Monday the NYSE goes DOWN
We witness the Government enforcing the laws that punish the 99% while allowing the 1% to escape justice, unharmed, for their crimes against the people Continue reading
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Action Alert: CNN's Factcheck Failure on Occupy Wall Street
If CNN is interested in factchecking claims about Wall Street, they might want to start by taking a look at those made by their new host. At the very least, the show should invite the economists and policy experts who could set the record straight. Continue reading
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Action Alert: CNN’s Factcheck Failure on Occupy Wall Street
If CNN is interested in factchecking claims about Wall Street, they might want to start by taking a look at those made by their new host. At the very least, the show should invite the economists and policy experts who could set the record straight. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report #98 By William Blum: The crime of making Americans aware of their own history
Is history getting too close for comfort for the fragile little American heart and mind? Their schools and their favorite media have done an excellent job of keeping them ignorant of what their favorite country has done to the rest of the world, but lately some discomforting points of view have managed to find their… Continue reading
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Video: A Panel on BDS, in a synagogue
The relationship between American Jews and Israel is complex. On the one hand, numerous members of the former group tend to regard support of Israel as a major constituent of their Jewish identity (perhaps even the glue that holds them together), and Israelis as their Protégés. On the other hand, Israelis are also perceived as… Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 2-4 October 2011
4 October 2011 — williambowles.info 4 October 2011 Obama Machine Prepares To Hijack ‘Occupy Wall Street’ GlobalResearch.ca Today at 22:51 For more details, please click on the link to read the article. Continue reading
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Anti-Wall Street protesters 'get organised'
EuroNews: The anti-Wall Street protest in New York has now produced copycat movements across the US. Continue reading
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Video: Nonviolent Wall St. Protestors Face Mass Arrest
Occupy Wall St. enters third week as movement spreads across US Continue reading
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NYPD Cops entrap protestors to arrest them
2 October 2011 — October2011.org The ‘paper of record’ rewrites the record and shifts the blame Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Newslinks 30 September – 1 October 2011
1 October 2011 — — williambowles.info Mike Krieger on #OccupyWallStreet: “Rebellion Has Arrived In America” ampedstatus.org TodayEditor’s note: Mike has supported the occupation of Liberty Park since June. He was disappointed it was taking so long for his fellow NYCers to stand up. Now that we have, here’s Mike’s take on it: ‘I will be… Continue reading
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Video: Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution (Occupy Wall Street)
Now in the 12th day of occupation the video gives us a real sense of the strength of feeling, mostly by young people. Continue reading
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Video: Welcome to the Police State: NYC Cops Mace Peaceful Protestors Against Wall Street
I’m beginning to wonder whether the right to assemble is effectively dead in the US. No one who is a wage slave (which is the overwhelming majority of the population) can afford to have an arrest record, even a misdemeanor, in this age of short job tenures and rising use of background checks. Continue reading
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Cynthia McKinney: From Barbarism to Barbarism? Outrage and the Fight for Justice
As committed Libyans valiantly resist the entire NATO arsenal of modern and old-fashioned killfare, a new kind of perverse global plantation is being created. There is a clear and present danger that Africa and Asia will become U.S. killing fields for the next decade or more while the United States, itself, becomes a police state–unless… Continue reading
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Action Alert: What if the Tea Party Occupied Wall Street? Corporate media skip anti-corporate protests
In an action called Occupy Wall Street, thousands of activists took to the streets of Lower Manhattan on September 17. The protests are continuing, with demonstrators camped out on the Financial District’s Liberty Street in support of U.S. democratization and against corporate domination of politics (Adbusters, 9/19/11). But you wouldn’t know much about any of… Continue reading
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The Wall Street Occupation: A Sleep-In Protest in the Shadow of Power By Manny Jalonschi
Surrounded by the headquarters of some of the world’s most powerful financial players, over two thousand protesters converged on Wall Street this Saturday. By the end of the second day, those occupying Liberty Park, formerly known as Zuccotti Park on Broadway and Liberty St., had settled in, partially helped by pizza, hot chocolate and blankets… Continue reading
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The Triumph of Capitalism: Jobless Nations By Prof. John Kozy
The Obama administration is intent on applying supply side principles to get the American economy out of the present recession, but supply side principles are based on the belief that if the government cuts taxes on the wealthy, they will invest their savings in new factories, that newly hired workers will increase employment, and that… Continue reading
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ADC Calls For Immediate Internal Investigation of FBI Training
The American-Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee (ADC) expresses deep concern over the FBI’s apparent dismissal of repeated calls from civil rights advocates to cease using any offensive, inaccurate, and inflammatory material as part of its counterterrorism training. Despite past reassurances, the FBI has persisted in its practice of vilifying Islam and Muslim-Americans in its training material. Continue reading
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Census: US poverty rate rises… highest for 27 years
The Census Bureau reports the number of Americans in poverty jumped to 15.1 percent in 2010, a 27-year high. About 46.2 million people, or nearly 1 in 6, were in poverty. That’s up from 43.6 million, or 14.3 percent, in 2009. It was the highest level since 1983. Continue reading