OCCUPY
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More on Washington’s Coordinated Occupy Crackdown, and the Dark Side of the Boston Bombing (Part II) By Dave Lindorff
Lindorff continues talking about his investigation into the FBI’s and Homeland Security Department’s hidden campaign to crush the Occupy Movement, based upon the thousands of documents obtained through a Freedom of Information Act campaign of discovery by the Partnership for Civil Justice. Lindorff also talks about his investigation into the men from Craft International, the… Continue reading
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Did the U.S. Deploy Snipers Against Peaceful Occupy Protesters?
Was the Government Prepared to Deploy Snipers If the Occupy Protests Gained Momentum? Snipers are commonly used as “false flag” terrorists to disrupt peaceful protests. The FBI treated the peaceful protesters at the Occupy protests as terrorists. Continue reading
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A BRIEF HISTORY OF OCCUPY WALL STREET By Ethan Earle
In Lower Manhattan, in a small plaza called Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street was born in September of 2011. While the first Occupiers had originally come to protest Wall Street, once the actual occupation began their game plan was not entirely clear. What were their goals and how would they pursue them? Continue reading
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Video: "Global Noise" Protests Against Austerity and Debt Spread Worldwide
ON SATURDAY OCTOBER 13TH, DEMONSTRATIONS TOOK PLACE ACROSS THE WORLD TO MARK THE GLOBAL NOISE DAY OF ACTION TARGETING ECONOMIC ELITES ACTIVISTS SAY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR INCREASING DEBT AND AUSTERITY MEASURES. PROTESTS WERE HELD IN CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, LONDON, ENGLAND AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS MEXICO CITY, MEXICO MADRID, SPAIN AND OTHER CITIES. Continue reading
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IT’S TAX TIME: IS IT TIME TO OCCUPY THE IRS? By Danny Schechter
Back in the day, the government used IRS investigations to threaten political activists and intimidate activists that paid their taxes as opposed to those who became tax resisters to refuse to pay for wars. Continue reading
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The Anti-Empire Report 2 December 2011 By William Blum: Some thoughts that OCCUPY my mind
When the Vietnam War became history, and the protest signs and the bullhorns were put away, so too was the serious side of most protestors’ alienation and hostility toward the government. They returned, with minimal resistance, to the restless pursuit of success, and the belief that the choice facing the world was either “capitalist democracy”… Continue reading
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#OWS and the Young Trade Unionists by Mark Nowak
If you head down to the IBEW Local 24 Union Hall Auditorium on W. Patapsco Avenue in Baltimore on the first Tuesday of any month, you’ll encounter a meeting of an energetic group of young union members from the Metro Baltimore-Washington, D.C. area. Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street then the World Newslinks 11-15 November 2011
15 November 2011 — williambowles.info 15 November 2011NY police remove Occupy protesters Strategic Culture Foundation Today at 11:48 Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street and then the World Newslinks 7-10 November 2011
10 November 2011 — williambowles.info 10 November 2011 Introducing the Robin Hood tax Links – International journal of socialist renewal Today at 13:09 Notes from a talk at Occupy Wellington on October 29, 2011, to coincide with the #RobinHood global march By Grant Brookes, Tax Justice Campaign (New Zealand) The campaign for a Robin Hood tax Continue reading
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URGENT: ACTION NEEDED NOW! Boats to Gaza Stopped by Israeli Warships
At 7:30 am the Tahrir was interrogated, via radio, by the Israeli Navy. The ships were approximately 48 nautical miles off the coastline, well into international waters. Asked by the Israeli Navy for their destination, Canadian activist Ehab Lotayef replied, “The conscience of humanity.” When they repeated the question, asking for final destination, Lotayef said, “The betterment of mankind.” Continue reading
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Occupy Wall Street Friday 10.14.11
14 October 2011 — The Wild Wild Left – Front Page: Occupy Wall Street Friday 10.14.11 Global Revolution October 15th find your square & OCCUPY! A lot more here… as well as back editions, links and so forth. 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