Resistance Solidarity Gathering
In a time when basically every news broadcast includes some form of Occupy coverage it seems that all angles have been covered. Not quite
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Posts Tagged ‘Occupy Wall Street’
Movement Remains Despite Cleanup
Nearly two days shy of its two-month anniversary, the encampment at Zuccotti Park dubbed Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was cleared out by members of the New York Police Department in the early morning hours of Tuesday, Nov. 15. At a press conference later in the day, Mayor Michael Bloomberg noted that health and safety concerns
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I Would Prefer Not To
In an unlikely pairing Occupy Wall Street has teamed up with Herman Melville to bolster its cause. Melville’s famous short story Bartleby the Scrivener: A Story of Wall Street is set to become another poster boy for the Occupy movement
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Street Scene: Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park
Last week, photographer Scot Surbeck caught volunteers charging batteries to supply electrical power for the kitchen and media tent at Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park. Surbeck’s work can be found on his website, cityclickr.net. Photo by Scot Surbeck
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St. Mark’s Bookshop Secures Lease Reduction
FINANCIAL DISTRICT UPDATES FROM OCCUPY WALL STREET • According to NY1, organizers of Occupy Wall Street have set up a military tent to create a safe space for female protestors sleeping in the movement’s home base in Zuccotti Park. The safety of female protestors was recently called into question after two confirmed cases of sexual
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Whole Foods Tribeca Introduces Wellness Club
Wall Street OWS’S GOOD NEIGHBOR POLICY Julie Menin, chair of CB1, and State Sen. Daniel Squadron, Rep. Jerrold Nadler and Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer all called on Occupy Wall Street to address the quality of life concerns raised residents and business around the park. Among the resolutions passed by CB1 and supported by Squadron,
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OWS Teach-In at St. Vincent’s
OWS and the Coalition for a New Village Hospital are joining forces to protest the St. Vincent’s remodel.
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OWS’s Eventful Weekend
Over the weekend Occupy Wall Street had a diverse array of actions, events, and protests. Since the movement has now spread all over the country as well as the world, the actions of OWS in Zuccotti Park are no longer the other news-worthy events. On Friday Parents for Occupy Wall Street hosted a family sleepover
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1 MONTH @ #OccupyWallStreet
A timeline of a movement, from its origins to its future For all articles, please go to: A HISTORY OF ONLINE MENTIONS (#OWS) SINCE THE START Impressions with an OWS Organizer American Autumn The Pivotal Moments of Occupy Wall Street
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The Pivotal Moments of Occupy Wall Street
Compiled by Rebecca Chapman Aug. 23: ANONYMOUS, the hacker organization, endorses #occupywallstreet with a video promoting the upcoming Sept. 17 occupation. Until now, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) movement was merely talk initiated by Adbusters, an anti-consumerist, not-for-profit organization out of Canada. Sept. 17: Zuccotti Park, formerly referred to as Liberty Plaza Park, is “liberated”
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