December 13, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Protesters halt operations at some western ports 13 Dec 2011 After their successful attempts to block trucks and curb business at busy ports up and down the West Coast, some Occupy Wall Street protesters plan to continue their blockades and keep staging similar protests. Thousands of demonstrators forced shipping [...]
Tag: economic inequality
December 13, 2011
December 7, 2011
Obama speech declares ‘make-or-break moment for the middle class’
Barack Obama’s Kansas speech targets ‘fend for yourself’ stance of Republicans and corporations. Link to this video Barack Obama blasted his Republican foes and Wall Street as he portrayed himself as a champion of the middle class and laid out in the starkest terms yet the populist themes of his 2012 re-election bid. In a [...]
November 24, 2011
November 15, 2011
New York police clear Occupy camp
15 November 2011 Last updated at 16:32 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. There were chaotic scenes as protesters resisted police New York police have dismantled the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park and arrested about 200 people following a raid in the early hours. Protesters were ordered to leave [...]
November 14, 2011
Police move in on Occupy Portland
14 November 2011 Last updated at 01:32 GMT Occupy Wall Street is in its second month of protest against corporate greed and economic inequality Occupy protesters and police in riot gear confronted each other in central Portland in the US state of Oregon. Up to 1,000 protesters remained near fenced-off parks which the mayor had [...]
November 14, 2011
Portland police arrest more than 50 protesters as Occupy camps cleared
Police have confronted an estimated 1,000 people in Portland, Oregon, after clearing parks occupied for weeks by Occupy movement protesters. More than 300 officers from about a dozen law enforcement agencies, some wearing riot gear, were sent to evict Occupy Portland protesters from two downtown parks and maintain order in Oregon’s largest city. Police said [...]
November 12, 2011
Fatal shootings near Occupy camps
11 November 2011 Last updated at 22:46 GMT Occupy Oakland protesters hold a candlelight vigil for the man who died near the protest camp Police are investigating two fatal shootings at or near Occupy protest camps in US cities on Thursday. A man was killed after a fight broke out close to the Occupy camp [...]
November 3, 2011
Oakland port is shut down by Occupy protesters
Protesters shut down operations at Oakland’s port on Wednesday in demonstrations against economic inequality and police brutality, which turned tense as the night wore on. The protest by 5,000 people fell short of paralysing the northern California city that has been at the forefront of anti-Wall Street protests after a former US marine was badly [...]
November 3, 2011
Occupy Oakland awaits police response
November 2, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Occupy Oakland awaits police response 02 Nov 2011 Economic inequality is the driving force behind the Occupy Wall Street protests. Oakland has become a flashpoint for the movement following violent clashes between protesters and police. On Wednesday, organizers there called for a general strike. Many in Oakland did stay [...]
October 30, 2011
Police arrest Occupy protesters in Denver
Police in riot gear fired pepper balls and mace into a crowd of economic protesters in Denver on Saturday and arrested 20 after some people entered the grounds of the State Capitol, police said. Denver Police Spokesman Lieutenant Matt Murray said about 2,000 demonstrators from Occupy Wall Street protests against economic inequality marched peacefully through [...]
October 29, 2011
Occupy Oakland: mayor sorry for clashes that injured Scott Olsen
The mayor of Oakland, Jean Quan, has apologised for the clashes between police and demonstrators that left Scott Olsen badly injured. Quan, who has been roundly criticised for her handling of the Occupy protests against economic inequality, said she had met Scott Olsen and his parents and was concerned about his recovery. Olsen, a 24-year-old [...]
October 29, 2011
Generators taken from NY anti-Wall St protesters
October 28, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Generators taken from NY anti-Wall St protesters –NY protest loses generators a day before first snow due –Analysts say Bloomberg’s strategy simple – ‘no violence’ [LOL! Someone should tell the NYPD.] 28 Oct 2011 Anti-Wall Street protesters’ plans to camp in a New York park throughout the city’s harsh [...]
October 29, 2011
Occupy protesters held across US
28 October 2011 Last updated at 21:41 GMT Demonstrators say they are protesting economic inequality and corporate greed Protesters in two US cities have been detained after police moved into their camps during the night. In Nashville, a new law was enacted preventing camping overnight near the Tennessee state Capitol. In San Diego, police arrested [...]