When police seized an estimated 5,000 books from Occupy Wall Street‘s “People’s Library” during the eviction of the camp at Zuccotti Park on 15 November, it drew condemnation from a host of writers and organisations, including the American Library Association and author Salman Rushdie. The staff of Michael Bloomberg, the New York mayor who ordered [...]
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November 24, 2011
November 22, 2011
November 22, 2011
California road slips into the ocean
Huge chasms and crevices appeared in the Paseo del Mar road in the San Pedro area of Los Angeles. Sections of road completely sank into the ocean taking power cables and street lights with them. The stretch of road had been considered at risk for several months, and people had been warned to stay clear [...]
November 21, 2011
US pepper spray police suspended
20 November 2011 Last updated at 22:27 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. An officer appeared to spray the protesters at close range A US university has suspended two campus police officers over the use of pepper spray on students at a peaceful protest on Friday in support of the Occupy [...]
November 19, 2011
A historical precedent that might prove a bonus for Occupy Wall Street | Nicolaus Mills
This Tuesday’s pre-dawn destruction of the Zuccotti Park encampment of Occupy Wall Street by New York City police in riot gear has been seen by some as a serious defeat for the movement. A day after 142 Occupy Wall Street protestors were arrested and Zuccotti Park was cleared, the New York Daily News, which has [...]
November 18, 2011
Mass arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests
November 18, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Mass arrests at Occupy Wall Street protests 18 Nov 2011 Thousands of demonstrators have marched across New York’s Brooklyn Bridge in one of several US rallies of support for the Occupy Wall Street movement. At least 300 people were arrested just in New York, many of them as trouble [...]
November 18, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: bishop calls economic gap ‘morally wrong’
The Episcopalian bishop of New York has waded into the debate over the Occupy movement in a call for more governance of the economy to halt what he described as a “deeply dangerous” disparity between rich and poor in America. In a statement published in response to the eviction of the protesters at Occupy Wall [...]
November 18, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Hold ‘Day of Action’
Two days after a court ruling closed the “Occupy Wall Street” encampment in New York, the protesters held a “Day of Action” — not only in New York but other cities across the nation Thursday. The protests included an unsuccessful attempt to delay the opening of the New York Stock Exchange – and another march [...]
November 18, 2011
Mass arrests at Occupy protests
18 November 2011 Last updated at 00:47 GMT Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. Protesters in New York clashed with police on Thursday morning Occupy Wall Street demonstrators are marching on the Brooklyn Bridge in New York after a day of protest that has seen solidarity rallies across the US. More than [...]
November 17, 2011
Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site
November 17, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Reporters Say Police Denied Access to Protest Site 15 Nov 2011 As New York City police cleared the Occupy Wall Street campsite in Zuccotti Park early Tuesday morning, many journalists were blocked from observing and interviewing protesters. Some called it a “media blackout” and said in interviews that they [...]
November 17, 2011
Justice Dept: Homeland Security Advised Raids On Occupy Wall Street Camps
November 17, 2011 by legitgov ShareThis Justice Dept: Homeland Security Advised Raids On Occupy Wall Street Camps 16 Nov 2011 According to Rick Ellis at the Examiner, a Justice Department official says that the recent evictions of Occupy movement across the country including Salt Lake City, Denver, Portland, Oakland, and New York City were “coordinated [...]
November 17, 2011
Occupy Wall Street Protesters Return to NY Park
View Larger Map Occupy Wall Street protesters have been allowed to return to a New York park from where they were evicted earlier Tuesday, but will not be able to set up camp overnight. Zuccotti Park was re-opened late Tuesday after a New York State Supreme Court judge ruled the city was justified in enforcing [...]
November 17, 2011
Michael Bloomberg’s brave new world | Amy Goodman
Democracy Now! coverage of the OWS eviction from Zuccotti Park and its aftermath, 15 November 2011. Video: DemocracyNow! We got word just after 1am Tuesday that New York City Police were raiding the Occupy Wall Street encampment. I raced down with the “Democracy Now!” news team to Zuccotti Park, renamed Liberty Square. Hundreds of riot [...]