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Occupy EARTH: REAL IMPACT - CNN iReport
Easily 400 people attended OCCUPY EARTH worldwide, a 24 hour online music and poetry festival; Occupiers raised enough funding to keep over 200 hands warm this winter at Occupy Wall Street s all over America and the World.
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Von der Dunk: 'Hoe erg vindt Den Haag etnische zuivering?' - Thomas von der Dunk - VK
US veterans have joined the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in New York to protest against corporatism, social injustice and unemployment in the United States. Press TV: Pertaining to what we were discussing tonight about the role of veterans in this whole Occupy movement, what role can they play, what impact can they have? McConaghi: Many veterans who are involved in the Occupy movement are actually saying that they have served their country twice.
US war veterans key to OWS movement'
UC cops' use of batons on Occupy camp questioned
A debate over the use of police force has reignited at the UC Berkeley campus after videos surfaced showing officers repeatedly shoving and jabbing screaming students who tried to keep officers from dismantling a nascent Occupy encampment.
But what’s the meaning of the eurodebacle? As always happens when disaster strikes, there’s a rush by ideologues to claim that the disaster vindicates their views. So it’s time to start debunking.
Legends of the Fail - NYTimes.com
By DAVID BAUDER, The Associated Press NEW YORK — The sound of insistent drumming bounces off the sides of nearby office towers announcing the location of the Occupy Wall Street home base long before its inhabitants are otherwise seen or heard. Turn a corner in Zuccotti Park and you're likely to run into a drum circle or find someone strumming a guitar.
Occupy Wall Street: Music Central To Protest
Plastic bullets available to police for Wednesday's student protests | UK news | The Guardian
Scotland Yard says officers are free to use baton rounds in extreme cases but critics say tactic is 'appalling and un-British' Baton rounds of plastic bullets will be available to police chiefs in an attempt to prevent disorder from breaking out in the capital during the latest round of student fees protests.
From the Middle East to the streets of London and cities across the US there is a discontent with the status quo. Whether it is with the iron grip of entrenched governments or the widening economic divide between the rich and those struggling to get by. But where are those so hungry for change heading?
Slavoj Zizek: 'Now the field is open' - Talk to Al Jazeera - Al Jazeera English
It has been called the 'fifth dimension of warfare'.
Fighting in the Fifth Dimension - Al Jazeera World - Al Jazeera English
Occupy Wall Street Protest Reaches a Crossroads - NYTimes.com
Seven weeks in, the protest has become a fact of life in New York City, a tourist draw to rival ground zero, and a teachable moment for parents.BBC News - Lone protester camps at Taunton church
Mr Watkins said he felt compelled to do something after he saw the protests outside St Paul's Cathedral in London "Yes I am a capitalist if you like, but like a lot of other people I work hard, every waking moment I'm thinking about my business or doing something," Mr Watkins said. "Most people say 'what can I do about this situation', well this is something I'm personally doing.Mayor Michael Bloomberg is talking tough again, darkly hinting that he may have to take action to shut down Occupy Wall Street.
The latest crackdown threat to hit 'Occupy' - Opinion - Al Jazeera English
WASHINGTON -- Occupy Wall Street is finding a louder voice in Congress as lawmakers invoked its rhetoric repeatedly Wednesday in attempts to crack down on speculation, punish dangerous mine operators and pass a jobs bill. Sen. Tom Harkin (D-Iowa) and Rep.