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Occupy London Tour in Canary Wharf. Exclusive Video: Tension, Dissension and Construction in Occupied D.C. | Threat Level. WASHINGTON — “Eat your heart out, Zuccotti!” Exclaimed Sophie Vic, chiding the far-more-celebrated former occupiers of Zuccotti Park in Manhattan. Vic, camping in D.C.’s McPherson Square since Oct. 6 while keeping her fulltime day job, was literally jumping with excitement as compatriots assembled a 24-by-24-by-17-foot wooden meeting hall designed to hold 100 people. It bent, to the breaking point, the definition of “temporary structures” that are allowed in the park by the National Park Service Police.

Occupiers had been hiding parts of the building in tents for several days. Around 12:00 a.m. Sunday morning, Wired.com witnessed the rest arriving in giant sections on a flatbed trailer, pulled by a pickup truck. After two and a half hours marked by frequent glances for cops, about 50 occupiers had nailed and screwed together the modules — made of two-by-fours and particleboard — and hoisted them up, Amish-barn-raising style. “I just gained a level of respect for you guys,” he said. Judge expected to rule today on temporary fate of Occupy NOLA encampment. A federal court judge is expected to rule by 2:30 p.m. on whether to grant a temporary restraining order to Occupy NOLA protesters who were seeking to prevent the city from clearing their encampment across the street from City Hall.

Even though demonstrators were forced out and the camp cleared early this morning, protesters could be allowed to return if the judge rules in their favor -- at least for 10 days, until a hearing for a permanent injunction can be held, said plantiff's lawyer Bill Quigley. If granted, a temporary restraining order would not necessarily protect Occupy protesters if they relocate somewhere else in the city, he said. Lawyers for both sides appeared this morning before U.S. District Judge Jay Zainey, who said he was "not happy" that the city opted to clear the camp while a motion for a TRO was pending. John McCusker / The Times-PicayuneNew Orleans Police clear out the Occupy NOLA encampment in Duncan Plaza across from City Hall. The case was allotted to U.S. Ï»¿ OWS park's owners cheat on taxes. Troy Davis/Woodruff Park Re-Occupied!

National Day of Action to Stop and Reverse Foreclosures. Alan Moore, Occupy Comics, slam Frank Miller. Day of Action Against Home Foreclosures: Live Broadcast. Note: the link titled "Official OWS Website" is a link to New York City's general assembly. NYCGA represents New York City, not the global movement as a whole. Breaking News for immediate release Tuesday, Dec 6, 2011 — 3:07pm 99% Movement Occupies Homes Nationwide Brooklyn Community & Occupy Wall Street Stand with Homeless Family, Help Them Reclaim Vacant House Foreclosed by Bank of America Online updates & multimedia: Twitter hashtags: #OccupyHomes #D6 Location: East New York — 702 Vermont Street, Brooklyn (3 train to Pennsylvania, L train to Livonia) Brooklyn, NY — In a bold new phase for the 99% movement, a vacant home in the center of New York City’s foreclosure crisis is presently being reclaimed today for a local homeless family.

The tour ended at an empty home foreclosed on by Bank of America that is being liberated for the homeless family after being abandoned for three years. Mr. Over a thousand local neighbors and supporters have turned out. WEDNESDAY Day of Action: Occupiers Unite  Occupy London calls for a Day of Artistic Expression. Americans Re-Occupy Their Homes. Posted 2 years ago on Dec. 6, 2011, 9:38 p.m. EST by OccupyWallSt Today, Americans stood up and said, "We have a right to shelter. No one can take that right from us. " Today we re-occupied our homes. In East New York, Brooklyn - a foreclosed home is being reclaimed today by a local homeless family. #OWS, along with local neighbors and community groups, has pledged to stay with the family and defend them from eviction. Kendall Jacklman from Picture The Homeless spoke to the housing crisis ongoing in New York City, saying, "There is enough housing in this city to shut down the Department of Homeless Services and offer everyone decent, affordable housing based on our real wages.

" We own our homes - a callous bank that split ownership of our homes into hundreds of parts, redistributing them across the world under false ratings does not own our homes. Voices from the Occupation | Occupy LFS. Propaganda is discussed in classrooms across the UK in the context of fascist or totalitarian regimes in Germany and Russia, as a historical phenomenon. Taught mainly in History (Nazi and USSR), and English Literature (1984, Brave New World). The critical point, being it was past tense and bad. But consider everything said or written is propaganda, and what makes it ‘bad’ is when there is not an equal share of voice and access to propaganda to allow the ideological debate necessary to balance ideological power.

Today’s article takes a look at how propaganda is monopolised across our media and political systems today, hidden in plain view, and how to think your way out of these mechanisms of control. Occupy Frankfurt, set below the euro sign outside ECB HQ (whe. Occupying Senator Scott Brown's Office. We Are the 99 Percent.