Mayor Bloomberg Defends NYPD's Handling Of Press During Raid. Mayor Bloomberg is still defending the NYPD's raid on Occupy Wall Street in November.
In two separate incidents this week, the Mayor addressed criticism from journalists who say they were "roughed up" and blocked from covering the raid, forcibly enforcing a media blackout on police activities. During his weekly radio appearance on Friday morning, Bloomberg insisted: We didn't keep anybody from reporting, you just had to stand to the side. At Occupy Broadway, A Theatrical Plan To Reclaim New York City's Public Spaces. This is the fifth in an occasional series examining the recession's impact on culture, The Recessionary Arts.
Find out more about the series here. NEW YORK -- Last Friday, below the vast ads and bright lights of Times Square, artists, actors and musicians transformed a public plaza into a space for interaction in the classical Greek mold. The performers conducted sing-a-longs, delivered impassioned monologues, and even swallowed and regurgitated needles as a form of "creative resistance" against the kind of unregulated consumerism blamed for the recession. Occupy The Rose Parade Meets With Police, Relays Its Plan. Pasadena is known around the world for its New Year's Day Rose Parade.
About 51.9 million Americans watched the 2010 Rose Parade on television. It was broadcast to more than 220 countries. Thousands Rally to Defend Occupy Movement. Could Occupy Save the Housing Sector? « Endoflex – Socialmedia, A Global Community. Since the collapse of the camps, Occupy has been soul searching. looking for the next level, as some have put it.
A part if the movement has their hearts set on reoccupying their camps, while another sees a different vision. Since the fall of Chapman and Lownsdale squares and Terry Schrunk Plaza in Portland, their GA has expanded their online and community presence. Occupy DC Prepares for Its Valley Forge. James runs intake at the Occupy DC encampment, making sure newcomers know the rules.
WASHINGTON — “If this is the revolution, this is our Valley Forge,” said a doughy, middle-aged man with frazzled long brown hair. I was shivering when we spoke at 7:30 a.m. Awwccupy Wall Street. President Vinny of Occupy Orlando. Submitted by juicekitten Under the canopy @ Occupy SF ( via ) #Occupy Toronto, Bay Street Protest @ Saint James Park A protesting dog at Occupy Columbia, in South Carolina. Occupy Wall St. Joins Fight Against Foreclosures. Black activists leading the struggle against foreclosures welcomes OWS to their communities - Transcript ANDALUSIA KNOLL, TRNN: As police evict Occupy encampments across the country, protesters have regrouped in communities connecting with other movements fighting for social and economic justice.
December 6 was declared a national day to occupy our homes, an action to take over abandoned and foreclosed homes. In New York City, Occupy Wall Street joined with community organizations with over 1,000 people marching through East New York, a low-income community of color in Brooklyn that has been heavily hit by foreclosures, at a rate five times higher than the rest of the state. The protests were part of an orchestrated blitz of actions throughout New York and across the country. Am. Occupy Atlanta occupies the Pittman home. Three years ago, when the collapse of the financial sector pushed our economy to the brink, taxpayers bailed out the big banks that were culpable.The same banks then proceeded to foreclose on millions of American families,while continuing to hand out big bonuses and continuing to lobby against needed reform of the financial sector.
Occupy Atlanta began two Occupations of homes being foreclosed upon as a result of irresponsible banking practices. We've been fielding dozens of phone calls and emails over the last month from struggling home owners. It just so happens that Chase bank keeps coming up. Whether it's 103 year old Vita Lee, wounded Iraq war veteran Brigitte Walker, or the bereaved family of Eloise Pittman, Chase bank seems to be especially callous in their pursuit to put hard working Americans out of their homes this Holiday season. We believe banks like Chase have done enough damage to our communities. Occupy-Inspired Musical Launches Ambitious Kickstarter Campaign. Midnight deadline passes for Occupy Boston protesters to clear out. A Boston judge rules against demonstrators stayingA midnight deadline passes without police moving inSome tents and trash are cleared from the siteProtesters have been encamped in the square since late September Read more about this story from CNN affiliate WCVB.
Are you there? Send pictures and video to Open Story (CNN) -- Occupy Boston protesters remained firmly entrenched in a downtown city square early Friday after a midnight deadline passed for them to clear out or face eviction. Demonstrators cleared trash and some of the more than 100 tents from the area, but most stayed put. Superior Court Judge Frances A. Authorities are "obligated by law to preserve Dewey Square as a space open to the public," McIntyre added. Boston Mayor Thomas M.
Gov. Occupy Big Law. Homeless Occupy the woods – RT revisits Tent City. Published time: December 08, 2011 22:42 Edited time: December 09, 2011 02:42 Occupy protesters block the intersection at 15th and K Streets in Washington, DC December 7, 2011 (AFP Photo / Karen BLEIER)
Occupy camp in Boston lives on past deadline.