Nobody Can Predict The Moment Of Revolution (#OccupyWallStreet) Abysmal Occupy Wall Street Coverage: Rubbernecking At The New York Times. Over the weekend, my inbox exploded with angry messages from people who had just read this New York Times article (though it reads more like an op-ed) about the Occupy Wall Street protest. Ginia Bellafante gives a devastating account of the event’s attendees, depicting them as scatterbrained, sometimes borderline psychotic transients. Bellafante, who is not a reporter but a critic for the Times, offered a representation of the protesters that is as muddled as the amalgam of activists' motives she presents in the span of the article. She first claims a Joni Mitchell lookalike named Zuni Tikka is a “default ambassador” of the movement.
In one of the following paragraphs, she then describes the protest as “leaderless.” Bellafante goes on to (rightfully) wonder why the response to the widening class divide hasn’t come in the form of a more serious movement. The main bone the article wishes to pick is the scattered ideologies of the attendees – a fair point. It’s not mere paranoia. Identified: NYPD Officer Who Maced Peaceful Protesters. Photo by Jim Kiernan / A photographer has identified the cruel and cowardly NYPD supervisor who point blank maced a penned in group of young women and then slinks away Saturday at the Occupy Wall Street protests: Deputy Inspector Anthony V. Bologna of the NYPD Patrol Borough Manhattan South. TAKE ACTION If you think Deputy Inspector Bologna should be fired and prosecuted for his abuse of power, file an on-line complaint with: UPDATED: The Guardian reported that Deputy Inspector Anthony Bologna also stands accused of false arrest and civil rights violations in a claim brought by a protester involved in the 2004 demonstrations at the Republican National Convention.
Photo/ Photo/ Slow-Motion Video of Saturday's Macing Assault And, James Fallows at The Atlantic writes: OccupyWallSt.org | The American Revolution Begins Sept 17th. Occupy Together Protests Spreading. The "Occupy Wall Street" protests are spreading across the United States. Protestors are now taking up a position outside of the Federal Reserve Bank in Chicago and they are looking for some support. For all progressives in the Chicagoland area, Occupy Chicago has begun! More here>>>. Occupy Madison Gearing Up - Hey Madison, it's time to take over the Square again, we might not be able to Occupy Wall street.
But we can show our support! A world of change. 1,000 + people marched through NYC and many were arrested. Update: NYPD Violence Footage Cameras are everywhere, maybe the revolution WILL be televised. I'm hoping this is only the beginning of a struggle to liberate ourselves from having the fruits of our laborous production be confiscated and redistributed to the looters and moochers on Wall Street. ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protest slowly spreads across the United States. By Eric W. DolanMonday, September 26, 2011 18:17 EDT Small groups of demonstrators in major American cities have started their own “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations and organizers are planning further actions in more cities across the United States.
A diverse coalition of people have pledged to occupy Wall Street until something is done about corporate greed and the financial system’s undemocratic influence on the U.S. government. The protesters have been camped out in New York’s old Liberty Plaza, one block from the Federal Reserve, since Saturday. “The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99 Percent that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the one percent,” said a statement on the Occupy Wall Street website. At least 80 to 100 people were arrested over the weekend in the first big crackdown since the demonstration began. The protest spread to other cities over the weekend. Another demonstration popped up in Chicago over the weekend. Eric W. Eric W. Occupy Wall Street activists name officer over pepper spray incident | World news. Activists connected to the Occupy Wall Street protests have published the name, phone number and family details of a senior New York police officer they accuse of using pepper spray on peaceful female protesters at a march on Saturday.
The officer was named in Twitter posts and on various activist websites as NYPD deputy inspector Anthony Bologna, of Patrol Borough Manhattan South. The posts also cite an apparent civil rights charge against the officer dating from 2007. YouTube footage of the incident, which has been widely circulated since Saturday, appears to show a white-shirted NYPD officer firing the spray into the eyes of the protesters, who are penned in by other officers with orange netting. As the officer walks away, two of the women crumple to the ground, screaming in pain. There were several clashes between protesters and police at the march on Saturday, during which there were 80 arrests. "You know who the innocent women were; now they will have the chance to know who you are.