“ON NE PEUT PAS EVINCER UNE IDÉE DONT L’HEURE EST VENUE” Occupy London takes over empty offices owned by UBS bank - video. Common Threads: We Are Not Alone. United States of Occupation. From our friends at Occuprint.org Liberty Square is where it all began. But far from Wall Street, in parks and plazas and public spaces across the nation, people outraged at financial crimes and political skulduggery have slept and eaten and talked and cared for one another — a new American civic space has been created. In every corner of the country, the occupation has arrived. A Love Supreme. We the people of the global Occupy movement embody and enact a deep democratic awakening with genuine joy and fierce determination. Our movement — leaderless and leaderful — is a soulful expression of a moral outrage at the ugly corporate greed that pushes our society and world to the brink of catastrophe. We are aware that our actions have inaugurated a radical enlightenment in a moment of undeniable distrust and disgust with oligarchic economies, corrupt politicians, arbitrary rule of law and corporate media weapons of mass distraction.
And we intend to sustain our momentum by nurturing our bonds of trust, fortifying our bodies, hearts and minds and sticking together through hell or high water in order to create a better world through a deep democratic revolution. We refuse to be mere echoes of the vicious lies that support an illegitimate status quo. Another American Way. "Occupy" Actions Across the Country. In DC and other cities, demonstrators rally at bridges - Transcript DAVID DOUGHERTY, TRNN: Thousands of people took to the streets across the United States on Thursday, November 17, to express their solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement on its two-month anniversary.
In Washington, DC, demonstrators marched from the Occupy campsite at McPherson Square through downtown before staging a rally with additional protestors at the Key Bridge. The demonstration was a confluence of organized labor groups, the Occupy movement, and organizations like "Our DC", which focuses on unemployment and job creation in Washington. End of Transcript DISCLAIMER: Please note that transcripts for The Real News Network are typed from a recording of the program. Comments Our automatic spam filter blocks comments with multiple links and multiple users using the same IP address.
SEIU President, Union Leaders Arrested in OWS Brooklyn Bridge Protest Demanding Job Creation. Thursday’s protest marking the Occupy movement’s second month anniversary coincided with an event planned months earlier by unions and others.
Marches were held on bridges across the country to draw attention to how federal funding to fix ailing infrastructure in the country could put unemployed people back to work. Protesters blocked bridges in Los Angeles, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, St. Louis, Houston, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, Hartford and Portland. Democracy Now! Producer Renée Feltz reports that in New York City, labor leaders were arrested trying to block the entrance to the Brooklyn Bridge, including SEIU president Mary Kay Henry. New York City Students Join OWS Day of Action with Union Square Rally, March. Among the many Occupy protests throughout New York City yesterday was a rally that attracted more than a thousand students to Union Square, a public park with a long history of political demonstrations.
During a march out of the park, hundreds of people thronged into the street and attempted to occupy a New School building. We speak with a New York University student participating in the march and a New School professor who has incorporated the Occupy movement into his curriculum as "a prism through which to view a lot of broader social issues this semester. " We also talk to The Nation correspondent John Nichols, who says, "I don’t think that a year ago anybody would have predicted that on a cold, rainy day in November 2011 you would have thousands and thousands of young people out on the streets in New York City and in cities across the country.
Occupy Wall Street Draws Massive Turnout in NYC and Across the Nation to Mark 2-Month Milestone. The Occupy Wall Street movement entered its third month Thursday with protests against the economic system in dozens of cities across the country.
Reports estimated some 300 people were arrested nationwide, with the majority of the arrests taking place in New York City when protesters attempted to shut down the New York Stock Exchange. "We effectively shut down Wall Street this morning. We did it with our stories, with our bodies, with our hearts," says one of the organizers of the action. Democracy Now! Reporter Ryan Devereaux filed this report. Headlines for November 18, 2011. The cop group coordinating the Occupy crackdowns. A national group with ties to Homeland Security helped paln the Occupy Oakland busts As cities across America evict encampments of the Occupy Wall Street movement, similarities of timing, talking points and tactics among major metropolitan mayors and police chiefs have led critics to wonder: Is some sort of national coordination going on?
The White House says there’s no federal oversight. Speaking November 15 aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Jay Carney said “The president’s position is that obviously every municipality has to make its own decisions about how to handle these issues.” But a little-known but influential private membership based organization has placed itself at the center of advising and coordinating the crackdown on the encampments. The Police Executive Research Forum, an international non-governmental organization with ties to law enforcement and the U.S. Speaking to Democracy Now! Timoney arrived in Miami with plenty of baggage.
Dramatic Portland Pepper Spray Photo Was a Total Accident - National. It's another one of those images that galvanizes activists, embarrasses police, and makes competing photographers seethe with jealousy, and Portland Oregonian shooter Randy L.
Rasmussen didn't even know he had taken it. The photo of a young woman protester getting hit in her open mouth, point-blank, with a torrent of pepper spray as riot cops pushed back protesters in Portland during Thursday's Day of Action has exploded on Twitter, blogs, and trade sites since The Oregonian posted it Thursday evening.
But in the confusion and impending darkness on Thursday evening, Rasmussen was shooting blind. He said he didn't see the photo until his editor did, as they went through the day's frames together that night. Update (5 p.m. Anti-Wall Street: Poutine appelle à respecter les droits de l'homme. Appel d'une indignée à les rejoindre le 19 novembre 2011. <i>Occupy Wall Street</i> - Une téléréalité sur le Net. À l’ère des téléphones intelligents, de Twitter, Ustream et YouTube, le mouvement Occupy Wall Street est devenu une véritable émission de télé-réalité.
Et cette semaine, la violence était au rendez-vous. Tim Pool n’a pas dormi depuis des heures. Âgé de 25 ans, ce jeune de Chicago diffuse, sans arrêt, depuis l’évacuation du Parc Zuccotti, mardi dernier, des images qui donnent parfois des frissons dans le dos. Armé de la caméra de son téléphone Samsung Galaxy S II, il anime sur ustream.tv/TheOther99 ce que le magazine VICE appelle « The Best TV Show Ever ».
Au moment d’écrire ses lignes, 25 000 internautes le regardent en direct. Des journalistes malmenés. Indignés, marque déposée. USA: près de 450 manifestants interpellés jeudi. Les forces de l'ordre américaines ont procédé jeudi à l'interpellation de quelque 450 "indignés", lors de la journée d'action marquant les deux mois du mouvement de protestation pacifique "Occupy Wall Street", rapporte vendredi le site Web de la chaîne CNN.
D'après les organisateurs, quelque 30.000 personnes ont pris part jeudi aux manifestations à travers les Etats-Unis. 99 % – Quand « Occupy Wall Street » joue à Batman. Occupy London squatte la banque UBS. Le tour du monde des indignés - une vidéo Actu et Politique. Tous les sons d'actu. Captain Raymond Lewis supporting OWS. Great video!... The Occupied Wall Street Journal.