Despite Protest Against Anti-Gay Chik-Fil-A , NYU Student Council Sides With Bad Chicken. "Chicken Tastes Better Than Equality" (James Thilman / Gothamist) New York University students gathered en masse this afternoon in front of Weinstein Residence Hall on University Place to protest Chick-fil-A's donations to anti-gay organizations. A petition authored by freshman Hillary Dworkoski has already collected nearly 11,000 signatures in support of the restaurants removal from campus. The company—whose only New York location is located within a NYU dorm—has donated nearly $2 million to controversial Christian organizations and Dworkoski believes that violates the university's non-discrimination policy.
"Gay rights are human rights and Chick-fil-A donates millions of dollars to hate groups. Is that the kind of reputation we want at one of the most LGBT friendly colleges in the country? I don't think it is. " A number of counter-protesters purchased sandwiches from the polarizing poultry purveyor and set up camp just down the block. #OWS Joins International Day of Action: We Are All Greeks Now. Tomorrow, the people of Greece will take to the streets again to occupy Syntagma Square in protest of the extreme austerity measures being imposed on the backs of the Greek 99% to the joy and benefit of the European financial elite. The 99% everywhere are under assault by the same global banking interests. Greece is merely the most severe economic crisis yet to be imposed by the International Monetary Fund and other agents of the 1% in the Global North.
People all over the world live under the tyranny of policies dictated by the IMF, the World Bank, and the G8. As demonstrated by the wholesale slashing of social services in the name of "debt reduction," New York City and the United States are not immune. Our resistance to austerity will also be global. TODAY: Friday, February 17, 2012 5:00pm to 6:30pm 101 Market Street San Francisco, CA Occupy San Francisco stands in solidarity with the sovereignty of the people in Greece against austerity measures. Via Real Democracy Greece: SOPA STRIKE - Largest online protest in history - January 18 - blackout your site.
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Keith Olbermann Condemns Michael Bloomberg, Occupy Wall Street Raid. Keith Boykin: Everything The Media Told You About Occupy Wall Street Is Wrong. After 10 days out of town, I finally made it to Occupy Wall Street on Tuesday and had a chance to see for myself what's going on. My conclusion: almost everything the media told me about the protest is wrong. Based on my observations, here's what I consider the Top Ten Myths About Occupy Wall Street. Myth #1. The Movement Is Violent. One of the most striking images I witnessed at the demonstration was a young black man holding a sign that read "End NYPD Violence! " The officers quickly challenged his accusation. In fact, one of the first things I noticed was a sign posted on a wall that embraced "Kingian Nonviolence," the peaceful principles that guided Dr.
Myth #2. Although I supported the concept of the Occupy Wall Street movement when I first heard of it, I admit I didn't think the group had much to offer me. I was wrong. What I found was a wide-ranging group of people from various backgrounds, young and old, male and female, black, white, Latin, Asian and mixed. Myth #3. Myth #4. Occupy Wall Street: Faces Of The Protesters. Why do people protest? What do they want? These are some of the questions circling around the Occupy Wall Street movement that started in Zuccotti park last month and has now gone global.
"I'd seen so many photos of the protest, on Twitter and Facebook as well as on the news and they were all this chaotic macrocosm -- an information overload," says Kyle Cassidy, a documentary photographer. "A lot of my friends from overseas were emailing saying 'What exactly do they want? He headed down to Zuccotti park and photographed protesters one by one with a studio backdrop.
The results -- intimate portraits paired with the words of the protesters about their particular motivation to protest -- are stunning. Make sure to click through the whole series below. RANK# 22 | Average 7 If you've been to an Occupy Wall Street event anywhere in the country, we'd like to hear from you. The underhand is quicker than the eye. Occupy Wall Street Signs In Zuccotti Park. Blog « amanda palmer.
I’ve been giving all of my moment-to-moment attention to twitter and lagging extreme on the blog, i apologize. In short: if you don’t know what’s been happening here in the states with the occupy movement…or have only been following it vaguely though mainstream.read THIS. the source: from the site:“#OCCUPYWALLSTREET is a people powered movement for democracy that began in America on September 17 with an encampment in the financial district of New York City. Inspired by the Egyptian Tahrir Square uprising and the Spanish acampadas, we vow to end the monied corruption of our democracy … join us! We’re now in DAY 27.” to all of my cynical friends complaining that this is not going to change the world, you’re wrong. the world has already changed. oops. Me & sxip shirey busting out some john lennon at #occupywallst, this past thursday, october 12th, in new york: via erin m on flickr a shot of the crowd, while playing occupy wall st: All of #ows summed up in one exchange between Alan Grayson an.
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