The first thing the encampment published:

Someday it would be nice not to have to get news about America from Great Britain, but for now (and, Thanks for Standing, Canada)....

"A second Iraq war veteran has suffered serious injuries after clashes between police and Occupy movement protesters in Oakland.

Kayvan Sabehgi, who served in Iraq and Afghanistan, is in intensive care with a lacerated…

"November 2, 2011 – 11:30 pm Pacific

Two #occupiers were hit by a car tonight in downtown Oakland – one was dragged 30 feet and sustained an “obviously” broken leg, photos of the other victim are below.... Every single person at the scene was stunned that the driver could get away without being arrested." 

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The silver market is manipulated.

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The value…

They say if you don’t stand for something – you will fall for anything.  This is a story about people who stand and people who fall.

A couple of nights ago, a guy stood against the Money Power in Oakland.  He was a Marine Veteran, and like every Veteran, he stood and took an oath to uphold the Constitution of the United States when he joined.  He kept his oath.  Waging war was hard:  waging peace is harder.  We thank him for standing with us.

He was almost…

According to the Guardian, "Scott Olsen, the Iraq war veteran who was seriously injured by a police projectile during a protest in Oakland, has regained consciousness but 'cannot talk'.

Olsen, 24, is communicating with friends and family at his bedside by writing notes, but his injury is believed to have damaged the speech centre of his brain, according to Keith Shannon, who served…

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A U.S. Marine veteran is in a critical condition in hospital tonight after being injured by a police gas canister during last night's Occupy Oakland protests, which saw running battles break out between authorities and protesters as a crowd tried to reclaim an encampment.

Scott Olsen, 24, of Daly City, California, an Iraq veteran…

We have been evicted "immediately."

I will be getting the full ruling in the mail, it was all I could do to get the court clerk to tell me that much.

New York (CNN) --

A Long Island couple wants to trademark the slogan "Occupy Wall St." with the intent to sell sweatshirts, T-shirts, bumper stickers and hobo bags, among other merchandise.

"I'm no marketing genius, but when you got something that's across 50 states, it's a brand now," said 44-year-old Robert Maresca of West Islip, New York.

Maresca's wife, Diane, filed a trademark application with the United States Patent and Trademark…

"A new survey shows that Americans overwhelmingly support the self-styled Occupy Wall Street protests that not only have disrupted life in Lower Manhattan but also in Washington and cities and towns across the U.S. and in other nations. Some 59 percent of adults either completely agree or mostly agree with the protesters, while 31 percent mostly disagree or completely disagree; 10 percent of those surveyed didn't know or refused to answer."

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