UC Berkeley instructors condemn police violence

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A protester is brought to the ground by police in front of Sproul Hall.

Occupy For UC Berkeley graduate student Alex Barnard, the most disempowering moment of Wednesday night was not when he was repeatedly hit with a police baton, cracking one of his ribs. Instead, the most disturbing moment of his experience came afterward, when he says an officer told him he had “no rights.” .

Police use of force draws fierce condemnation…

Occupy Portland: Police move in on Portland park, some protesters remain

Occupy Portland demonstrators have remained in defiance of an eviction order. In other cities, officials also are closing…

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I have a confession to make. At first, I misunderstood Occupy Wall Street.

The first few times I went down to Zuccotti Park, I came away with mixed feelings. I loved the energy and was amazed by the obvious organic appeal of the movement, the way it was growing on its own. But my initial impression was that it would not be taken very seriously by the Citibanks and Goldman…

Occupy N.S. protesters arrested during eviction

Protesters ordered out of Halifax park Friday under camping ban

Police have arrested several people at the Occupy Nova Scotia site in Halifax as they enforce an eviction order and dismantle tents.

Police teams descended on Victoria Park on Friday afternoon, a couple of hours after demonstrators were told to leave the city park because they were camping illegally.

Fourteen people were…

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…

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Canada: Occupy Wall Street movement hits twenty cities

By a WSWS reporting team

17 October 2011

 

Thousands of youth, workers, professionals and retirees marched in “Occupy Canada” demonstrations held in 20 cities and towns across the country on Saturday. Targeting the…

Occupy Portland hits town with cast of thousands (10,000?) for massive, peaceful demonstration

At the beginning of the march, police estimated the crowd at about 4,000, but it reached critical mass at Pioneer Courthouse…

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The New York Occupy Wall Street protests have spread far from their point of origin in Zuccotti Park.

The Lower Manhattan encampment swarming with…

Canadian version of Wall Street occupation planned

kim mackrael

Globe and Mail Update

Published Sunday, Oct. 02, 2011





Organizers in Toronto and several other Canadian cities say they plan to follow the example of anti-Wall Street activists in the United States by taking to the streets later this month to protest the global financial…