Naomi Wolf, Feminist Author, Cuffed At Occupy Wall Street Protest

NEW YORK -- Feminist author Naomi Wolf has been taken into custody by police at an anti-corporate greed protest outside an award ceremony held to honor New York's governor.

Wolf and a companion were handcuffed outside Skylight Studios in Manhattan where Gov. Andrew Cuomo was to accept the "Game Changer of the Year Award" from The Huffington Post.

She was detained after ignoring police warnings to stay off the street in front of the building where the awards ceremony was being held and where a crowd of about 50 Occupy Wall Street protesters were rallying.

Charges Wolf might face were unclear. Most people detained during the protests have been arrested on misdemeanors.

Wolf is a political activist and author of the best-selling book "The Beauty Myth." She also blogs for The Huffington Post.

PHOTOS FROM OCCUPY WALL STREET PROTESTS:

Comments

[raffie]

09:11 AM on 10/24/2011

Another poseur...get's a headline...goes home to her warm, comfortable Manahttan abode after a few hours detained... calls her Speaker's bureau, points to the news story about herself, increases her speaking fees.

[Fabini]

05:27 PM on 10/22/2011

You go girl. Thanks for standing up.

[abhorson]

02:55 AM on 10/21/2011

Gosh, when I read "Naomi" I thought, "Good God did that oldish supermodel beat up yet ANOTHER one of her housekeepers?" But it didn't look like her in the picture...

[momoluvsu]

04:32 PM on 10/20/2011

What are the things the right and left agree about, seriously? My first guess is getting the money out of politics.. Hey righties am I wrong? Righties tell me what we can start AGREEING on. You lead the conversation

[sherlockhemlock]

11:06 AM on 10/22/2011

"You lead the conversation." BIG mistake.

[Imlostinwyoming]

01:26 PM on 10/20/2011

Its just sad to see how many on here still dont undestand #OWS! And are still under the influence of big money. Your all being played against each other.Left and right! We all need to stop putting each other down,and start talking.Together.OWS isnt about the left or right,its not Obamma's army,its America! And if you all would take a lil bit of time to really check it out,you would find these people are just like you! Tired of all the lie's from Wa and WallSt!

[gemini68]

10:56 AM on 10/20/2011

Great photos- I hope they don't lose steam once the weather turns bit colder. Keep it up!

[frank1946]

07:13 AM on 10/20/2011

She is Right, in her case Beauty is a Myth !

OWS stands for "No More DEBT Economy" !

DEBT = SLAVERY

DEMS and GOP promise more SLAVERY, MORE DEBTS.

Vote Tea Party, they will actually say "No" ! Mother was good at saying, "No" !

Thanks, Mom !

[morbius]

09:22 AM on 10/20/2011

Then you are obviously deluded. Let me spell it out for you. IT WAS NOT GOVERNMENT DEBT THAT CAUSED THE FINANCIAL CRISIS; IT WAS CRIMINAL BEHAVIOR BY WALL STREET AND THE BIG BANKS THAT CAUSED IT. The Right wingers/corporations/wall street are using the debt issue to DISTRACT YOU from their criminal behavior. Read: Griftopia by Matt Taibbi and open your eyes to the truth.

[joebhed]

09:40 AM on 10/22/2011

I'm totally with you here.
Up to the tea party thing, unsure about that.
Both parties are tied to the private debt-based system of money creation(fractional-reserve banking) where we can't have any money unless we have more debt.
Both parties use that system as the source of their power.
And, THAT is the problem.

But, seriously now, frank, how does the tea party propose to do away with the debt-based money system?
I mean I'm totally serious here.

Because, as far as I know, there is only ONE proposal to do away with the private debt-based system of money operated by the private Fed, and that is the proposal of Congr. Dennis Kucinich of Ohio.

His National Emergency Employment Defense(NEED) Act of 2011 was introduced about a money ago as H.R. 2990.
http://www.monetary.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/HR-2990.pdf

Please have a read and let me know what you think.
It ends all this debt-slavery BS - for real.

Or, what do y'all have in mind?
Thanks to my Mom too.

[Dogs And Cats]

03:15 AM on 10/20/2011

The streets are cleaner than when the occupation began in our city. We are picking up cigarette butts, plenty left by those not even identified with the movement, including observers. In addition, we are sorting city garbage and recyclables, normally a city job for which one is paid. We are at it because we believe in being good citizens. The right wing will try to discredit us, probably continually, because it is easier for them to do that than actually address the fundamental issues we are raising. After all, they might have to give up corporate entitlements.

[ycr]

07:15 PM on 10/19/2011

I like the violent sign that says kill or be killed. They are peeing in the streets, defacating on cars, smoking weed, starting fights and carrying around anti semetic signs. Too much time on their hands. Go look for a job.

[Andman0121]

07:42 PM on 10/19/2011

lol where are they doing these things?

[maggiedancer]

09:00 PM on 10/19/2011

ycr is really talking about the TP. Just doesn't really realize it. All those guns at political events? TPers. All those threats of guns at political events? TPers. All those "Second Amendment remedies" threats? TPers. But, guns and violence and threats of violence are FAR more preferable to anecdotes about peeing in the streets. Anti-semitic signs? Only from right wing shills trying to foment crap. From the people I know, there's a damn lot of people of the Jewish faith who are occupying Wall Street in protest. Sidelight - nice stereotyping of "moneylenders". Paulson was a Christian Scientist. Dimon's of Greek descent. Vikram Pandit? From India. Richard Parsons, CEO of Citi? African-American.

[ycr]

08:01 AM on 10/20/2011

All over the country.

[Silverklacik]

08:34 PM on 10/19/2011

Of course you like the violent signs, You probably like the violent rhetoric. Hey I have a suggestion for you, you should stop wasting your time posting all these lies on a message board and GO GET A JOB!

[ycr]

08:02 AM on 10/20/2011

I have two jobs.

[MikeCm]

05:24 PM on 10/19/2011

In Wolf's statement, she was leaving the Huffpost event she heard police giving ocw protestors commands based on lies... in other words, the police were giving unlawful orders.

Who arrests the cops in this country when they place themselves above the law before the poeple? In a country where lying by government is highly revered?

Wolf's Statement in Facebook:

"The protesters were being told that they needed to leave the sidewalk outside of the Huffington Post event because 'Huffingto­n Post had a permit' to control the use of the sidewalk. I have a chapter in Give Me Liberty on NYC [on] permits so I knew that could not be accurate. Sidewalks are public spaces and can't be leased by private entities. I asked for a copy of the permit," she wrote. "Some press reports say that I was arrested because I ignored police warnings to get off the sidewalk or that I was arrested for using a megaphone without a permit. Both of these are untrue. I told the protesters that the NYC permit requiremen­t that states that using a megaphone is illegal."

[writeon1]

09:04 PM on 10/21/2011

So, she was leaving the event with "the beautiful people" who I am sure she is not in favor with anymore, judging by this story and then decides to hob-nob with the protesters? I don't think you can have it both ways.

[MikeCm]

11:17 PM on 10/21/2011

This is her story.

She was invited to a HuffPost gala and talked to the protestors before and after. The whiteshirt cops were giving unlawful orders so she decided to stand up for her rights and got arrested for it.

This is the state of affairs in America today because people have forgotten that they are actually supposed to have rights and the power of the state does not supercede these rights. Its a principle thing.

I'm not sure what the objection is.

[Mohammed Noori]

04:36 PM on 10/19/2011

It's incredibly embarrassing that some people actually compared the treatment of these people to those protesters in the Arab spring.

They may have legitimate grievances, but they really should get off their high horse.

[MikeCm]

05:14 PM on 10/19/2011

We hold solidarity with them as they hold solidarity with us.

There is only one high horse in this place and you're sitting on it.

[gemini68]

10:58 AM on 10/20/2011

Any- and everyone- fighting against oppression- economic or otherwise are in solidarity. Take your own advice and get off your high horse.

[collettethehedgehog]

04:20 PM on 10/19/2011

On Jezebel there is a video posted. She did not ignore police or disobey them, according to her statements. She corrected information they were giving protestors about using bullhorns and was arrested for speaking up in their defense. You'd think on HP they could get it right. Thanks AOL.

[MikeCm]

05:32 PM on 10/19/2011

Here's the link for that:

http://jezebel.com/5851213/naomi-wolf-arrested-at-occupy-wall-street-protest

It appears that Huffpost is soo neutral that it won't even stand up for one of its own bloggers arrested at a HuffPost even.

[msmanatee]

03:34 PM on 10/19/2011

As a liberal blog, HP should make this a bigger story, especially since she blogs for them....playing it safe HP?

[MikeCm]

04:03 PM on 10/19/2011

She attended the HuffPost event and was arrested while leaving.... when she went over to defend the protestors.

[msmanatee]

06:52 PM on 10/19/2011

I love what she did, I am just suprised that HP isn't doing a better job of reporting it.

~~~~
Naomi Wolf: how I was arrested at Occupy Wall Street

Arresting a middle-aged writer in an evening gown for peaceable conduct is a far cry from when America was a free republic

http://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2011/oct/19/naomi-wolf-arrest-occupy-wall-street?fb=optOut

[heavywilliams]

03:19 PM on 10/19/2011

Huffpo Objectivity (neutral........not) it's juat another lib spin post. "Wolf is a political activist and author of the best-selling book "The Beauty Myth." She also blogs for The Huffington Post.

[jusathot]

07:51 AM on 10/20/2011

Author of many best-sellers, actually.

[Cayce58]

11:12 AM on 10/24/2011

She is an intellectual heavyweight. Are you? All I see from you is spin.

[mbrownNY]

02:53 PM on 10/19/2011

HufP0 likes to play both sides of the coin. They write articles in support of OWS while holding events to celebrate the 1% (which HufP0-AOL is a part of). I hope they paid for Naomi's bail.