Freedom Plaza

PHOTOS: D.C. Trayvon Martin Rally Draws Hundreds To Pennsylvania Avenue

HuffingtonPost.com | Michael Grass | Posted 03.24.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Amid light but steady rainfall, hundreds of people crowded Pennsylvania Avenue and Freedom Plaza on Saturday afternoon to protest the Fe...

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Two Occupy DC Activists Remain Jailed After Police Clash

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.07.2012

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WASHINGTON--Two members of Occupy DC will remain jailed until at least Thursday on charges they assaulted police officers during Saturday's clash with...

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Occupy Y'All Street: Occupy Charlotte Activist Gambles Everything On The Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.09.2012

This is the fourth in a series of stories and short films on under-publicized Occupy sites. The first is here, the second is here, and the third is he...

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Park Service Enforcing Camping Rules At D.C. Occupy Sites

AP | Posted 03.31.2012

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WASHINGTON — U.S. Park Police reminded demonstrators at two Washington sites where Occupy protesters have been demonstrating for months of a no-...

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Occupy DC To Weigh Options After No-Camping Warning

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.29.2012

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WASHINGTON -- On Friday evening, Occupy activists in the nation's capital are scheduled to discuss new warnings from the National Park Service about c...

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Park Service Warns Occupy Groups In D.C. On Camping

AP | Posted 01.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police are warning occupy protesters that they must stop camping at two Washington parks on Monday or risk arrest. The Nation...

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Occupy Wall Street Monitored By U.S. Conference Of Mayors, Emails Show

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.26.2012

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WASHINGTON -- After denying that they are coordinating responses to Occupy Wall Street, the U.S. Conference of Mayors recently surveyed city administr...

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Mayor Gray Wants Occupy DC Evicted From McPherson Square

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.13.2012

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WASHINGTON -- District of Columbia Mayor Vincent Gray has turned up the pressure on the federal government to remove the Occupy DC encampment from McP...

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NPS Extends Freedom Plaza Occupy Protest Permit

AP | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The protesters who've pitched tents in Freedom Plaza in the nation's capital since October have a permit to extend their stay through th...

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Jackson Browne Performs Free Show In Freedom Plaza

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Musician and political activist Jackson Browne gave a free performance at Occupy Washington DC in Freedom Plaza on Monday, just four day...

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Occupy Protesters Read Between Lines Of Park Service Memo

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Are Occupy protesters in the nation's capital on the brink of eviction? Some say a notice from the National Park Service, which has juri...

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Protesters Occupy 'Super Committee' Hearing In Freedom Plaza

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.09.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy Washington DC, the movement formerly known as Stop the Machine that has been camping and protesting in Freedom Plaza since Oct. 6...

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D.C. Labor Walking Tour: Great Moments In 99% History (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.27.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Chris Garlock, a mobilizer for the AFL-CIO and creator of D.C.'s labor history online map -- will be leading a walking tour of the Distr...

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D.C. Statehood Rally Honors Martin Luther King Jr.'s Legacy

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.15.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Speaker after speaker invoked the civil rights legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. at the D.C. Full Democracy Freedom Rally and March held ...

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Patch Adams On Obama's Health Care Reform: 'He Sold Out'

HuffingtonPost.com | Jane Smith | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Just before protesters evacuated Freedom Plaza because of a tornado watch Thursday evening, social activist Patch Adams made a quick sto...

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Stop the Machine To Merge With Occupy DC? Not Quite Yet

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON - It's been confusing at times to have the Stop the Machine protests going on in Freedom Plaza, while Occupy DC has been camped out in McPh...

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McPherson Square Gets Tents, A Visit From The Police

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.11.2011

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Eleven days since the Occupy DC movement began with a few protesters trying to stay dry under a tree in McPherson Square, there's a lot more to the pr...

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Go to Freedom Plaza. Stop the War Machine. End Empire Before It Ends Us.

Coleen Rowley | Posted 12.11.2011

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Despite the Woodstock-like atmosphere, it is obviously people's misery -- actually a panoply of different miseries -- which are bringing out thousands like this in each city all over the country.

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Occupy the Lives of Children in DC

Patricia McGuire | Posted 12.11.2011

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Real justice is about service to others, not ourselves. A movement that is only about expressing anger over our own individual hurts will soon disintegrate for lack of an achievable common cause.

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'Stop The Machine' Protesters Vow To Stay Put In Freedom Plaza (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Hayley Miller | Posted 12.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Protesters plan to stay in Freedom Plaza past the expiration of the group's permits at 2 p.m. on Monday, according to Kevin Zeese, an or...

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Freedom Plaza Protests: U.S. Park Police Offers 4-Month Permit Extension

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.10.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Protesters plan to stay in Freedom Plaza past the expiration of the group's permits at 2 p.m. on Monday, according to Kevin Zeese, an or...

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Freedom Plaza Protest Continies Without Permit

The Huffington Post | Michael Grass | Posted 12.09.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The sanctioned dance party in Freedom Plaza may have ended at 10 p.m. Sunday but the "Stop the Machine" protest and ongoing encampment c...

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Protest Marches Planned For Downtown D.C., MLK Memorial Friday

HuffingtonPost.com | Jane Smith | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters, who have been in McPherson Square for nearly a week, are making plans for several marches on Friday. "We may be co...

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'Stop The Machine,' Occupy DC Gather In D.C. (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- More than 500 people gathered in Freedom Plaza on Thursday, participating in the "Stop the Machine" protest, a separate but parallel act...

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Protesters Gather In Nation's Capital With Economic, Social Justice Messages

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011

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WASHINGTON -- More than 500 people gathered in Freedom Plaza on Thursday, participating in the "Stop the Machine" protest, a separate but parallel act...

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