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Occupy DC Is NOT Dead, Only Resting

Jerry Nelson | Posted 04.14.2012

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Jerry Nelson

With the recent eviction of protesters from McPherson Square, it would be extremely easy to say that Occupy DC in the nation's capital is dead. Think again.

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Park Police Surround Occupy DC Camp, Search McPherson Square Tents

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police officers, some on horseback and others in riot gear, surrounded the Occupy DC camp in McPherson Square with barricades ...

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Jason Cherkis

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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WATCH: Living Social's 'Capital Cribs: Occupy DC Edition'

The Huffington Post | Posted 03.27.2012

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WASHINGTON -- LivingSocial's SocialStudies blog has taken its snark-streaked lens inside McPherson Square's stalwart Occupy DC encampment for a new vi...

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Park Service To Enforce Camping Ban For Occupy DC

AP | BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 03.25.2012

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WASHINGTON — Occupy DC protesters will soon receive civil citations from U.S. Park Police if they continue camping in Washington's McPherson Squ...

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Occupy DC's Wooden Structure Dismantled By Park Police

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.28.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In an overnight action, U.S. Park Police dismantled a wooden structure Occupy DC protesters had built in McPherson Square, the scene of ...

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OccupyDC? Occupy Alcohol

Jerry Nelson | Posted 02.26.2012

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Tank is 6-foot-4 and almost 400 pounds. He's one of the first big guys I've met that matches his street (or nick) name. Ever notice how most big guys ...

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We Can't Eat Money

Jerry Nelson | Posted 02.18.2012

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"Life savings wouldn't even pay for a postage stamp," reports The Nightmare German Inflation. The situation in Germany between the world wars was so b...

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Police Arrest Protesters Blocking D.C. Streets

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.07.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Protesters inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement took to the streets of the nation's capital on Wednesday blocking downtown inters...

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Occupy DC Arrests At McPherson Square (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.04.2011

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police arrested more than 30 people on Sunday after a wooden structure was erected in McPherson Square, the downtown park that...

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Arin Greenwood

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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Occupy Movement -- Are You the 99% or the 1%?

Jerry Nelson | Posted 01.28.2012

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I think that being in the 1% is more of a state of mind than a state of possessions. So with that said, whom do I see as comprising the 1% if we base it on where someone's head is?

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Arin Greenwood

Do The 'Free Franklin' Protesters Have It Right?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.23.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The "Free Franklin" protesters have a distinct goal: to get the Franklin School, a city-owned former men's homeless shelter at 13th and ...

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Occupy DC Sexual Assault: Police Remove Man From McPherson Square (UPDATED)

The Huffington Post | Posted 11.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters have confirmed via Twitter that a man accused of sexual assault has been removed from McPherson Square by the polic...

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Occupy DC Nearly Finished With Its Declaration

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.21.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The blog Crooks and Liars on Friday put up a copy of what was supposedly the finalized version of Occupy DC's long-awaited "Declaration ...

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Police Make Arrrests At School Seized By Occupy Protesters

AP | BRETT ZONGKER | Posted 01.19.2012

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WASHINGTON — District of Columbia police on Saturday evening arrested 11 protesters and planned to charge them with unlawful entry after officer...

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Arin Greenwood

Does This Occupy DC Video Show Police Violence?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.11.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Does an Occupy DC video that the movement claims shows police violence against protesters actually show police misconduct? Experts think...

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Hayley Miller

Occupy Ice Cream: Ben And Jerry's Duo Distribute Free To Occupy DC

HuffingtonPost.com | Hayley Miller | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC demonstrators in McPherson Square received a tasty treat Tuesday afternoon when the co-founders of ice cream giant Ben and Jer...

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Koch Brother Walks Through D.C. Protest Crowd Noticed (VIDEO)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- After seeing The Huffington Post's recent story about David Koch reportedly walking unnoticed through a crowd of protesters -- who were ...

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Occupy DC Protesters Release New Video Of Convention Center Incident

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.08.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC has released another video from Friday's controversial protest action at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center which it s...

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Occupy Protesters From New York Plan March On D.C.

AP | VERENA DOBNIK and DEEPTI HAJELA | Posted 01.08.2012

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NEW YORK — Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York City went old school on Tuesday as activist musicians David Crosby and Graham Nash deli...

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Relations Between Police, OccupyDC Protesters Strained

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.07.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC protesters gathered at two intersections near the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Monday where including one where f...

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Protesters March on Koch-Affiliated Event (PHOTOS)

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.04.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Protesters marched on the Walter E. Washington Convention Center on Friday evening where Americans for Prosperity, a conservative organi...

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First Issue Of 'The Occupied Washington Post' Is Released

The Huffington Post | Posted 01.02.2012

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WASHINGTON -- The premiere issue of The Occupied Washington Post, the "Stop the Machine" occupation's take on Occupy Wall Street's Occupied Wall Stree...

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Arin Greenwood

Occupy DC: McPherson Square Protesters Can't Camp. Or Can They?

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 01.01.2012

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WASHINGTON -- A month into their protest in McPherson Square in downtown D.C., Occupy DC protesters don't know whether the National Park Service think...

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