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Park Police Inspect Occupy Tents At Freedom Plaza Camp

The Huffington Post | Posted 02.06.2012

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WASHINGTON -- U.S. Park Police officers assembled at Freedom Plaza's Occupy Wall Street-inspired tent city on Sunday, a day after the federal agency l...

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A Very Occupy Christmas In D.C.

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.22.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Do protests take a holiday? Not Occupy Washington, D.C. The protest originally known as "Stop the Machine" will be holding a Christma...

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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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Freedom Plaza's Geodesic Dome Is Still Standing

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.05.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy DC had its barn, the short-lived wooden structure that was put up and torn down on Sunday in McPherson Square. Occupy Washington,...

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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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D.C. Occupy Group Releases Its Deficit Proposal

The Huffington Post | Arin Greenwood | Posted 11.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- The congressional "Super Committee" may be stalling, but Occupy Washington D.C. -- the protest formerly known as "Stop the Machine" that...

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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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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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San Diego Man Launches New Protest: 'Occupy Pennsylvania Ave.'

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.27.2011

Read More: White House, Video, Lafayette Square, Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue, Occupydc, Herman Cain, Occupy Wall Street, Joe the Plumber, Protests, Stop the Machine, Occupy Dc, D.C., U.S. Capitol, DC News

WASHINGTON -- The third planned occupation of the nation's capital, Occupy Pennsylvania Avenue, has an unusually restrictive set of rules. The prot...

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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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OccupyDC: The McPherson Square Counter-Protest That Wasn't

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- There was no sign of a counter-protest scheduled from noon to 3 p.m. on Thursday at McPherson Square, home to the ever-expanding -- and,...

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Challenge To Be Filed On Law Banning Supreme Court Protests

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Over 30 people arrested for protesting the Guantanamo Bay detention camp in front of the U.S. Supreme Court in 2008 plan to file a petit...

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Cornel West, Other D.C. Protesters Released From Detention

HuffingtonPost.com | Arin Greenwood | Posted 12.17.2011

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WASHINGTON -- After a day in detention, noted academic Cornel West and a group of protesters arrested at the U.S. Supreme Court on Sunday, have been r...

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Cornel West Arrested In Supreme Court Protest

AP | By BEN NUCKOLS | Posted 12.16.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Author, commentator, civil rights activist and Princeton University professor Cornel West has been arrested while protesting on the step...

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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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D.C. Protests Find Way To Localize Occupy Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.14.2011

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WASHINGTON -- As part of their overarching message, Occupy Wall Street offshoots around the nation have pressed issues of social justice and economic ...

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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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7 'Stop The Machine' Protesters Arrested On Capitol Hill

Posted 12.13.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Seven "Stop the Machine" protesters were arrested Thursday morning on Capitol Hill. The protest -- similar to but separate from the ong...

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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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Protesters Arrested On Capitol Hill In Hart Senate Office Building

The Huffington Post | Posted 12.11.2011

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WASHINGTON -- Several protesters were arrested late Tuesday morning on Capitol Hill, part of the ongoing demonstrations inspired by the Occupy Wall St...

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Let's #Occupy to Block the Colombia Trade Deal

Robert Naiman | Posted 12.10.2011

Read More: Stop the Machine, Wall Street, Trade Agreements, Colombia, Occupydc, Free Trade, Politics News

The Republican-controlled House of Representatives is poised to pass three Wall Street-driven trade deals written by the 1% for the benefit of the 1%, which will further impoverish and disempower the 99%, in the U.S. and abroad.

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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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