Occupy Atlanta

'They Came To My Home Like I Was A Drug Dealer'

AlterNet | Posted 05.06.2012

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Four generations of a Georgia family were evicted at gunpoint by dozens of sheriffs and deputies at 3am last week in an Atlanta suburb. The eyebrow-ra...

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Bank Of America Tells Woman To Miss Mortgage Payments, Then Forecloses On Her House

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 04.10.2012

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Here's how Pamela Flores tells it: A couple years ago, she found that she couldn't keep making mortgage payments on her Atlanta house. She says she...

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MoveOn, Labor Unions Aim To Teach 100,000 Occupy's Nonviolent Protest Tactics

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 04.10.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Boot camp is about to begin. On Monday and extending throughout this week, a coalition of progressive organizations from across the c...

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Occupy Atlanta, Unions Fight AT&T Layoffs, Start New Camp

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 02.17.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy Atlanta launched a surprise protest against AT&T Monday, staging a sit-in at the communication giant's Southeast headquarters in ...

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Police Clash In Oakland Inspires Solidarity And Debate In Occupy Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.09.2012

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After the Occupy movement started last fall, Michele Horaney, a public relations consultant who lives in Alameda, Calif., joined a small local group o...

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Occupy Atlanta Wins Deal With BB&T, Saves Historic Church

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 01.18.2012

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WASHINGTON -- Occupy Atlanta can declare another victory in its fight against big banks. Six days ago, Pastor Dexter Johnson called on the organizers ...

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Bank Learns Not To Mess With Occupy Atlanta

Posted 01.14.2012

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A 108-year-old church threatened with foreclosure got a last-minute reprieve thanks to the efforts of Occupy Atlanta, whose members staged a protest a...

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Occupy Atlanta Helps Save Iraq War Veteran's Home From Foreclosure

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 12.20.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In a tangible victory by the Occupy movement, Occupy Atlanta has successfully helped save an Iraq War veteran from foreclosure. Acti...

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Occupy Activsts Help Families From Evictions As Part Of National Occupy Our Homes Action

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 12.08.2011

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WASHINGTON -- In the late evening on Tuesday, Brigitte Walker welcomed Occupy Atlanta onto her property in an effort to save her Riverdale, Ga., home ...

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Occupy Y'all Street: OWS Movement Moves Into The Atlanta Suburbs

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Cherkis | Posted 12.02.2011

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This is the second in a series of stories and short films on under-publicized Occupy sites. The first is here. Stay tuned in the coming days for more...

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Occupy Wall Street Groups Protest Foreclosure, Try To Halt Evictions

HuffingtonPost.com | Matt Sledge | Posted 11.16.2011

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Monique White of North Minneapolis has been hosting weekend barbecues for friends and family for years. On Sunday, her usual guest list of friends and...

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Occupy Atlanta

Isabelle Taft | Posted 03.26.2012

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Occupy Wall Street found its way from the Empire State to the Empire State of the South on October 7 when hundreds of people, alerted by a Facebook event, converged on Atlanta's Woodruff Park.

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Occupy Wall Street Protesters Ordered To Temporarily Leave Zuccotti Park

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 11.15.2011

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The Associated Press NEW YORK (AP) -- Occupy Wall Street protesters have been ordered to leave Zuccotti Park, their longtime encampment in Lower Ma...

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College Journalists Arrested At Occupy Atlanta

Kennesaw Patch | Gaetana Pipia | Posted 01.07.2012

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The Student Press Law Center is calling for Atlanta Mayor Kasim Reed to drop all criminal charges against two college journalists who were arrested Sa...

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Bloods And Crips Occupy Atlanta

AFSC | Posted 01.07.2012

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Gang affiliations are oftentimes set in stone, with members choosing sides and vowing to remain loyal to their selected group. But two members of the ...

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Police Arrest 5 At Occupy Atlanta Protest

AP | ERRIN HAINES | Posted 01.07.2012

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ATLANTA — Atlanta protesters aren't going quietly, despite warnings from police and the mayor. In the latest act of defiance, five people were arres...

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Occupy Atlanta Protesters To Risk Arrest In Park, Spokeswoman Says

AP | Posted 01.05.2012

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ATLANTA — Dozens of people affiliated with Occupy Atlanta have been gathering in a downtown park and a spokeswoman says they plan to spend the n...

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'Occupy Wall Street' Discourages Homeless From Dining, Other Cities Make Room At The Table

Posted 12.28.2011

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The kitchen may no longer have such an open-door policy at Occupy Wall Street. Frustrated about having to work around the clock to serve "professio...

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Time to Choose Sides in the Occupy Movement

John R. Talbott | Posted 12.26.2011

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You don't have to agree with everything the Occupy movement stands for to lend your support. But we must put an end to this police-instigated violence.

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Homeless for a Day at Occupy Atlanta -- My Run-in With Atlanta Police and a Crazy Manager at McDonald's

Melissa Webster | Posted 12.14.2011

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So I used the McDonald's bathroom, unaware of the storm it would create or McDonald's and the Atlanta police's attitude towards the homeless.

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