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Occupy Philly

Americans Are Protesting, But What Stops Full-Scale Rioting?

Jake Blumgart | Posted 05.30.2012 | Books
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Jake Blumgart

Michael Katz's Why Don't American Cities Burn? is both a crushing reminder of seemingly intractable problems that still face American cities and an exploration of why things aren't worse.

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Saki Knafo

Philadelphia Convention Plans Split Occupy Movement

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 02.23.2012 | New York
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In early November, Nathan Kleinman, an Occupy protester in Philadelphia, received an email from someone named Michael Pollok who said he was part of a...

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Occupy Plans National Convention

AP | By PATRICK WALTERS | Posted 04.23.2012 | Business
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PHILADELPHIA -- A group of protesters affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement plans to elect 876 "delegates" from around the country and hold ...

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Occupy Philly Is Alive and Well

Joan E. Dowlin | Posted 02.29.2012 | Politics
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Joan E. Dowlin

If nothing else, the Occupy movement has awakened and inspired a lot of hurting folks to get involved, contribute, and help create a better world for us all.

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Police Raid Occupy Philly Camp, Evict Protesters

AP | Posted 01.29.2012 | Business
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PHILADELPHIA — Police have begun arresting a group of roving marchers who left the Occupy Philadelphia encampment near City Hall after officers ...

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Occupy Philly Deadline Passes

AP | KATHY MATHESON and GEOFF MULVIHILL | Posted 01.27.2012 | Business
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PHILADELPHIA — A deadline set by the city for Occupy Philadelphia to leave the site where it has camped for some two months passed without scuff...

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Angela Davis: Power to the Imagination

Charles Howard | Posted 01.01.2012 | Black Voices
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Charles Howard

After delivering a keynote address at a UPenn conference, Angela Davis marched with hundreds of others to Occupy Philly. Angela Davis taught us that the marching which covers the most ground is that which involves both the feet and the mind but most importantly the heart.

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The "Occupied Territories": A Meme of Power to Describe All the OWS Locales

Rob Kall | Posted 12.27.2011 | Politics
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Rob Kall

Locales or communities exist. They are. But Occupied Territories, well that's a term with some muscle in it, some fight, some power.

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Occupy Movement Is Animal Farm Herding Cats

Joe The Nerd Ferraro | Posted 12.17.2011 | Politics
Read More: Legal Industrial Complex, Joe the Nerd, Philadelphia, Occupy Philly, Briefs Over Boxers, Political Speed Dating, Occupy Wall Street, Is This REALLY What Democracy Looks Like, Politics News
Joe The Nerd Ferraro

Occupy Whatever has become what they are fighting. I went to Occupy Philly and found that an individual cannot petition the government system they ha...

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