May 22, 2013

Edition: U.S.

Occupy Protesters

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The Jane Austen Weekly: 'Sense and Sensibility' and the Occupy Anniversary

Susan Celia Greenfield | Posted 11.21.2012 | Books

This week marks the first anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. And this week we turn to Sense and Sensibility, which features some of the very same indignities that ignited last year's protests.

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U.S. Ignores U.N. Plea To Protect Occupy Protest Rights

HuffingtonPost.com | Dan Froomkin | Posted 06.18.2012 | World

WASHINGTON -- Federal officials have yet to respond to two United Nations human rights envoys who formally requested that the U.S. government protect ...

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Occupy Movement Drifts From Tents To Kitchen Tables

Reuters | Posted 08.15.2012 | Business

By Edith Honan NEW YORK, June 14 (Reuters) - Seven months after Occupy Wall Street's eviction from Zuccotti Park, the round-the-clock ...

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Adbusters: Occupy Wall Street's 'Early Heroes' Are 'Losing The Edge'

The Huffington Post | Alexander Eichler | Posted 08.06.2012 | Business

Even some of the founders of the Occupy movement say it may be petering out. Last September, organizers set up its first encampment in Manhattan's...

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Occupy Movement Targets Bank Of America

The Nation | Posted 04.09.2012 | Politics

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It's fairly impossible to speak with OWS activists without hearing Taibbi jargon about "vampire squids" or "raging hurricanes of theft and fraud," so ...

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Chancellor Birgeneau Told Officials 'Don't Back Down' After Batons Used On Protesters

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 02.21.2012 | College

Read More: Aclu, Foia, Occupy Cal, University of California, Police Violence, Occupy Protesters, Occupy Wall Street, UC Berkeley, Occupy Oakland, Aclu Northern California, Police Clash, Wendy Brown, Robert Birgeneau, Baton Use, Video, College News

NEW YORK -- Newly released emails show University of California, Berkeley officials did not initially object to the use of batons on nonviolent protes...

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Police Evict Occupy Newark Protesters

New York Times | Posted 02.15.2012 | New York

NEWARK — Authorities swept in shortly after midnight Wednesday and ended what appeared to be a relatively harmonious co-existence between the city o...

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CNN Pundit's Controversial Response To Occupy Crackdown

Posted 02.01.2012 | Media

CNN contributor Erick Erickson responded enthusiastically after viewing video footage of an Occupy DC protester being tasered by police. "Here is ...

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OccupyWEF Protesters Say World Economic Forum Leaders 'Should Disband'

HuffingtonPost.com | Peter S. Goodman | Posted 03.27.2012 | Business

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DAVOS, Switzerland -- A mile away, in the center of this posh ski resort, some of the most powerful people on earth are gathered in pinstripes, discus...

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Occupy Museums Protesters Crowd MoMa

Posted 01.17.2012 | Arts

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On Friday night, Occupy Museums — in conjunction with Arts and Labor, 16 Beaver, and Occupy Sotheby’s – conducted an exceptionally clear and eff...

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Protester Arrest At Los Angeles Art Walk

Posted 01.16.2012 | Arts

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Los Angeles' bi-weekly art walk recently got a taste of the confrontations between Occupy protesters and the LAPD. The video above begins in the m...

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Cause For Celebration: Zuccotti Park Barricades Removed

AP | By CRISTIAN SALAZAR | Posted 03.11.2012 | New York

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By CHRISTIAN SALAZAR, The Associated Press NEW YORK -- Barricades surrounding a park that served as a camp for Occupy Wall Street protesters were r...

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PHOTOS: Occupy The Rose Parade Brings Up The Rear

HuffingtonPost.com | Anna Almendrala | Posted 01.06.2012 | Los Angeles

Perhaps the most anticipated float of the 2012 Rose Parade is an unofficial entrant: a giant "Occupy Octopus" made out of plastic bags. Occupy The Ros...

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Occupy Protesters Face Police At Paul Headquarters

AP | MICHAEL J. CRUMB | Posted 02.28.2012 | Politics

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By MICHAEL J. CRUMB, Associated Press DES MOINES, Iowa -- More than a dozen Occupy protesters have been arrested in Iowa, including a 14-year-old g...

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Occupy Drama Shakes Up Dem Efforts In Key State

AP | Posted 12.20.2011 | Politics

DES MOINES, Iowa -- Eight Occupy Iowa protesters have been arrested at the Iowa Democratic Party headquarters in Des Moines, where they protested meas...

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Campus Police Violence Is Nothing New In California

HuffingtonPost.com | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 12.09.2011 | College

Read More: Video, Occupy Cal, Uc Chancellor, University of California, Police Violence, Occupy Protesters, Ucla, Occupy Wall Street, Wheeler Hall, Katehi, Robert Birgenau, UC Berkeley, Pepper Spray, Mark Yudof, UC Davis, Brazil Report, California Protests, College News

When students at the University of California, Berkeley, attempted to set up an Occupy Wall Street encampment, campus police answered on Nov. 9 with t...

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After Raids Across The Country, Protesters Focus On Smaller Demonstrations

AP | By CHRIS HAWLEY | Posted 12.01.2011 | Business

NEW YORK -- The overnight police raids in Philadelphia and Los Angeles that dismantled two of the nation's biggest Occupy Wall Street encampments leav...

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Occupy: The Real Tough Guys of UC Davis

Stephan Jenkins | Posted 01.21.2012 | San Francisco

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It was the students of UCD who showed themselves to be the true tough guys on the scene, and by tough guys, I mean Rosa Parks, Gandhi-style tough guys -- the kind who have the courage to wield the power of nonviolence.

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WATCH: Faces Of Zuccotti Park: The Food Activist

HuffingtonPost.com | Hunter Stuart | Posted 01.10.2012 | New York

Read More: Wealth Inequality, Video, Local Food, Food Activism, Occupy Protesters, Food Politics, Ows, Faces of Zuccotti Park, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Wall St, Corporate Greed, New York News

This is the sixth piece in a series profiling the protesters at Occupy Wall Street. There's a man in a white chef's suit on the southwest corner of...

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Banks Scrambles For New Revenue Sources After Debit Card Fee Debacle

AP | By PALLAVI GOGOI | Posted 01.04.2012 | Business

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NEW YORK -- After an intense public backlash, Bank of America and other banks have backed off charging monthly debit card fees. It's a victory for an...

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Protesters Cutting Obama Little Slack

AP/The Huffington Post | Posted 12.06.2011 | Politics

NEW YORK -- Their chief target is Wall Street, but many of the demonstrators in New York and across the U.S. also are thoroughly disgusted with Washin...

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