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Alice Hines

FBI Monitored Occupy Wall Street As Potential Terrorist, Criminal Threat

HuffingtonPost.com | Alice Hines | Posted 12.23.2012 | Business
Read More: Video, Occupy Wall Street, Police Surveillance, Occupy Protests, Occupy Movement, Police Occupy, FBI Surveillance, Business News

According to internal documents newly released by the FBI, the agency spearheaded a nationwide law enforcement effort to investigate and monitor the O...

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'Occupy' To Protest World Food Prize For Lack Of Focus On Safety, Hunger

AP | DAVID PITT | Posted 12.17.2012 | Impact
Read More: Frank Cordaro, Video, World Food Prize, World Food Prize Foundation, Kenneth Quinn, Ban Ki-Moon, Daniel Hillel, Occupy, Occupy Des Moines, Occupy Protests, Impact News

DES MOINES, Iowa — It's difficult to argue with the goals of the World Food Prize Foundation – to recognize people who have helped improve...

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Occupy Your Victories

Rebecca Solnit | Posted 11.17.2012 | Politics
Read More: #S17, Occupy, Occupy Protests, Occupy Movement, Occupy Wall Street Anniversary, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Politics News
Rebecca Solnit

With Occupy, remarkable things have already happened, and more remarkable systemic change could be ahead. Remember that many of the effects of what has already happened are incalculable, and more of what is being accomplished will only be clear further down the road.

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Several Arrested At OWS Anniversary March

AP | Posted 11.15.2012 | New York
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NEW YORK -- About 300 people observing the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street ended a march to a small concrete park in New York's Lower Manha...

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John Rudolf

Outside Review Needed Of NYPD Abuses At Occupy: Lawyers' Group

HuffingtonPost.com | John Rudolf | Posted 07.27.2012 | New York
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New York City police used unnecessarily aggressive tactics and excessive force against peaceful protesters and illegally suppressed press freedoms dur...

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Occupy Movement Drifts From Tents To Kitchen Tables

Reuters | Posted 08.15.2012 | Business
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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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New Report Blasts Use Of Batons By Campus Cops

AP | TERENCE CHEA | Posted 06.08.2012 | College
Read More: Student Protests, Ucpd, Occupy Cal, Student Activism, Tuition Hikes, University of California, University of California Berkeley, Tuition Protests, UC Berkeley, Campus Police, University of California Police, Occupy Protests, College News

SAN FRANCISCO -- A University of California, Berkeley report released Wednesday criticizes campus police for jabbing and clubbing student protesters w...

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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
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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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Saki Knafo

The Fight Over 4044 Cedar Ave.

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 03.18.2013 | Business
Read More: Alejandre Cruz, Foreclosure Crisis, Minnesota, Cruz Family, Anthony Newby, Minneapolis, Evictions, Occupy Our Homes, Occupy Protests, Occupy Movement, Housing Crisis, Bobby Hull, Occupy Homes, Nick Espinosa, Monique White, Foreclosure, Robert Hull, Occupy Cruz Family, Video, Business News

The house at 4404 Cedar Ave., in south Minneapolis, sits a little ways back from a leafy road. An American flag flies from the front door. When member...

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LOOK: Letters To UC Berkeley Detail A Strong Public Reaction

The Huffington Post | Tyler Kingkade | Posted 06.01.2012 | College
Read More: Ucpd, Video, Occupy Cal, Student Activism, University of California, University of California Berkeley, Campus Protest, UC Berkeley, University of California Police, Uc Berkeley Protest, Slideexpand, Occupy Protests, College News

In the days and weeks after University of California police struck student protesters with batons on the Berkeley campus, hundreds of people emailed c...

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Saki Knafo

Police Retreat From Foreclosed Home In Minneapolis After Standoff With Occupy Protesters

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 06.01.2012 | Business
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On Friday morning, police from the Hennepin Country Sheriff's Office abandoned an attempt to evict protesters from a foreclosed home in south Minneapo...

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Saki Knafo

Occupy Activists Declare Victory In Chicago

HuffingtonPost.com | Saki Knafo | Posted 05.22.2012 | Chicago
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As Occupy activists from around the country begin heading home to their respective cities after a weekend of protests in Chicago, many say the massive...

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If Only it Were 99 Percent -- or Even 80 Percent -- Versus the Rich

Bernard Starr | Posted 07.16.2012 | Politics
Read More: Economy, Occupy Movement, 99 Percent, Corporate America, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Protests, Wealth Disparity, Shrinking Middle Class, Wealth Gap, Politics News
Bernard Starr

Without the restoration of middle class jobs for Americans, the lights will not go back on and support for education will continue to fade.

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Romney: Bank Of America, Occupy Protesters 'Too Young' To Understand Economy

The Huffington Post | Paige Lavender | Posted 05.12.2012 | Politics
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Mitt Romney said the protesters rallying against Bank of America in Charlotte this week are too young "to really understand how the economy works." ...

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Massive Demonstrations Erupt In City Hosting Major Dem Event

Creative Loafing | Posted 05.10.2012 | Politics
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Uptown was a little nosier than usual today after nearly 600 protesters rallied around Bank of America's headquarters, then the stadium, then old city...

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Occupy Groups Unite Over Foreclosures

Reuters | Posted 06.09.2012 | Business
Read More: Foreclosure Crisis, Mortgage Crisi, Economic Crisis, Reuters, Occupy Wall Street, Ows, Occupiers, Foreclosure, Occupy, Occupy Protests, Business News

* Occupy groups working in several cities * Foreclosure crisis inspires middle class * Some banks cooperate, wanting to ...

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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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Welcome to the American Spring

Max Berger | Posted 05.18.2012 | Politics
Read More: Tunisia Protests, Egypt Revolution, Occupy Wall Street, American Spring, Occupy New York, Democracy Protests, 6 Months Occupy, Ows Protests, Occupy Protests, Politics News
Max Berger

This week, the American Spring began. It was a celebration of what's best in America -- civic community and self-expression. But last night I also saw the worst of America. I saw police do everything they could to suppress our right to express ourselves and gather freely.

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Protesters Complain Of Police Monitoring

New York Times | Posted 03.12.2012 | New York
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On Nov. 17, Kira Moyer-Sims was near the Manhattan Bridge, buying coffee while three friends waited nearby in a car. More than a dozen blocks away, pr...

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Occupy Wall Street's Money Woes

Village Voice | Posted 03.11.2012 | New York
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Yesterday, NY1 brought our attention to the news that New York's Occupy Wall Street appears to be tight on funds, findings based on on a weekly report...

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Occupy Wall Street In NYC On Pace To Run Out Of Money By End Of Month

Reuters | Posted 05.09.2012 | Business
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(Adds missing word "debt" in last paragraph) By Michelle Nichols NEW YORK, March 9 (Reuters) - The Occupy Wall Street g...

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Occupy Wall Street Movement Plans Spring Surprises

Good Morning America | Posted 03.08.2012 | Business
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It's shaping up to be a busy spring for Occupy. The movement born last year in a New York City park has come roaring back to life this week after a pe...

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What Went Wrong With Occupy Wall Street?

LA Times | Posted 05.07.2012 | Business
Read More: Occupiers, Occupy, Occupy Wall Street Problems, Occupy Protests, Occupy Movement, Ows, Occupy Wall Street, Business News

The Occupy movement appears to have lost its way. To be a factor in the November vote, it needs to get organized. ...

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OH NO: Occupy Oakland Protesters Face Hate Crime, Robbery Charges

Robin Wilkey | Posted 03.06.2012 | San Francisco
Read More: Oakland Protests, Occupy Education, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Oakland Violence, Occupy Oakland, Occupy Oakland Robbery, Occupy Oakland Hate Crime, Occupy Oakland Arrests, Occupy Protests, Occupy Oakland Theft, San Francisco News

Between the violent police battles, the Recall Mayor Quan petition and the seething community reaction, the relationship between the Occupy movement ...

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Students Occupy University To Stop Tuition Hike

Student Activism | Posted 03.03.2012 | College
Read More: Occupy-Wall-Street, Tuition Hikes, DePaul University, Occupy Wall Street Protests, College Tuition, College Tuition Hikes, Occupy Protests, Occupy Movement, College News

Fourteen DePaul University students have staged a campus occupation against the university's tuition policy -- the first occupation at a US Catholic u...

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