Wendy K. Leigh
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Wendy K. Leigh is a freelance photojournalist from the Pacific Northwestern city of Seattle.

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Peace, Love and Flash Grenades: Witness to the Seattle Port Strike

Posted December 13, 2011 | 18:10:17 (EST)

As demonstrators poured out of Westlake Park in the financial district of Seattle at 1:30 p.m on December 12, I scanned the crowd to see exactly who these people were. As part of a massive coordinated effort along the West Coast to bring the issues of economic disparity down to...

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Clergy join Occupy Seattle To Rally For Jobs, Education

Posted November 18, 2011 | 20:40:14 (EST)

Protesters with the Occupy Seattle movement joined in solidarity on November 17 with hundreds of university students, labor unions, clergymen, nurses, retirement organizations and more, to rally in support of education and jobs. The march occurred on multiple streets, with participants joining for a rally near Husky Stadium, then peacefully...

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Despite Macings, Principle Drives Iraq Vet To Occupy Seattle, Care for Wounded

6 Comments | Posted November 15, 2011 | 17:19:02 (EST)

An Iraq War veteran serving as a volunteer medic for participants in the Occupy Seattle movement alleges he was maced 23 times in the face by Seattle police while attempting to render aid to protestors during the November 2 protest at a downtown Chase Bank.

Chris Anderson...

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Seattle Protestors 'Occupy' Halloween

8 Comments | Posted October 31, 2011 | 15:00:51 (EST)

Occupy Seattle protesters, now in their fourth week of demonstrations, haven't given up the ghost yet -- far from it. They had fun with the Halloween-themed weekend to focus attention on their cause, staging a mock funeral service for the death of Corporate America, complete with a brass band; a...

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Occupy Seattle Protestors To Stay 'Indefinitely'; Mayor Lays Out Welcome Mat at City Hall Plaza

2 Comments | Posted October 13, 2011 | 19:33:12 (EST)


A child waved a sign in downtown Seattle on October 8, 2011, proclaiming "I am in the 99%," while a war veteran stood silently behind a handwritten placard boldly stating,"The U.S. Army Taught Me to Kill Iraqi Civilians for CEO's."

A few feet...

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