Occupy Wall Street

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Occupy Side Effect: 21 Cafe Workers Lose Jobs

Protests damaging small business, Milk Street Cafe owner says

(Newser) - Is Occupy Wall Street inadvertently hurting the little guy? That’s what Marc Epstein, owner of Wall Street’s Milk Street Cafe, claims. Thanks to the protests—and the resulting police barricades that line Wall Street, which he says somewhat hide his eatery and make it difficult for people to...

Occupy Oakland: Police Face Probe Over Wounding of Iraq War Vet Scott Olsen
 Oakland Cops 
 Face Inquiry Over 
 Wounded Iraq Vet 
big strike tomorrow
Nov 1, 2011 5:08 PM CDT

Oakland Cops Face Inquiry Over Wounded Iraq Vet

City prepares for general strike

(Newser) - A city panel is launching a formal investigation into Oakland police following the wounding of an Iraq veteran in last week’s clash with Occupy Oakland protesters . The inquiry, sparked by a complaint to the Citizens’ Police Review Board, is due to begin within days and run “several months,...

Mayor Bloomberg to OWS: Blame Congress, Not Banks

Washington pushed those shaky mortgages, 'plain and simple'

(Newser) - New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg thinks Occupy Wall Street protesters are going after the wrong villains: "It was not the banks that created the mortgage crisis," he said today, according to Capital New York . "It was, plain and simple, Congress who forced everybody to go and...

St. Paul's Clergyman Quits in Occupy London Mess

Plus: City tells protesters to vacate St. Paul's

(Newser) - Occupy London is turning into a big mess: Another senior clergyman resigned yesterday over the controversy surrounding protesters at St. Paul's Cathedral. Graeme Knowles, dean of the cathedral, said that in the face of rising criticism over the church’s response, his position “was becoming untenable.” St....

Occupy's New Target: Iowa Campaign Offices

Planned protest would run up to the Jan. 3 caucuses

(Newser) - Occupy Des Moines activists are planning to camp out at and "shut down" campaign offices in the week leading up to the Iowa caucuses, and they have invited protesters from around the country to join them. One organizer described the plan, dubbed the "First in the Nation Caucus...

Occupy Wall Street: Portland Busts 30 Protesters
 Portland Busts 30 Occupiers 
OCCUPY ROUNDUP
Oct 30, 2011 10:20 AM CDT

Portland Busts 30 Occupiers

Nashville again defies cops, this time with no arrests

(Newser) - It might not have been the best 24 hours the Occupy Wall Street movement has ever seen, as Mother Nature turned on those camped in Zuccotti Park and police in Portland rounded up about 30 Occupiers overnight. The Oregon arrests occurred in tony Pearl District, notes the AP , with some...

State Troopers Arrest Nashville Occupiers—Again

Judge throws out warrants for a second time

(Newser) - Repeating their effort from the night before, Tennessee state troopers collared more than two dozen Occupy protesters in Nashville last night—and a Nashville judge tossed the warrants for the second straight time. Magistrate Tom Nelson said today he could "find no authority anywhere for anyone to authorize a...

Occupy Wall Street Alternative— Return Junk Mail to Banks

Those pre-paid envelopes make it easy, says advocate

(Newser) - Want to send the big banks a message, but don't have the time (or the drums) to join Occupy Wall Street? Poet Artie Moffa has come up with an alternative—just start returning all that junk mail the banks are always sending, notes ABC News . Because the banks' offers...

New York Cuts Power in Zuccotti Park

Cops seize protesters' generators

(Newser) - Lights out at Zuccotti Park: New York officials seized generators and gas canisters from Occupy Wall Street protesters today, the New York Daily News reports. Police and firefighters arrived at the site this morning to ask protesters for the items, citing safety concerns. “They made an announcement on a...

Iraq Vet Wounded in Occupy Protest Wakes Up

Occupy protests around the country hold candlelight vigils for Scott Olsen

(Newser) - Scott Olsen, the 24-year-old Iraq war veteran who suffered a fractured skull when police raided the Occupy Oakland camp on Tuesday, is awake and lucid, and doctors have upgraded his condition from critical to fair, Reuters reports. “He’s able to understand what’s going on,” a hospital...

Sean Parker: It's Tough Being in the 1%

Being rich brings new problems, tech billionaire complains

(Newser) - Billionaire tech investor Sean Parker has taken to Twitter to complain about the downside of being rich. “I have a whole new set of problems to deal with now: security, extortion attempts, kidnapping threats, death threats, etc. Life better b4?" the former Facebook president tweeted, offering his thoughts on...

Occupy Trumps Tea Party in Google Searches

Search engine's blog compares data

(Newser) - Americans are more fascinated by Occupy Wall Street than the Tea Party—if Google is the judge. The first “spark of interest” in the Occupy movement on Google was Sept. 16, and it overtook the Tea Party about a week later, Google’s politics blog reports. Sure, the Zuccotti...

Earth Has 7B People: Calculate Your Number

BBC provides a calculator

(Newser) - Planet Earth is going to get its 7 billionth person in coming days, and the BBC marks the occasion with a calculator that estimates what your number is in that mass of humanity. You plug in your birth date, and it computes the figure, along with how many people came...

Warren Campaign Is Great Test of &#39;Occupy&#39; Message
Warren Campaign Is Great Test of 'Occupy' Message
OPINION
Oct 27, 2011 12:11 PM CDT

Warren Campaign Is Great Test of 'Occupy' Message

Massachusetts race could turn on Wall Street reform message: Steve Kornacki

(Newser) - After only six weeks as a candidate, Elizabeth Warren has all but cinched the Democratic nomination in the Massachusetts race against Scott Brown. The big reason, writes Steve Kornacki at Salon : She's got "a clear populist message aimed at economically anxious middle class voters—and she’s startlingly...

Occupy Oakland Protesters Return to City Hall

Protests remain peaceful, for the most part

(Newser) - Last night was a much calmer one in Oakland, as protesters regrouped after Tuesday’s violent clash with police , which left an Iraq veteran in critical condition . Officers pulled down the barricades near City Hall in order to allow demonstrations until 10pm, while Mayor Jean Quan said that peaceful protests...

Iraq Vet Seriously Hurt in Oakland Protests

Occupy participant apparently got hit with a 'police projectile'

(Newser) - The police raid on Occupy Oakland last night has left one of the demonstrators in serious condition with a fractured skull. He is identified as two-time Iraq war vet Scott Olsen, 24, and he apparently got hit with some kind of police projectile, maybe a tear gas canister, reports the...

Neighbors to Occupy: Lay Off the Drum Circles

Meanwhile, man arrested in death threats dustup

(Newser) - The Occupy Wall Street protesters earned a stamp of approval of sorts from the Financial District’s community board—on the condition they rein in their drumming and peeing. Lower Manhattan Community Board 1 passed a non-binding resolution recognizing the protesters’ right to occupy Zuccotti Park by a wide margin...

Cops Put End to Occupy Atlanta Camp

More protest crackdowns may be looming in Philadelphia, Providence

(Newser) - Atlanta has followed through on its threat to clear out its Occupy Wall Street encampment. Police arrived at a park in downtown Atlanta and evicted protesters just after midnight, making 53 arrests, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports. Mayor Kasim Reed revoked a permit allowing protesters to stay in the park until...

Oakland Cops Fire Tear Gas at Occupiers

...who throw bottles, paint back at police

(Newser) - Hundreds of people protesting the eviction of the Occupy Oakland camp clashed with police last night. Police fired tear gas at least five times into a crowd attempting to retake the camp outside Oakland City Hall, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. The protesters regrouped after each tear-gassing, with some throwing...

Police in Riot Gear Raid Occupy Oakland Camp

Dozens of protesters arrested

(Newser) - The Occupy Oakland protesters got a rude awakening this morning as at least 200 police officers, many in riot gear, descended on their camp in front of City Hall around 4:45am. Dozens were arrested as the officers overturned tents, stalls, and at least one couch and ripped up cardboard...

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