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Occupy Supporter Makes 'I'm Getting Arrested' App

Android program designed to send a blast text before the cuffs go on

(Newser) - Sometimes you just don’t have time to type out a text message—like, say, when the cops are about to zip-tie your wrists together. That’s why Brooklyn software developer Jason Van Anden created “I’m Getting Arrested,” a free Android app designed to let Occupy protesters...

Couple Files to Trademark 'Occupy Wall Street'

They want to sell bags, shirts, shoes

(Newser) - A Long Island couple—or, as New York magazine more appropriately puts it, some totally “random” Long Island couple—has filed to trademark “Occupy Wall Street.” You see, the movement has the potential to become a “global brand,” say Robert and Diane Maresca and, as...

Mayor Threatens to Boot Occupy Atlanta

Mayor wants protesters out, but they don't want to go

(Newser) - Things could soon get ugly in Atlanta, as Mayor Kasim Reed intends to boot Occupy protesters from Woodruff Park—while protesters have no intention of going quietly. Reed announced yesterday that he will void his order allowing protesters to stay in the park until Nov. 7. Demonstrators responded with their...

Vatican Calls for Global Market Watchdog

Markets not working for common good, Vatican report states

(Newser) - Occupy Wall Street protesters may be a little surprised to learn that the Vatican supports some of their goals. A document released by the Vatican's Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace calls for the creation of a world body to police financial markets in order to to crack down...

David Carr: Time to Occupy Newsrooms

 Time to Occupy 
 Newsrooms 
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Oct 24, 2011 11:16 AM CDT

Time to Occupy Newsrooms

Where unfair bonuses are concerned, media firms rival Wall Street: David Carr

(Newser) - USA Today applauded Occupy Wall Street for attacking firms that give “huge bonuses” to execs who makes terrible decisions. The paper’s right—but it’s being hypocritical. Gannett, owner of USA Today, is a champion of “bonus excess despite miserable operations,” David Carr writes in...

Tea Party, Occupy Find Common Ground

Both despise the best democracy money can buy

(Newser) - Occupy protesters and Tea Partiers are engaging in intense conversations and finding common ground, even if their basic philosophies clash, the Washington Post reports. Both despise corporate bailouts and the political influence of big money; both are struggling to get by. In one crossing of the aisle, a machinist and...

Chicago Cops Bust 130 Occupiers

Protesters refused to clear out of Grant Park after closing

(Newser) - Chicago cops again cracked down on Occupy Chicago last night, arresting 130 protesters who refused to leave Grant Park after it closed at 11pm, reports the Chicago Tribune . Beginning at 1am, police rounded up those in the center of the park, lingering from an earlier protest that attracted an estimated...

Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street

 Nazi Party Endorses 
 Occupy Wall Street 
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Oct 22, 2011 6:30 PM CDT

Nazi Party Endorses Occupy Wall Street

...as does the Communist Party

(Newser) - Well, this is one endorsement the Occupy Wall Street movement probably wasn't gunning for: The American Nazi Party has officially backed the Occupiers in a statement on its website . The ANP, which also calls itself a National Socialist party, writes that the Occupy Wall Street movement is “TAYLOR...

Goldman-Occupy Battle Heats Up Over Dinner Invitation

Credit Union loses hosts by honoring protesters

(Newser) - Ask Goldman Sachs to fund an event honoring "Occupy Wall Street," and what do you get? Lost funds, nasty emails, and a fresh look at the debate raging between bankers and protesters. It all started earlier this month when a New York credit union, known for lending to...

Occupy Closes Cathedral for First Time Since WWII

St. Paul's in London closed yesterday

(Newser) - St. Paul's Cathedral has seen major crowds: Charles and Diana married here. Alexander McQueen's memorial service was held here. The queen marked both her Golden Jubilee and 80th birthday with a service here. Still, the famous London landmark can no longer withstand the growing number of Occupy protesters...

Cantor Cancels Campus Speech Amid Protests

He pulled out after learning it was open to the public

(Newser) - Eric Cantor canceled a planned speech today on the gap between America's rich and poor after learning it was going to be open to the public—and that Occupy protesters planned to show up in force. Cantor had been due to speak at the Wharton Business School in Philadelphia...

Banker's Wife Joins Occupy Protests

Stacey Hessler is a mother of four who says she's 'fighting for a better world'

(Newser) - The Occupy Wall Street protester of the day must be Stacey Hessler, a 38-year-old banker's wife and mother of four from Florida who is camping out in Zuccotti Park. “I have no idea what the future holds, but I’m here indefinitely,” Hessler tells the New York ...

Psychic Predicted Moment Occupy Would Start— Correctly

...and other weird OWS news

(Newser) - If you thought a sitcom predicting Moammar Gadhafi’s death was weird, check this out: A psychic predicted when Occupy Wall Street would begin, almost down to the minute, Mediaite reports. At a psychic panel in Kansas City in January, Steve MacDonald said the lower and middle classes would revolt...

Bachmann: Unlike Occupy, Tea Party 'Picks Up Its Trash'

GOP candidate sees no parallels between two groups

(Newser) - See any parallels between the Occupy Wall Street movement and the Tea Party? Well Michele Bachmann—the founder of the Tea Party Caucus—doesn’t. “The Tea Party picks up its trash after it has a demonstration, there’s a difference,” Bachmann said at an appearance in San...

NPR Freelancer Canned for Joining Occupiers

Lisa Simeone hosted show on opera

(Newser) - A freelance radio host has lost her NPR World of Opera gig after an outcry over her involvement with a group affiliated with Occupy DC. Baltimore resident Lisa Simeone is acting as spokesperson for protesters under the October 2011/Stop the Machine banner; NPR responded to her involvement in a memo,...

How a Canadian Magazine Sparked Occupy

Movement's origins lie in 'Adbusters' idea

(Newser) - The Occupy Wall Street protesters have no leader, no cohesive message, and, as NPR points out, no single name—the movement has also been called “American Autumn” and "We Are the 99%." So where did these demonstrations, which went first nationwide and then global, come from? “...

Occupy&#39;s Next Targets: Bush, Clinton


 Occupy's 
 Next Targets: 
 Bush, Clinton 
PROTESTS ROUNDUP
Oct 20, 2011 7:58 AM CDT

Occupy's Next Targets: Bush, Clinton

And more Occupy developments across the globe

(Newser) - Not even Bill Clinton is safe from the ire of the Occupy movement. Occupy Surrey protests are expected near Vancouver today outside an economic summit featuring Clinton and George W. Bush, CNN reports. (Yep, this is the visit during which Amnesty International would like Canadian authorities to arrest Bush .)...

Naomi Wolf: I Was Busted in Gown for Using Sidewalk

Arrest highlights 'closing of America,' writes Wolf

(Newser) - Stunned feminist author Naomi Wolf says she was busted in an evening gown for "standing lawfully on a sidewalk" outside an event she was invited to. Cops cuffed the writer after she explained to Occupy Wall Street protesters they had a legal right to use the sidewalk outside an...

Tea Partier's Protest Plan: No More Hiring

She encourages small-business owners to go 'on strike'

(Newser) - Well, here’s one idea for small businesses to help get us out of this economic mess we’re in: Stop hiring people! That’s the proposal from Tea Party Nation member Melissa Brookstone in a manifesto picked up (and derided) by Gawker and Wonkette . Brookstone’s post accuses the...

Calculate Where You Are in the 99%

'Wall Street Journal' offers a quick calculator

(Newser) - Just how strongly do you identify with the "We Are the 99%" slogan? It's the Wall Street Journal to the rescue, with a nifty little tool that allows you to plug in your salary and see what percentile you're in. (It's based just on salary, not...

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