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MOVING AMERICA WITH THE 99% !

These are the times that try occupiers' souls. The summer soldier and the sunshine patriot will, in this crisis, shrink from the service of their country; but he that occupies by it now, deserves the love and thanks of the 99%.

In the News…

Washington State has ordered Occupy Olympia to leave their park encampment. Dec. 15

It’s Time to “Occupy the Dream:” African-American Faith Community Joins Forces with Occupy Wall Street – First Day of Action on MLK Day, Jan 16 at Federal Reserve Banks

Members of the African-American faith community have joined forces with Occupy Wall Street to launch a new campaign for economic justice inspired by the legacy of Dr.Martin Luther King Jr.. ... Read More >>

Join artists, musicians, and local community members for an all-day performance event in support of Occupy Wall Street and the occupation of space and reclaiming of the commons.

Freedom of expression and the right to assemble are sacred human freedoms. Through bold, courageous actions, Occupy Wall Street has renewed a sense of hope, revived a belief in community and awakened a revolutionary spirit too long silenced. To Occupy is to embody the spirit of liberation that we wish to manifest in our society.

On Saturday, December 17th – the 3 month anniversary of the birth of this movement, we will gather to celebrate Occupy Wall Street and to occupy space together.

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 17th at 12PM
DUARTE SQ. PARK, 6th AVE & CANAL,
PROTECT & CELEBRATE THE OCCUPY MOVEMENT
FOR SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC JUSTICE
OCCUPY

The Americans occupying the London Stock Exchange

The Occupy London Stock Exchange camp is now 59 days old - the same age as the Occupy Wall Street camp in Zuccotti Park was when it was taken down. The survival of the camp outside St Paul's Cathedral owes something to the Americans in the UK who have been among its keenest supporters.

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Protesters Occupy Goldman Sachs

by: J.A. Myerson, Truthout | News Analysis

It is not warm on West Street at 8:30 AM on December 12, and the wind coming simultaneously off the Hudson River to the west and New York harbor to the south doesn't make it very much balmier. But if 50,000 people can take to the streets of Moscow because they object to their democracy being gamed by the elites, Occupy Wall Street won't let a little chill get in its way. More

Occupy Portland: demonstrators shut down 2 Port of Portland terminals

undreds Occupy Portland protesters effectively shut down two of the Port of Portland's busiest terminals, preventing about 200 longshore workers from going to work today. Read on

Occupy LA: A Salt Lick for Bullies

December 9, 2011 By Stephen Box

When the LAPD descended from Dodger Mountain and surveyed the battlefield, they must have felt like Goliath who looked at David and bellowed in rage “Am I a dog that you send a boy with a stick?”

The 1400 LAPD were wrapped from head to toe in protective armor that still smelled of mothballs, their training in hostile enemy conflict was untested, and their supervisors had warned them of biohazard dangers and provocateurs.

As hundreds of officers in paramilitary gear surrounded City Hall Park and fought to hold back spectators, media, and folks who had arrived in support of Occupy LA, a SWAT style team descended from City Hall in search of their enemy. More

Published on Saturday, December 10, 2011 by The Guardian/UK

Police Evict Occupy Boston Protesters

Arrests for trespassing and disorderly conduct after deadline to leave Dewey Square expires

Police have evicted Occupy protesters from Boston's Dewey Square, tearing down tents and arresting about 40 people.

Police remove an Occupy Boston protester from Dewey Square. (Photograph: Essdras M Suarez/AP)The raid brought to an end a 10-week demonstration spawned by the Wall Street occupation in New York.

Police moved in at about 5am and the operation lasted less than an hour. A police spokeswoman said the protesters were "very accommodating".

Two dozen demonstrators linked arms and sat down in protest before the arrests began. The arrests were for trespassing, disorderly conduct and resisting arrest.

Occupy Our Homes

Yesterday, no one had lived in 702 Vermont Street for three years. Vermont Street sits in East New York, the Brooklyn neighborhood where foreclosures are five times more frequent than in the rest of the state. Today, Alfredo and Tasha and their son and daughter moved in, with the help of a number of friends whom they'd never met.

Wednesday 7 December 2011 Read on.

The GOP's Talking Points to Spin Occupy Wall Street

GOP pollster Frank Luntz has advice for Republicans on how to talk about Occupy Wall Street: Don't use the word "capitalism," say "I get it" to the protesters, and never use the word "bonus" to talk about executive bonuses. More

Progressive Push Stands in Solidarity with the Occupy Movement

Important links to Occupy

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Occupy Streams

Occupy Stream Check for live feed

Worldwide protests on USTREAM

General Inquiries:general@occupywallst.org Press Inquiries:press@occupywallst.orgPress Phone: +1 (347) 292-1444Help & Directions: +1 (516) 708-4777Watch: The world we're buildingRead: This call to action

Liberty Square Eviction Defense:Text "@occupyalert" to 23559 to receive alerts in the event of imminent emergency.

Top occupy-related hashtags: #occupywallstreet

#ows

#occupywallst

#occupy

#occupyboston

#takewallstreet

#p2

Occupy Wall Street is leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions. The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99%that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%. We are using the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic to achieve our ends and encourage the use of nonviolence to maximize the safety of all participants.

This #ows movement empowers real people to create real change from the bottom up. We want to see a general assembly in every backyard, on every street corner because we don't need Wall Street and we don't need politicians to build a better society.

the only solution isWorldRevolution

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Tomgram: Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich, The Fall of the "Liberal Elite"

Posted by Barbara Ehrenreich and John Ehrenreich at 9:30am, December 15, 2011.

You might almost think the news was good. The Europeans, so headlines tell us, have at least a “partial solution” to the Euro-zone crisis (until, of course, the next round of panic is upon us); the stock market has sort of rebounded (until the next precipitous plunge); the unemployment rate “dropped sharply” to 8.6% in November, the lowest it’s been in more than two years (thanks in part to the strangest category around -- the 315,000 people who grew too discouraged last month to look for work and so were no longer considered unemployed but out of the labor force); and talk of a double-dip recession seems on holiday. So why pay attention to the modest-sized Associated Press story you were likely to find, if at all, deep inside your newspaper (as on page 21 of last Friday's Washington Post)? It was headlined “Household wealth down in 3rd quarter,” with the telling subhead, “Corporate cash continues to grow, Fed report says.” Read

367 Economists (And Counting) Support Occupy Movement

In October, I started gathering a list of economists who support the Occupy movement.

Now, Econ4.org has gathered 367 signatures (and counting) of economists from a diverse group of schools, some of them very well known:

“We are economists who oppose ideological cleansing in the economics profession. Equally we oppose political cleansing in the vital debate over the causes and consequences of our current economic crisis. Read

Update

Occupy Des Moines will stage the first-in-the-nation “Occupy Iowa Caucus” – otherwise known as the “People’s Caucus” – on Tuesday, December 27th at 7:00 pm, pre-empting the two major political parties’ January 3rd Iowa Caucuses, group members announced today. The location will be announced at a later date. Read

Occupy at Iowa Caucuses

OWS Organizers reported today that Occupy protesters would meet in Des Moines on Dec. 27 to draft resolutions to be introduced at Iowa caucus meetings of Democrats and Republicans
Occupy Des Moines members indicated that issues such as campaign finance reform and economic justice were likely to dominate the program but specifics were yet available.
Occupy Des Moines is asking its members not to vote for candidate, but to bring up the resolutions when the debates began about the platforms.Occupiers are expected to occupy candidate offices as well as events.

Occupy Wall Street is turning into Occupy Broadway!

with protesters expected to set up shop from 6 p.m. Friday to 6 p.m. Saturday in Times Square by the red stairs between 46th and 47th Sts. along Seventh Ave.

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Student Protester Surprises NYPD Commissioner With Police Brutality Slideshow, Calls on Him to Resign AlterNet