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15
Nov 11

Occupy Protests Hit Some Snags

New York City sanitation crews clean Zuccotti Park

New York City sanitation crews clean Zuccotti Park after city officials evicted the 'Occupy Wall Street' protest from the park in the early morning hours of November 15, 2011 in New York. Occupy Wall Street protestors most feared the coming winter, but it was on the mildest of nights, when activists slept soundly in their tents, that New York police sprang a surprise operation to end the eight-week demonstration. STAN HONDA/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: afplivefour152017

Earlier this morning, on the the two-month anniversary of the beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement, New York City Police cleared out Zuccotti Park and arrested some 220 protestors that resisted. Continue reading →

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07
Oct 11

Wall Street Protests Continue to Spread

Protesters shout slogans in Los Angeles

Protesters shout slogans while holding banners after marching to the courthouse where the trial for Michael Jackson's doctor continues on October 3, 2011 in Los Angeles. They say they are inspired by revolutions in the Middle East, but protests over economic grievances in Spain and elsewhere in Europe are a closer comparison as anti-corporate demonstrations spread across the United States. As the Occupy Wall Street protest entered its third week Monday, it is being taken more seriously with similar sit-in demonstrations popping up from Boston to Chicago and Los Angeles and this week the New York protest expects to swell with support from trade unions. FREDERIC J. BROWN/AFP/Getty Images/Newscom. Find it on Newscom: afplivefour075690

“All day, all week: Occupy Wall Street.”

That chant was ringing through downtown Manhattan Wednesday evening as I tried to make my way back to our apartment through all the police barricades and marching protestors (the police were seriously asking everyone for IDs to get off the 4 train at Wall St.). It’s been stuck in my head ever since. Continue reading →