#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Occupy Our Homes Activists Arrested At Justice Department Headquarters http://news.firedoglake.com/2013/05/21/occupy-our-homes-activists-arrested-at-justice-department-headquarters/ Members of one of Occupy Wall Street’s offshoots, Occupy Our Homes, were arrested Monday and Tuesday demonstrating outside the headquarters of the Department of Justice in Washington. According to Washington police the protesters attempted to enter the building. About 100 protesters with groups called the Home Defenders League and Occupy Our Homes marched on the building about 2 p.m. Some set up tents on the lawn and sidewalk while others ran up to the building’s Constitution Avenue entrance… RELATED: https://www.facebook.com/OccupyDallashttp://www.twitpic.com/csbhxn
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy the Farm movement rises again, hours after being raided http://grist.org/news/occupy-the-farm-movement-rises-again-hours-after-being-raided/ A guerrilla veggie-growing occupation of university-owned land in Albany, Calif., was busted by cops early Monday and thousands of zucchini, kale, squash, and other newly planted seedlings were plowed over. But the occupiers proved more resilient than a sprawling mint plant, returning Monday to replant the desecrated farm. More than 100 activists had gathered at Gill Tract, near Berkeley, on Friday and over the weekend, with some staying on site until the Monday morning raid. They pulled weeds, tilled soil, and planted seedlings. Some pitched tents. RELATED VIDEO: http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=9100060http://www.twitpic.com/cqtgts
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy protester cleared of rape http://www.guardian.co.uk/uk/2013/may/02/occupy-protester-cleared-of-rape Malcolm Blackman thanks judges after jury finds him not guilty of two rapes at St Paul's Cathedral protest site A protester at the Occupy protest camp at the foot of St Paul's Cathedral has been cleared of raping a woman in one of the tents. Malcolm Blackman, 46, thanked the judge after he was discharged when the Old Bailey jury found him not guilty of two rapes. The court heard Blackman struck up a “relationship” with the woman at the tent city in December 2011. She said he attacked her twice in her tent in January. She reported it to police six months later. Blackman, of Weston-super-Mare, Somerset, denied the allegations. He t…http://www.twitpic.com/cnoni6
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty Occupy Buffalo sues city over raid http://www.buffalonews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20130427/CITYANDREGION/130429217/1010 A predawn police raid that removed Occupy Buffalo from Niagara Square last year has led to a lawsuit accusing the city of using excessive force during the operation. The local Occupy organization claims the city violated members’ civil liberties by using bulldozers and heavy equipment to remove the tents, tables, chairs and other personal items at its encampment in front of City Hall. The group’s suit, filed in Buffalo federal court, is seeking a court-ordered judgment that the city violated people’s rights, as well as ,000 in damages. RELATED: http://www.the-media-circus.com/?q=aggregator/categories/1http://www.twitpic.com/cmptqf
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #p21 #tlot #tcot #TeaParty [VIDEO] Court orders NYPD to pay 0,000 for raid that destroyed Occupy Wall Street library http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/10/court-orders-nypd-to-pay-360000-for-raid-that-destroyed-occupy-wall-street-library/ A New York City court has ruled that the city shall pay 6,700 for a destructive raid on Occupy Wall Street’s Zuccotti Park encampment. Around 1 a.m. on Nov. 15, 2011, Mayor Michael R. Bloomberg ordered the NYPD to evict protestors — some of whom had camped there for almost two months — from Zuccotti Park in New York City’s Financial District. The police threw away 5,554 books from the Occupy library and destroyed media equipment in addition to removing tents, tarps, and belongings. The U.S. District Court for the Southern District of New York decided that the NYPD’s ac…http://www.twitpic.com/cihm5h
#union #iww #occupy #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Occupy campers to leave ahead of eviction order http://www.scotsman.com/edinburgh-evening-news/latest-news/occupy-campers-to-leave-ahead-of-eviction-order-1-2747457 PROTESTORS camping in Princes Street Gardens have hinted they may be about to leave the city centre landmark as the council prepared to clear them by force. Members of Occupy Edinburgh – who say they are fighting corporate greed – have been sleeping in pitched tents in the Gardens since last Saturday. Council bosses have already ordered the group to leave and it is understood an eviction could be under way by the end of next week. But speaking to the Evening News after a sixth night spent in freezing temperatures, one camper said the group could disband voluntarily “in the next few days”, although he insisted the Oc…http://www.twitpic.com/bwyyuy
#union #iww #ows #occupy #p2 #tlot #tcot Occupy protesters say they will move if asked but set up camp elsewhere in Capital http://www.scotsman.com/news/scottish-news/top-stories/occupy-protesters-say-they-will-move-if-asked-but-set-up-camp-elsewhere-in-capital-1-2737704 PROTESTERS who have pitched tents in Princes Street Gardens have vowed to set up camps elsewhere in the city if forced out. Members of Occupy Edinburgh – who say they are fighting corporate greed – have taken over the prime city centre spot which just two weeks ago hosted a Hogmanay party envied around the world. The city council has ordered the group to leave and campaigners said they would go if handed an official eviction notice. But they warned their “roving camp” would find a new home for “people at the bottom of society”. Edinburgh University student Ellie Stewart, a member o…http://www.twitpic.com/bvkwun
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Best of Enemies: Why Occupy Activists Are Working with New York City’s Government http://nation.time.com/2012/11/13/best-of-enemies-why-occupy-activists-are-working-with-new-york-citys-government/ Two hundred people were lined up at a hurricane relief center in a park in Brooklyn’s Red Hook neighborhood on Sunday morning when three volunteers hoisted the banners of two enemy camps that had come together in an uneasy collaboration: the Occupy movement and the office of New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg. One of those helping hang the banners on white tents with duct tape was Red Hook resident Kirby Desmarais, 26, a band manager and volunteer with the local branch of Occupy Sandy, an effort launched the day after Hurricane Sandy devastated parts of the East Coast in late Octob…http://www.twitpic.com/bd1q4y
#union #iww #ows #p2 #tlot #tcot Occupy Oakland plans to retake Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Thursday http://www.mercurynews.com/occupy/ci_21847526/occupy-oakland-retake-frank-ogawa-plaza-thursday Occupy supporters plan to retake Frank H. Ogawa Plaza on Thursday to mark the anniversary of the initial eviction of the Oakland encampment and the ensuing protests. Demonstrators are planning to converge on the plaza outside City Hall at 3 p.m., march through downtown at 7 p.m. before returning to re-establish the plaza encampment, according to an announcement posted online. The announcement urged supporters to bring “tents, warm clothes, shields, a defensive attitude and hella friends.” A few hundred protesters are expected to participate. The city released a statement Tuesday pledging to protect f…http://www.twitpic.com/b75a4v