Occupy Wall Street Protests
Oakland proposes anti-protest measure after police crackdown
By David Brown, February 8, 2012
Emboldened by the successful arrests of around 400 protesters last week, the city government of Oakland, California is hoping to curb all future protests through stricter enforcement of permit laws.
Police raid Occupy DC protest
By Kate Randall, February 6, 2012
US Park Police raided the Occupy DC encampment on Saturday morning, removing protesters’ personal belongings, the majority of tents, and making 11 arrests.
Forty arrested at Cape Town Occupy
By Iqra Qalam, January 31, 2012
Forty people were arrested last Friday in a brutal police crackdown on an Occupy Rondebosch Common demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa.
Occupy DC protesters ordered to end camps
By Niall Green, January 31, 2012
The restrictions put in place by the National Parks Service against demonstrators in the US capital are the latest politically-driven effort to shut down the Occupy movement.
Two dozen arrested in San Francisco, California Occupy march
By Jack Hood, January 26, 2012
About two thousand people participated in demonstrations on Friday in San Francisco, and police in riot gear responded with 24 arrests.
Occupy London faces eviction as police trash Parliament Square protest
By Paul Stuart, January 21, 2012
On January 18, Justice Lindblom at the Royal Courts of Justice gave the go-ahead for the eviction of the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest.
Occupy Bristol served eviction notice by church and council
By Mark Blackwood and Ben Silver, January 21, 2012
Occupy Bristol, the largest tented demonstration outside London and part of the international movement against social inequality, has been served with eviction.
Bank of New York-Mellon seeks to evict Occupy Pittsburgh
By Samuel Davidson, January 12, 2012
Lawyers for Bank of New York-Mellon are seeking to have anti-Wall Street protesters evicted from the park they have occupied for three months.
New York City police arrest another 68 Occupy Wall Street protesters
By Sandy English, January 3, 2012
On New Year’s Eve New York City police arrested dozens of people, including passersby, during an Occupy Wall Street demonstration in Manhattan.
Oakland police shut down new Occupy encampment
By Jack Hood and Kevin Kearney, December 30, 2011
Oakland Police officers raided another occupy encampment Wednesday evening, only hours after occupy protestors had claimed the empty lot as a “winter safe haven” for occupiers and the San Francisco Bay Area’s burgeoning homeless population.
A personal perspective on the UK Occupy Movement
December 29, 2011
Mark was one of those who initiated the Occupy protest in Bristol, England. Below he gives his views on the strengths and weaknesses of the movement.
Portland teachers protest principal’s removal of Occupy speakers
By Hector Cordon, December 27, 2011
In the first week of December, a Portland Occupy education group invited by a sixth-grade teacher to speak to his class was ordered by a school official to leave shortly after their presentation had ended and discussion with the students had begun.
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