December 2011
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Meanwhile, @OccupySantacruz The Repurposing of 75... →
“The formerly vacant building at 75 River St. is being repurposed by an autonomous group, in solidarity with Occupy Santa Cruz. Formerly a big bank, it was bought out by Wells Fargo. Subsequently, the building closed, and has remained vacant for nearly three years. Today this group has, without breaking & entering, taken the building with intentions of using the space in a...
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Why we are shutting down the port #Occupytheport... →
(West Coast Port Shutdown) “The nationally coordinated, brutal police attacks on the Occupy Movement were supported by the 1%, and now we will strike back with our own coordinated attack on the 1% - a West Coast Port blockade and shutdown on December 12th in order to economically disrupt “wall street on the waterfront.”
When we say “Wall street on the waterfront” we point...
November 2011
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@latimes #OccupyLA: LAPD seals off Civic Center;... →
“Los Angeles police were moving into the Civic Center Tuesday night, closing off a large area around the Occupy L.A. encampment.
The LAPD has closed off an area from Temple Street on the north to 3rd Street on the south and Alameda Street on the east and Broadway on the west.
An LAPD helicopter announced the commencement of the department’s action, swooping down low and...
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@LAWeekly #OccupyLA Eviction: Is LAPD Restricting... →
“Creating limited media pools at high-profile, heavily policed events isn’t an uncommon practice at the Los Angeles Police Department.
“When we don’t have resources to accomodate every single outlet that wants to be there, we often do that,” says Officer Karen Rayner in the media-relations office.
But a last-minute email to the LAPD’s press list last night...
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WatchGA Live from #OccupyLA http://www.ustream.tv/occupyfreedomla #OLA #OSF #OO #Solidarity Also Live:
http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland http://www.ustream.tv/channel/crossxbones
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@LAist #Occupycolleges Students With Voices: UC... →
“The chants of University of California (UC) students disrupted the UC Board of Regents teleconference meeting today at UCLA and other UC campuses, forcing board members to relocate to different meeting rooms. About 60 students from several campuses gathered in UCLA’s Bruin Plaza to listen to the broadcasted teleconference and, of course, to protest.
The teleconference, which was...
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@LAist Is the City Giving #OccupyLA the Boot for A... →
“Though there is no solid deadline for the Occupy LA eviction, there is chatter that a couple upcoming commercial and/or television video shoots may force the remaining occupiers out as early as today.
Says a recent tweet by Alissa Kokkins, “A parking attendant claims that the police intend to have Occupy LA out by 12 today because a film shoot is coming in.” Kokkins...
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@LATimes #OccupyLA protesters to seek court order... →
“Protesters plan to file for a federal injunction that would prevent police from dismantling the Occupy L.A. encampment around City Hall.
The complaint, which was to be filed at 10 a.m. Monday in federal court, names the city of Los Angeles, Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa and LAPD Chief Charlie Beck, alleging that the protesters’ civil rights were violated. The three protesters who...
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#OccupyColleges All Student General Strike Monday... →
“November 28th – In solidarity with UC Davis , UC Berkeley, CUNY Schools and all students who are defending their right to protest against rising tuition cost and out of control student debt. We ask you to STRIKE! No work, no school – please join together in a central area of your choosing and stand up against the VIOLENCE and SUPPRESSION that is happening in our schools.
Please abide...
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@LATimes #OccupyLA protesters take to the streets;... →
“Just after midnight, a large crowd of Occupy L.A. protesters gathered in front of City Hall at the intersection of Spring and First streets. Demonstrators held candles, beat on drums, waved signs as they moved onto the streets. “This ain’t Mardi Gras!” one man shouted, as he attempted to usher people off the street. LAPD Cmdr. Andrew Smith declined to give details...
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RT @OccupyLA @punkboyinsf Ustreaming OccupyLA——> #FF #OWS ustream.tv/occupysf Also Live: @OccupyFreedomLA: http://www.ustream.tv/OccupyFreedomLA @OakFoSho: http://www.ustream.tv/occupyoakland
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List of Streaming Video From #OccupyLA #OccupySF... →
“Occupy Los Angeles is currently awaiting a 12:01 Am deadline to be evicted. Word has it they may give until morning. Here are the list of Ustream channels occupiers will be broadcasting from, please share this page!
www.ustream.com/channel/occupyfreedomla
www.ustream.com/channel/americanethics
www.ustream.com/channel/occupyla1
www.ustream.com/channel/occupylacivicengagement
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Watch@OccupyfreedomLA LAPD statement 4:30 pm #OLA #OccupyLA http://www.ustream.tv/recorded/18793517 Facebook: OccupyFreedomLA
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Watch#OccupyLA Civic Engagement live now: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupylacivicengagement
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#OLA The End Is Near: City Plans to Evict... →
“This movement is bigger than this dead grass.”~Jim Lafferty (director of the National Lawyers Guild of Los Angeles) Photo: LATimes ”Protestors at Occupy Los Angeles have known that its days at City Hall were numbered for some time, but the mayor’s office confirmed this afternoon that the eviction is coming next week — possibly as early as Monday.
The city has not given...
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#OccupyLA protesters say city wants them out by... →
“There were growing signs Tuesday that city officials were moving to bring the Occupy L.A. encampment to an end.
Los Angeles officials have given Occupy LA protesters a Nov. 28 deadline to get off the City Hall lawn, according to protesters who have been in negotiations with the city.
At a meeting on the west steps of City Hall Tuesday afternoon, the negotiators told their fellow...
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#OccupyCal UCDavis Officers in pepper spray... →
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — “A California university placed two of its police officers on administrative leave Sunday because of their involvement in the pepper spraying of passively sitting protesters, while the school’s chancellor accelerated a task force’s investigation into the incident amid calls for her resignation.
The president of the 10-campus University of California system...
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#Occupy All Streets: BREAKING: Lobbyist with ties... →
occupyallstreets:
Leaked Memo
CLGC’s memo (above) proposes that the ABA pay CLGC $850,000 to conduct “opposition research” on Occupy Wall Street in order to construct “negative narratives” about the protests and allied politicians.
The memo also asserts that Democratic victories in 2012 would be detrimental for Wall Street and targets specific races in which it says Wall Street would...
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“The University of California, Davis said on Saturday it would launch an...”
– Reuters, “UC Davis Will Probe Use of Pepper Spray on Student Protesters” #occupydavis #occupycal (via inothernews)
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D0X: UC Davis Pepper Spraying officer, Lt. John... →
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D0X: UC Davis Pepper Spraying officer, Lt. John Pike. Please be respectful in your condemnation of this act of brutality.
Lieutenant John Pike Records Unit Manager Phone: 530-752-3989 Cell: 530-979-0184 japikeiii@ucdavis.edu Address: 4005 Cowell Blvd, Apt 616. Davis, CA 95618-6017 Skype: japike3 LinkedIn: http://www.linkedin.com/pub/john-pike/18/a76/879 Pike has received 2 Meritorious...
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The cop group coordinating the Occupy crackdowns... →
“As cities across America evict encampments of the Occupy Wall Street movement, similarities of timing, talking points and tactics among major metropolitan mayors and police chiefs have led critics to wonder: Is some sort of national coordination going on?
The White House says there’s no federal oversight. Speaking November 15 aboard Air Force One, White House Press Secretary Jay...
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