Occupy Philly Day of Action Ends in Arrests (Updated)
Two women and seven men were arrested. Nine members of Occupy Philly were arrested today during a national day of action – a general strike and march to GOP Sen. Pat Toomey’s office – that culminated in a number protesters sitting down in the lobby of the Comcast Center, linking arms, refusing to move. Bike police quickly barricaded the glass lobby...
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Occupy Philly Protesters Arrested at Comcast Center
Photo by Ada Kulesza Nine protesters at Occupy Philly were arrested today at the Comcast Center after a march spanning much of Center City. Several demonstrators entered the building after arriving around 1:30pm and began a sit-in. Others remained outside. Traffic was really backed up in the area and police were called onto the scene to arrest the protesters,...
Continue ReadingOccupy Philly Responds to City’s Concerns About Tent City
Editor’s note: This story ran in the Nov. 2 print edition. At a press conference on Tuesday, members of Occupy Philly discussed their response to the city’s concerns about their camp at Dilworth Plaza. The city’s letter reminded protesters they would have to move their camp from Dilworth Plaza because of construction planned for sometime in November....
Continue ReadingOccupy Philly, Jobs for Justice Call for General Strike Today at Noon
In a press conference at City Hall yesterday afternoon, Occupy Philly called for a general strike of workers and students at noon today, in solidarity with Occupy Oakland, where an Iraq war veteran suffered a skull fracture during a police confrontation last week. Occupy Oakland’s general assembly of 1600, initially passed the resolution with a 96.9 percent...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: GOP Proposes Eliminating Northeast Philly District
Rep. Denny O’Brien better hope he gets that seat on City Council he’s up for. According to a redistricting plan proposed yesterday by the state GOP, which is being called a “raw, politically partisan exercise,” O’Brien’s seat would be history and moved to York County. Why would the GOP get rid of one of their own? Because O’Brien is what you might...
Continue ReadingDoes Occupy Philly Stand with Tea Party on Economic Slowdown?
The Tea Party Nation made many negative headlines a couple weeks back for their ugly urging of all “small business owner[s], part of the class that produces the vast majority of real, wealth producing jobs in this country” to “not hire a single person until this war against business and my country is stopped.” Part of that war against...
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Honkala on Occupy Movement: Build ‘A New Kind of World for Everyone to Live In’
In an interview with PressTV, an Iranian international news outlet, Philadelphia Green Party Sheriff candidate Cheri Honkala expressed support for the Occupy Wall Street movement, calling herself an “occupy candidate.” “I am encouraging the homeowners who are losing their homes to stay in those properties. There is over a million families this coming year...
Continue ReadingDAILY GRINDER: It’s Corbett vs. Nutter on Clean Air
You know those “long overdue” EPA regulations for which the City of Philadelphia went to bat in Washington last week? Governor Tom Corbett is one of the Republican leaders fighting against the Clean Air rules, which would save the lives of an estimated 3,000 Pennsylvanians per year. Corbett and other conservatives have claimed there are economic impacts to...
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Bill Clinton Cancels Nutter Campaign Appearance, Leaves Occupy Philly Out in the Cold
Occupy Philly marches up Broad Street to Temple. An hour before President Clinton’s scheduled appearance at Temple University on Saturday, a line had already formed outside Mitten Hall, in the slushy, frigid snow. By 2 p.m., when doors were supposed to open, more than 200 people waited before getting word that Clinton’s event—for Mayor Nutter’s re-election...
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Black is Back Coalition to March Next Week; Declares People’s Victory Over City (Updated)
Photo by Mario Dumay. On Saturday, Nov. 5, the national Black is Back coalition will stage a march and conference in Philadelphia to protest American colonialism and warmongering in the Middle East and Africa, as well as African injustice in the States. Independent mayoral candidate Wali Rahman, aka Diop Olugbala, quickly mobilized a demonstration and press conference...
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