Occupy Protests Spread Worldwide, Celebrate Day of Action
Occupy Wall Street started one month ago today, and the Occupy Together movement—the offshoots springing up in cities around the world—celebrated a Day of Action this weekend. Here’s a roundup about the controversial movement. In New York, the Long Island Press reports 90 people were arrested over the weekend, 23 of them at the La Guardia Place Citibank....
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One Week In, Occupy Philly Has First Polite Clash with the City
Sleepin' in the rain. Today marks one week since Occupy Philly took over City Hall, with its dome tents scattered throughout Dilworth Plaza and its presence restricting normal public access to the iconic building’s courtyard. It also marks a sea change in the movement’s momentum. The Occupiers have settled in and begun projects (like erecting shelters...
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Occupy Philly And Action United Take To Wells Fargo Bank [VIDEO]
This man doesn't wanna hear Wells Fargo's bullshit. When we asked, over the summer, if Wells Fargo hated black people, we didn’t expect those who the bank ripped off to confront bankers to their faces. But Action United and Occupy Philly teamed up and demanded yesterday that the bank repay its taxpayer-paid bailout. This could be the first of...
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Black Activist Points Out Occupy Philly’s Racial Disconnect
Black activists within Occupy Philly have created a “People of Color Committee” last night, largely because of (surprise!) differing views on the movement. Pan-African Channel Andrews, a Philly native who has been watching Occupy Philly from the outside while studying law at Barry University in Orlando, Fl., says the PCC was created, in part,...
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Camping Out With Occupy Philly, Day 4
By Nicole Finkbiner When I returned to City Hall yesterday evening, I assumed the crowd would be less impressive than that on Saturday. I was wrong. The number of tents, hammocks and other makeshift living quarters (including two hutlike structures and a teepee made of tarp and cardboard) had now started spreading to the other side of the concourse. The 7 p.m...
Continue ReadingVIDEO: Occupy Philly, Day 3 (Saturday, Oct. 8, 2011)
[Video shot and edited by Michael Alan Goldberg] It’s Saturday, the third day of Occupy Philly. As the sun started to set, the drumbeats, tambourine jingles and melodic, hopeful chants at Dilworth Plaza intensified. It was a beautiful night for anything, let alone a protest. Though apparently the turnout wasn’t as impressive as Friday night’s,...
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Occupy Philly, Day 1: Occupation Gets Under Way; Protesters Ask for Donations
A group of about 20 protesters at Rittenhouse Square. Small groups of protesters marched from Rittenhouse, Washington, Logan and Franklin Squares this morning to converge on City Hall, officially beginning the occupation of Philadelphia in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. The first general assembly should be getting under way as you read this. A march will...
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Mayor’s Office Prepares for Occupy Philly’s Demonstration at City Hall
Police Chief Charles Ramsey (left) and Managing Director Rich Negrin. Mayor Nutter met with representatives of Occupy Philly today, including part of their legal team, to discuss their planned occupation of City Hall starting tomorrow morning at 9 a.m. The administration doesn’t seem thrilled about the impending camp-out/demonstration, which is planning on...
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Occupy Philly Chooses Site for Occupation: Thursday, City Hall, 9AM
While people filed into the Arch Street United Methodist Church for the better part of an hour last week, chanters tested the harmony of their voices. Occupy Philly protesters will begin occupying City Hall on Thursday at 9 a.m. In a decision made at the packed, standing-room-only 900-person-capacity United Methodist Church on Arch Street near City Hall yesterday,...
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Hundreds Gather for First Occupy Philly Meeting
Close to 400 people turned up at the United Methodist Church at Broad and Arch streets last night for the first meeting of Occupy Philly—a planned demonstration/camp-in and show of solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street protests in Lower Manhattan over the past two weeks that’s been garnering increasing media attention and spawning similar groups in...
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