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Month: October 2011
“Police Fire Tear Gas at Occupy Protesters in Oakland” (NY Times)
Members of #Occupy Movement were forcefully confronted and arrested by riot police this morning in Oakland, CA as they triend to re-enter a space they had been removed from. – NYTimes full story with photographs and video here. – More detail from the Huffington Post here. *Images and video from this morning are quite intense.
NYT/CBS News Poll Shows Distrust in Government
See this link for the recent NYT/CBS News poll about perceptions of Obama, the US Government and OWS.
Environmental Solidarity Working Group & Climate Justice Day @ OWS
– If you believe you can help with the below efforts, or would like to get involved generally, please email: Environmentalist Solidarity: owseswg@gmail.com If you can physically participate with the Environmental Solidarity Working Group – meetings are held daily at 4pm in the atrium at 60 Wall St. – A new Working Group has been formed in at #Occupy in […]
Yale College Panel Discussion on the Meaning of OWS – 10/25
– Sorry for the late notice, but there will be a formal panel discussion on #Occupy at 7pm tonight here on the Yale campus – non-students also welcome. More information to come following the event… Details from the facebook event page below: — “Occupy Wall Street: A Panel and Discussion on What it Means and What to Do” Tuesday, October […]