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.
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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 […]
Building a New Ship: On-the-Ground Perspective from OWS NYC
– The following is excerpted from a group email sent by a friend on the ground who is involved with the Education and Empowerment Working Group at OWS, among other things. Alejandro speaks very well to ways in which the conversation has expanded, become self-sustaining in a way, to the spread of awareness, and to new avenues for dialogue. Personal […]