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Protesters "Occupy" Vacant Building
--After a long day of protest that began at 6 a.m., 1200 joined a march affiliatiated with Occupy SF last night. The march aimed to “liberate the commons”;

Occupy San Francisco Occupies Bank Of America, Cathedral Hotel

Hundreds of protesters occupy courthouses across US to protest spending in federal elections

Occupy Wall Street looms over wins vs. SOPA bill, oil pipeline and Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker

Can Colbert Nation upend the South Carolina GOP primary?

'Super PACs' dominate the political landscape
--An indirect outgrowth of the Supreme Court ruling in the 2010 Citizens United case, the independent political groups have mushroomed in the last year. They are now dominating not just the action in key primary states such as South Carolina, but the political conversation. Click here for article.

Occupy D.C. seeks jump-start at Capitol rally

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Join March To Martin Luther King Jr. Tribute

Religious leaders, Occupy Chicago celebrate King

Occupy protesters have charges thrown out

Occupy DC Camps Persist as Rally Planned Next Week

Hundreds Of Occupy Wall Street Protesters Reclaim Zuccotti Park

Councilman Seeks to Donate Stipend to Occupy Wall Street

Occupy DC prepares for massive January rally --The upcoming Occupy Congress protest is shaping up to be one of the largest demonstrations Occupy DC has produced, but that doesn't mean protesters are planning to play by the rules.

#F29 - Occupy Portland National Call To Action To Shut Down the Corporations

Occupy D.C. Phase II: Occupy Freedom Plaza, Builds Foundation for the Future

Reflections on Occupy Wall Street From Nancy Pelosi, Alice Walker, Arianna Huffington & Others

Romney quizzed by Occupy protesters at N.H. town hall meeting

Occupy's role in election unclear after Iowa

Occupy the Rose Parade protest relatively peaceful

Romney Iowa event interrupted by Occupy Wall Street protesters

Cops arrest 68 as Occupy Wall Street protesters try to ‘retake’ Zuccotti Park

Occupy the Rose Parade kicks off at All Saints

Occupy Protesters Ring in the New Year with Largest Demonstration Since Eviction

Occupy Protesters Aim Anger at Both G.O.P. and Democrats in Iowa

'Occupy' Activists Urge Like-Minded to Participate In, Not Disrupt, Iowa Caucuses

Freedom Plaza Occupiers can stay till February; must share space with pro-capitalist rallies

99% Choir Goes Caroling, Forcloses on Bank of America

Two arrested after police close Occupy Berkeley camp

OWS Thanks Our Supporters!

Occupy Protesters Sue Over Free Speech, Force

Occupy hecklers drown out Bachmann at Iowa diner known for hosting presidential candidates

Live video as Occupy Albany marches downtown

Occupy Vancouver says protesters doled out $760K in social services

Cornel West lends support to Occupy the Rose Parade

Occupy Our Homes Victory in Atlanta

Occupy movement plans Iowa protests, 'People's Caucus'

The Nation: Obama Gets Occupied

Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters rally for immigrant rights

Occupy Wall Street’s ‘We are the 99 percent’ tops Yale list of year’s most memorable quotes

OWS D18 Round Up

Saturday December 17th Occupy 2.0!Take Back The Commons

Occupy D.C. hunger strikers, frail but undaunted

Occupy's new tactic has a powerful past

A Message Of Solidarity From Archbishop Desmond Tutu

Occupy Movement, African-American Leaders Form Coalition--Occupy The Dream.

Solidarity Hunger Strike

Donations to Occupy Wall Street plummet

Occupy 2.0? Church leaders join movement
--"We are occupying until poverty is eradicated," pastor Jamal Harrison Bryant told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington, near where a core group of activists remains encamped.

Occupy Newt? Gingrich event in Iowa disrupted by protest

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Report to Court

Issa challenges Occupy D.C.’s claim to McPherson Square

Saturday December 17th Occupy 2.0!

Occupy protesters ‘squidding’ Goldman Sachs
-Investment bankers and other employees arriving for work at 200 Wall St. in New York City early Monday morning were greeted by a strange scene: a demonstration by Occupy Wall Street protesters — and massive blow-up squids.

Goldman Says Class Dismissed as ‘Occupy Harvard’ Mars Recruiting Sessions

Occupy shuts down 3 West Coast ports
(CBS/AP) OAKLAND, Calif. - More than 1,000 Occupy Wall Street protesters blocked cargo trucks at some of the West Coast's busiest ports Monday, forcing terminals in Oakland, Calif., Portland, Ore., and Longview, Wash., to halt operations.

Occupy Boston braces for police raid tonight

Now it's 'Occupy foreclosed homes'

Occupy Wall Street protesters shut down 'Law & Order: SVU' set depicting OWS

Police evict Occupy Boston protesters; 46 arrested

N.Y. Lawmakers Extend Millionaire Surcharge--GOVERNOR ANDREW CUOMO: I am proposing a fair tax system for New York based on a simple truth, the more you make, the higher the rate you pay.

Mayor and Congressman Clash on Police at Occupy Wall Street Protests

Homeless activist Alfredo Carrasquillo occupies foreclosed East New York house

Albany NY: Occupy gets OK to stay for now

Occupy Our Homes - East NYC Home Currently Defending Against Eviction

Americans Re-Occupy Their Homes

Occupy Wall Street police response should be investigated by DoJ, Nadler says

Occupy Movement Targets Home Evictions in U.S. Day of Action

How the Occupy Wall Street Movement Can Create Real Change

Tuesday December 6th Day of Action

Protesters arrested after building erected in D.C.

Portland Holds New Home

How Republicans are being taught to talk about Occupy Wall Street

Pushed out, Occupy movement plans next move --"An idea cannot be evicted and a movement cannot be imprisoned," said Occupy LA organizer, Mario Brito at a press conference. He said their movement will regroup and refocus on foreclosures

Occupy Seattle Joins Wave of Building Occupations

Farmers Join Occupy Wall Street, Calling for Food Justice

Occupy Wall Street Goes Home

Occupy Broadway

Occupy Wall Street movement expands to Queens

Occupy Wall Street has already beaten the Tea Party
--In some ways, though, the movement has already scored its most important victory: It has changed the “narrative” that frames public debate. Polls show that the Tea Party story – about an America being destroyed by big government – has been pushed aside by the Occupy Wall Street story, which stresses rising inequality and corporate greed.

Camps Are Cleared, but ‘99 Percent’ Still Occupies the Lexicon
--Most of the biggest Occupy Wall Street camps are gone. But their slogan still stands.

Occupy’s next frontier: Foreclosed homes --A campaign to defend families from evictions and protest foreclosure fraud launches next week.

War Profiteers Meet Tomorrow In NYC. They Won't Be Alone.

9 Occupy members arrested after jumping fence to governor’s mansion

Occupy Los Angeles protesters seek injunction to block camp's closure
--Protesters in NYC tried, failed with similar move to stay on at Zuccotti Park.

Occupy Oklahoma City Now Facing Eviction

As Occupy LA deadline nears, many say they won't leave

Occupy Philly Facing Eviction TODAY

Missing College Student Found Among Occupy Wall Street Protesters
-- Aaron Schmidt seemed to have disappeared. The University of South Dakota freshman wasn’t responding to emails or cellphone messages, and his family hadn’t heard from him in days.

Answering Egypt's Call for Solidarity

Boycott "Black Friday", Solidarity with Striking Chinese Workers!

Why African Americans aren’t embracing Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street: Signs of protest-slide show

Occupy movements nationwide celebrate holiday

Occupy L.A. receives offer to decamp --Protesters could get downtown office space and farmland if they leave City Hall.

Movement for Justice in El Barrio

Occupy UC Davis Calls Nov. 28 General Strike to Shut Down CA Campuses, Block Regents' Austerity Vote

March from Occupy Wall Street Arrives in Washington DC Today

‘Occupy Wall Street’ UC Davis protests escalate after pepper spray use sparks anger
--The Occupy UC Davis protest is preparing for a march on the school’s campus at 12 p.m. PST. The rally in the quad comes after worldwide attention focused on the Northern California campus after a University of California at Davis police officer pepper-sprayed a line of passive students sitting on the ground. Videos of the pepper-spraying went viral, eliciting shock with the police’s casual use of violence.

CUNY Attacks Tuition Hike Protest

Occupy Wall Street Demonstrations Brought To Bloomberg's Neighborhood

Officers in pepper spray incident put on leave

Videos Show 'Occupy' Protesters Pepper Sprayed, Beaten

Occupy Oakland Calls for TOTAL WEST COAST PORT SHUTDOWN ON 12/12

Drum Circle headed to Bloomberg's Mansion. Liberty Square to be Occupied with Voices of Immigrant Women and Elders from the Civil Rights Movement

Lobbying Firm Memo To Advise Wall Street Clients On Occupy Movement
--WASHINGTON -- A lobbying firm has prepared a memo offering advice to its Wall Street clients to help them manage any political fallout from Occupy Wall Street, warning that Republicans may turn on big banks, at least in public, altering the political ground for years to come. It is one of the first clear signs that the movement may be starting to trouble the moneyed elite.

GOPers Cain and Romney rip Occupy Wall Street, analysts debate how movement will affect 2012
--Republicans have seen the enemy, and its name is Occupy Wall Street.

The World Is With Us—Occupy Lives On!
--Today, November 17th, over 30,000 New Yorkers took to the streets to resist austerity, rebuild our economy, and reclaim our democracy. It was our largest action to date.

Bill O'Reilly: The Failure of the 'Occupy Wall Street' Movement --video

#OWS calls for nonviolent solidarity on November 17th--Enough of this economy that exploits and divides us. It's time we put an end to Wall Street's reign of terror and begin building an economy that works for all. We will gather in Liberty Square at 7:00 a.m., before the ring of the Trading Floor Bell, to prepare to confront Wall Street with the stories of people on the frontlines of economic injustice. There, before the Stock Exchange, we will exchange stories rather than stocks.

Pregnant teen, elderly woman among pepper sprayed--A downtown march and rally in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement turned briefly chaotic as police scattered a crowd of rowdy protesters — including a pregnant 19-year-old and an 84-year-old activist — with blasts of pepper spray.

Mayors talk strategy on Occupy protests--As concerns over safety and sanitation grew at the encampments over the last month, officials from nearly 40 cities turned to each other on conference calls, sharing what worked and what hasn't as they grappled with the leaderless movement. In one case, the calls became group therapy sessions.

Beyond Seizing Parks, New Paths to Influence--Still, some acknowledged that the crackdowns by the authorities in New York and other cities might ultimately benefit the movement, which may have become too fixated on retaining the territorial footholds, they said.

Occupy Wall St. protesters vow shutdown on Thursday
--Stage set for clashes with cops; marches planned to mark two-month anniversary of movement

Occupy Wall Street Protesters Shifting to College Campuses

Protesters arrested, challenged as police confront Occupy activists

Singer crashes Obama summit with 'Occupy' song

24 arrested at Occupy Albany
--Protesters chanting "Shame on Cuomo" stood by on the sidewalk as others were arrested and taken away in State Police vans. The arrests were peaceful, though protesters yelled and chanted while the demonstrators were being hauled away by police. It was unclear what the demonstrators were charged with.

Occupy protesters around U.S. face eviction as tolerance wanes

Occupy Cal Berkeley Protest Draws Thousands, As Two Years Of Occupation Come Home

Action Training

Occupy movement only beginning, political science professor says

Tomorrow: 11.11.11 Veterans Day Concert and Rally for the 99%. Foley Square 1pm.

Occupy Wall Street Protests Inject Income Inequality Into Political Debate

A victory for the 99% in Ohio

Who was Guy Fawkes

Is the Guy Fawkes Mask Industry Behind the Occupy Movement?

Occupy Movement Inspires Unions to Embrace Bold Tactics--Organized labor’s early flirtation with Occupy Wall Street is starting to get serious.. Click here for article.

Occupy DC becoming increasingly violent, police say

Tonight: A Dialogue with Occupy El Bario & OWS
--The humble and simple community of El Barrio (East Harlem), NYC opens its arms to all the good-hearted people of Occupy Wall St. and invites them to join us in our corner of the world for an evening of dialogue.Click here for more.

Sunday: Global Uprisings--Egypt, Tunisia, Iran & Activists @ OWS--We are honored that three Middle Eastern and North African activists: Esraa Abdel Fattah - Egypt, Jamel Bettaieb - Tunisia, Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh - Iran, will be with us at OWS. Click here for article

It’s hard to see the ‘animals’ of Occupy Wall Street in Zuccotti Park from the luxury of a warm office --Protesters are not the uncooth pack that some would like you to believe they are. Click here for article.

Occupy Wall Street protesters get their own potties

Occupy Wall Street: Improving Quality of Life for the 99%

The 99% visit Governor Walker

Stephen Colbert's Plot to Co-opt Occupy Wall Street Foiled by Ketchup and Justin

Raw Video: Military Veterans Join NYC Protests

Occupy Wall Street: Signs of protest?

Occupy protesters disavow Oakland violence

Oakland engulfed by mostly peaceful protest
--Even the busy port is closed as teachers, city workers and others march, chant and dance through the city during Occupy Oakland's general strike.Click here for article.

The People vs. Goldman Sachs - Trial and March!

"Occupy London" and gov't in negotiations--(AP) LONDON - A lawyer for protesters camped outside London's St. Paul's Cathedral said Wednesday that authorities have offered to let the tent city stay until next year, as the leader of the world's Anglicans backed a so-called Robin Hood tax on financial transactions as one way to alleviate the global economic crisis.

California protesters shut down Oakland port
--A spokesman for the Port of Oakland in California said maritime operations had effectively halted.

Call To Action - Join The Month Of Global Uprising

Military Veterans Join the 99% on Wall Street

Volatile Oakland faces general strike on Wednesday--OAKLAND, California (Reuters) - After Oakland emerged as a new center for the Occupy Wall Street movement -- largely because an Iraq war veteran was seriously injured in a clash with police -- local protest leaders decided on a tactic with a storied history in the city: a general strike.
Click here for article.

Winter Donation Needs

Enacting the Impossible (On Consensus Decision Making)

Occupy Wall Street Movement: More Reasonable Than Radical

Occupy Wall Street Protesters March to Bank Offices; Generators Taken Away

Occupy Albany participants settle in for the long haul

Occupy Oakland Police Brutality YouTube videos stay after police demands to delete

Wounded Iraq vet awake after Oakland protest injury

Occupy Oakland makes plans for citywide general strike

The Geography of Inequality and What it Means for Young People

Occupy Oakland Protester Severely Injured in Police Clash ID’ed as Iraq War Veteran
-- According to the organization’s statement, Scott Olsen, also a member of Veterans for Peace, was “shot in the head with a police projectile while peacefully participating in the Occupy Oakland march.”Click here for article.

Beyond Occupy Wall Street: 11 American Uprisings You've Never Heard of That Changed the World --As far as major protests go, the United States experienced a period of relative quiet from 1980 until 2011. For 30 years after Ronald Reagan broke the PATCO strike, “class war” in America was largely one sided. America’s working class took hit after hit without much in the way of a response.Click here for article.

Occupy Albany's right to protest
--Curfews are tricky things. They require balancing the desire for public safety with the freedom people ought to have to use their public places in an otherwise legal, peaceful way. That balance, it seems, eludes Gov. Andrew Cuomo and Albany Mayor Jerry Jennings. Fortunately, Albany has a police chief and a district attorney who get it.
Click here for article.

Youngwoman holds sign that reads: This is a universal (R) EVOLUTION

"Where Do We Go From Here?"On the one month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, Ed David went to Liberty Plaza to find out where the movement will go next. Click here for video.

Monday, October 24--Banks Need to Take A Haircut! When Mon, October 24, 1:00pm – 3:30pm Where Liberty Square (Zuccotti Park), NYC (map) Description CALL FOR ACTION PARTICIPANTS TO COME IN THEIR SUITS! BE PREPARED TO GET A HAIRCUT! On Monday, October 24 hundreds of barbers will visit Occupy Wall Street and other “Occupies” to dramatize the need for big banks to provide debt relief to homeowners and consumers as part of getting our economy going again. Haircuts Explained: In banking, when a lender has to accept that a loan will not be paid back in full, the lender must then write the loan value down for a loss. This is called taking a “haircut.” Bankers don’t like haircuts – but they treat the 99% and the 1% differently. Check events calendar click here.

Occupy CUNY Radical Teach-In!
When Sat, October 22, 3pm – 6pm Where Washington Square Park (map) Description Where: Washington Square Park When: Friday, October 21st from 3pm-6pm, or however late people want to stay! What: Teach and learn about the intersections between Occupy Wall What: Teach and learn about the intersections between Occupy Wall Street and the labor and education conditions of CUNY faculty, staff, and students. Strategize next steps and actions going forward! -

Occupy Wall Street Survey

Occupy movement is not the Tea Party
-- The Tea Party is not a populist movement as the Occupy movement is. Where the Occupy movement is grassroots, the Tea Party is synthetic and funded by big business.
Click here for article.

Why Do Police Treat 'Occupy-ers' Like Terrorists, Not Tea Partyers?--It takes a coward to harm an unarmed civilian…This is not a war zone, these are unarmed people. It does not make you tough to hurt these people… If you want to go fight, go to Iraq and Afghanistan Click here for article.

Occupy Wall Street: An experiment in consensus-building--New York (CNN) -- In Manhattan's protest hub, the big decisions are made by consensus. Each day in the privately owned Zuccotti Park, where Wall Street protesters have encamped for more than a month, demonstrators engage in a slow, seemingly cumbersome process of making their voices heard.Click here for article.

People with disabilites in the Occupy Wall Street movement Click here for details.

Occupy Wall Street protestors march against police brutality in New York, October 18, 2011. REUTERS/Mike Segar

Brief Introductions to Some of the Many People at “Occupy Wall Street.” Click here for link

Members of the Occupy Wall Street movement march through the financial district of New York October 14, 2011. REUTERS/Lucas Jackson (UNITED STATES - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST BUSINESS)

U.N. chief sympathizes with economic protesters--BERN, Switzerland (AP) – U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon said Monday he understands the spreading Occupy Wall Street movement, given the frustration that financial crises are causing.Click here for article.

New Yorkers support anti-Wall Street protests: poll--NEW YORK (Reuters) - Anti-Wall Street protests have won broad support among New York City voters, who would overwhelmingly favor tougher regulations on the financial industry, new poll results showed on Monday. Click here for article.

Occupy protests around the world Click here for slide show.

Wall Street protests growing and 'moving fast'
--"We're moving fast, without a hierarchical structure and lots of gears turning," said Justin Strekal, a college student and political organizer who traveled from Cleveland to New York to help. "… Egos are clashing, but this is participatory democracy in a little park."Click here for article.

From Tahrir Square to Times Square: Protests Erupt in Over 1,500 Cities Worldwide
--Tens of Thousands in Streets of Times Square, NY.
Click here for article.

Occupy Wall Street shows muscle, raises $300K
- The Occupy Wall Street movement has close to $300,000, as well as storage space loaded with donated supplies in lower Manhattan. It stared down city officials to hang on to its makeshift headquarters, showed its muscle Saturday with a big Times Square demonstration and found legions of activists demonstrating in solidarity across the country and around the world.Click here for article.

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Wall Street protesters energized by park decision --NEW YORK — Anti-Wall Street protesters went into Saturday campaigns emboldened by a change of plans among park property owners and police to usher them out of their lower Manhattan encampment for cleanup and impose restrictions that would have essentially shut down their Occupy Wall Street headquarters.Click here for article

Sunday Dialogue: The Wall Street Protest --Is the perceived lack of a clear leader and agenda a shortcoming, or a key to the movement’s appeal? Readers are divided.
Click here for article.

Shepard Fairey Designs Occupy Wall Street Times Square Invitation
--Shepard Fairey, the graphic designer behind Barack Obama's iconic "Hope" posters, is showing his support for Occupy Wall Street protestors with an invitation to join demonstrations as they move uptown to Times Square on Saturday.
Click here for article.

Showdown averted in New York's Wall Street protests--Anti-Wall Street protesters claimed victory on Friday when plans to clean the park they occupy were postponed, while police forces in financial capitals around the world braced for a weekend of rallies.
Click here for article

EMERGENCY #OWS EVICTION DEFENSE: Prevent the forcible closure of Occupy Wall Street
--NYPD Police Commissioner Ray Kelly has said that they will move in to clear us and we will not be allowed to take sleeping bags, tarps, personal items or gear back into the park.
Click here for article.

Occupy Wall St. an antidote to Tea Party--I am fully well aware that many in our community gain their livelihood in the halls of Wall Street. But I am squarely on the side of the Occupy Wall Street protestors, and the bigger progressive movement, the American Dream Movement, that has been formed to edge out the Tea Party and put America back on track to progress. Click here for article.

Old guard back in the trenches at 'Occupy' protests--Activists from other eras — Vietnam, civil rights and anti-nuclear — join the 'kids' -NEW YORK — As soon as 62-year-old William Johnsen finished his intravenous drip, he waited for the nurse to apply a Band-Aid, said goodbye to the other patients and then left the veteran’s hospital for the spot where he has been spending his days for the last 3-and-a-half weeks — the “Occupy Wall Street” protest. Click here for article.

Gyory: Age and income gaps feed discontent--Median household income fell for the third year in a row to $49,445 -- 7 percent below its 1999 peak. This is the first time since the Great Depression that median household income has not risen for such an extended period, wiping out an entire decade's income gains for the middle class. Click here for Op Ed

Occupy Wall St. offensive: hundreds arrested, thousands join in--With more than 100 “Occupy Wall Street” protestors arrested Tuesday in Boston and dozens more in Chicago and Washington, the American anti-bank movement is anticipating a global presence Saturday. On Wednesday four people were arrested during the latest "Occupy WallStreet" protest in front of the Manhattan headquarters of JPMorgan Chase Bank. The demonstrators say they wanted to deliver a message to the bank's CEO, Jamie Dimon. Click here for article.

Occupy Wall Street isn’t about Wall Street--That's because Occupy Wall Street isn't really about Wall Street at all. It's about much broader economic trends that extend far beyond the financial sector, and have been playing out since well before Goldman Sachs ever got into the subprime mortgage business. We're seeing an echo of this important point now, as demonstrations have spread beyond the nation's financial capital and across the country.Click here for article.

Kanye West Crashes Occupy Wall Street With Russell Simmons Click here for article.

NYSE.com suffers blips as Anonymous takes aim --A group calling itself Anonymous, a name used by disparate groups of online "hactivists," threatened to take down NYSE.com at 3:30 p.m. ET today as an extension of the "Occupy Wall Street" demonstrations that have continued into a fourth week. Click here for article.

NYPD costs rise as Wall Street protests continue--NEW YORK—As the protest on Wall Street enters its fourth week, police officers are keeping their posts around the perimeter of the park at the center of it all. And with no end in sight, the cost of constant police surveillance will continue to rise at a time when Mayor Michael Bloomberg has ordered citywide budget cuts. Click here for article.

Wall Street Protesters Are Angry About Jobs, Pelosi Says --“I think they are angry that they don’t have jobs,” Pelosi told ABC News’ “This Week” program. “There’s nothing that makes you angrier than not being able to provide for your family or understand what your prospects are for the future.” Click here for article.

Cantor Decries ’Growing Mobs’ as Wall Street Protests Spread --The Occupy Wall Street protesters came to Washington, where they were compared favorably to the Tea Party by Vice President Joe Biden while House Majority Leader Eric Cantor called them “growing mobs” dividing the country. Click here for article.

‘Occupy Wall Street’ Goes National And International Click here for article.

#ows Second General Assembly Of Manhattan Meets At 3PM In Washington Square Park - Anti-Flag To Play Set In Solidarity at Liberty Square
Click here for article.

Washington's Air & Space museum shut after protesters storm in--Thousands of Occupy Wall Street supporters demonstrate in cities from coast to coast--Protesters included people from the October 2011 Stop the Machine group and Occupy D.C., an offshoot of the larger Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. Click here for article.

"Occupy" protesters garner increased support--(CBS News) In New York, the protest is called "Occupy Wall Street" - but around the nation, where the movement is picking up steam, it's being called "Occupy Together." This week, CBS News correspondent Michelle Miller reported on "The Early Show on Saturday Morning," demonstrations were held in more than a dozen cities, from Los Angeles to Richmond, Va., to downtown Minneapolis, Minn. Click here for video and article.

Occupy Wall Street protests: What do the one percent think?--n a news conference yesterday, President Obama told the protesters of Occupy Wall Street he understood their concerns about the nation's financial system, but also defended those who worked in the financial sector, saying their work was necessary for the economy to grow. Click here for blog

For Mayor, ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Evokes Protests From Vietnam Era--The simmering discontent that has provoked the Occupy Wall Street protests has prompted numerous historical comparisons. Some are calling the movement a liberal version of the Tea Party. Others see a repeat of the 1930s populism that accompanied the New Deal.Click here for article.

Anti-Wall Street Protest Spreads To Washington--The anti-capitalist protests that began near Wall Street in New York are spreading to other cities. Unlike the Tea Party movement, which blames big government for America's economic problems, the so-called Occupy movement holds big business responsible. Our reporter went to its first rally in Washington, DC.Click here for article.

Obama to Biden to Cain Weigh In on Wall Street Marchers’ Message--The Occupy Wall Street protesters came to Washington and were compared favorably to the Tea Party by Vice President Joe Biden while Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain blasted them as left-wing agitators. Click here for article.

Occupy Wall Street wins over union backing, more protesters--Reporting from New York— Thousands march down Broadway in New York on Wednesday in the group’s largest anti-greed protest yet. (Carolyn Cole, Los Angeles Times / October 6, 2011) In a sign that it is shifting from a loose-knit fringe group to a bloc that could draw in mainstream America, the movement called Occupy Wall Street brought thousands of people to the streets of New York on Wednesday after major labor unions gave their backing to its anti-greed message. Click here for article.

Keith Olbermann reads the first collective statement of Occupy Wall Street--Click here for segment in video

Click here for OWS Statement

Insider out: One man's journey from the front office to Wall St. 'Occupier'- Jon Reiner, a former marketing executive and father of two boys, figures he has sent out 2,000 resumes since he was laid off for the third time nearly five years ago. He has not gotten a single job offer.Click here for article.

Herman Cain to "Occupy Wall Street" protesters: Don't blame Wall St, blame yourself--As the "Occupy Wall Street" protests enter their third week and spread to cities across the country, Republican presidential candidate Herman Cain is expressing skepticism about the demonstrations. Click here for article

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