Posts Tagged ‘demonstration’

The Egyptian people are finding themselves under increasing attack from their military and have called on the world #Occupy movements for a day of solidarity with them. On Monday, the GA of OccupySF passed a proposal to march this Saturday in solidarity with the Egyptian Revolution. Our friends who inspired the #OWS movement are now [...]

A note from our non-violence committee. “After the events of last Saturday, the Nonviolence Committee was formed to study and promote effective Nonviolence strategies for Occupy Denver. One of the most frequent comments we heard from people was that they could feel the situation becoming increasingly tense and confusing, but didn’t feel that there was [...]

Absolutely enormous crowd hit the street in Oakland in support of Oakland. They took over a highway;  there’s got to be a good 100,000 people there.

From DenverDirect I went to Occupy Denver yesterday because Michael Moore was going to make an appearance, and I did get some footage of the statement he made. But before he arrived, this gentleman appeared, and made one of the most moving statements I have heard from the Occupy movement to date. There are problems [...]

From Gizmodo In response to a flood of Facebook and YouTube videos that depict police abuse, a new trend in law enforcement is gaining popularity. In at least three states, it is now illegal to record any on-duty police officer. Even if the encounter involves you and may be necessary to your defense, and even [...]

From The Guardian   Officer Michael Daragjati had no idea that the FBI was listening to his phone calls. Otherwise he would probably not have described his arrest and detention of an innocent black New Yorker in the manner he did. Daragjati boasted to a woman friend that, while on patrol in Staten Island, he [...]

I can’t say anything. Let the images speak for themselves. I AM NOT MOVING!

From ABCNews.com When former enlisted Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas saw New York police officers strike Occupy Wall Street protestors with a baton Saturday night, he was furious. “Protestors were shouting things like, ‘Police come join us!’,” Thomas recalled in an interview with ABCNews.com. Instead, the police started moving closer and closer to the crowd. Soon, [...]

The Cossiga Strategy worked perfectly. The media are covering everything about the FEW violent provocateurs, ignoring the overwhelming majority that were peaceful and tried to stop them. Why did the Police not block them? Why was A COP between them?