Washington, DC—(ENEWSPF)—October 11, 2011. About 75-100 protesters from the October2011 occupation of Freedom Plaza marched from the Plaza to the Hart Senate Office Building this morning to confront Congress about its refusal to represent the people who vote for them and their incompetence in the face of economic crisis and[Read More…]
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Occupy Pittsburgh Plans Downtown March and Rally
Pittsburgh, PA–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011. “We’ve lost our communities. We’re losing our middle class in the name of the dollar bill. And that’s why we are trying to rise up with the little bit of the democracy we have left before money takes over,” Persuit said. An estimated 300 people interested[Read More…]
Boston Police Brutally Assault Occupy Boston
BOSTON–(ENEWSPF)–October 11, 2011. At 1:30 this morning hundreds of police in full riot gear brutally attacked Occupy Boston, which had peacefully gathered on the Rose Kennedy Greenway. The Boston Police Department made no distinction between protesters, medics, or legal observers, arresting legal observer Ursula Levelt, who serves on the steering[Read More…]
The Occupiers Are Staying
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2011, 11:19 pm Police officers and a detective watch Occupy Wall Street’s first weekday march on Wall Street, September 19, 2011. Photo by author. Today marks two significant milestones in one for the ever-growing occupation movement. Concerning the flagship site, Liberty Plaza near Wall Street, Mayor[Read More…]
OccupyDallas seeks Special Event Permit
Dallas, TX—(ENEWSPF)–Oct. 11, 2011 — OccupyDallas officially applied for a special event permit from the city on Monday. After hearing word of OccupyWallStreet receiving permission from Mayor Bloomberg to remain in Zuccotti Park indefinitely, the protesters in Dallas had high hopes that city officials would follow suit. After talks with[Read More…]
Freedom Plaza Is Now Ours, October 10, 2011
WASHINGTON, DC–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2011. And we’re never giving it back. Our permit for Freedom Plaza in Washington, D.C., expired, we refused to leave, and the Park Police has just proposed to let us stay for four more months. We’ve agreed. We have not said that when the four months are[Read More…]
Boston October 10, 2011: We Will Occupy
10,000 Demand Fundamental and Lasting Economic and Political Reform BOSTON—(ENEWSPF)–On Monday, October 10, 2011, 10,000 people marched from Boston Common to Dewey Square to the North Washington Bridge in support of Occupy Boston and to demand fundamental and lasting economic and political reform.. At the same time, Occupy Boston expanded[Read More…]
Keeping Track of WNV Editor Nathan Schneider’s Media Blitz
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2011, 6:52 pm Thanks to his near-comprehensive reporting on Occupy Wall Street for Waging Nonviolence these past three weeks, editor Nathan Schneider has become an authority on this emerging movement for major progressive and mainstream media outlets. Here is a quick roundup of Nathan’s key appearances: In[Read More…]
Systematic Torture in Afghan Detention Facilities – UN Report
NEW YORK–(ENEWSPF)–10 October 2011. Afghan National Police in training in Kabul A new United Nations report released today cites evidence of the “systematic” torture and mistreatment of detainees in Afghan detention facilities, including of children, and provides recommendations which it hopes will spur the necessary reforms. The report by the[Read More…]
California Public Health RNs to Picket Supervisors Over Drastic Health Cuts
CALIFORNIA–(ENEWSPF)–October 10, 2011. Fresno County public health nurses will picket outside a meeting of the Board of Supervisors Tuesday, to protest drastic cuts in public-health nursing that they say represent a disgraceful abandonment of the most vulnerable and at-risk patients in the county. What: Public Health RNs Protest Health Service[Read More…]
