What began as the gathering of just a few US Marines has now become a major organized movement to get Marines and military personnell of all branches to Occupy America nationwide. You can thank Marine Sgt. Shamar Thomas for that. His actions last week have inspired service men and women across the country to take a stand for the American people and join the Occupy protests.
Category Archives: Occupy Wall Street
Bill Maher defends Occupy Wall Street Reply
LMAO! With all the emotions, passion, and seriousness involved with the Occupy Wall Street movement, sometimes we need to sit back and laugh a little. As always, Bill Maher tells it just like it is.
Archie for #occupy Reply
“Archie’s Final Project”, directed by David Lee Miller, is about a teenage boy (played by Disney’s Gabriel Sunday) who’s grown up fully immersed in digital culture. But despite his material and social advantages, he’s depressed, and decides to create one last video project, ending in his own suicide.
Across the country, teens who are sympathetic to the main character of the film, have experienced or have friends who have experienced suicidal thoughts, or have suffered from bullying, have been declaring, “I’m an Archie”.
Well, Archie is now joining the #occupy movement… Watch the video just uploaded.
Anonymous hacks police & Int’l Assoc of Chiefs of Police (still down) sites | Data online | #ows 2
Although they had a hand in starting the Occupy Wall Street protest, the hacktivist collective Anonymous has been pretty quiet since it started. No longer: Anonymous claims they just hacked a ton of police sites and leaked usernames and passwords.
The biggest target of today’s hack was the International Association of Chiefs of Police, whose website is still down as of this writing. It’s auspicious timing, as the IACP is holding its annual meeting in Chicago.
A press release by Anonymous said that the hack was timed to the IACP meeting as part of a “Day of Action Against Police Brutality.”
We are OCCUPY Albuquerque in support of OCCUPY Wall Street #occupyburque #ows 10
Here recently in Albuquerque, quite a bit of problems have erupted over the term “Occupy.” Last week, there was a lot of talk of changing the name to “Occupy Wall Street Liberate Albuquerque.” Many people were in favor of this change. Then, on Sunday, a rather rogue move was made – without proper announcement to all on the “Official” Facebook Page – many attending the General Assembly made a sneak attack and came to a consensus to change the name to “(Un)Occupy Albuquerque”. If I had been aware of this, I would have made it to General Assembly and blocked this move.
Occupy Albuquerque The Protest Heard Around the World Oct 15 2011 #ows #globalchange #occupyburque 2
Today was a most phenomenal day! I arrived early at Coyote Camp and shortly before the scheduled noon protest at Wells-Fargo in Nob Hill, we gathered together to march as one to the meeting point. There were approximately 75 of us leaving from Coyote Camp. When the rest of the protest came into view, it was a glorious site… hundreds and hundreds had already gathered! It is difficult to estimate the size of a crowd constantly in motion, but I would estimate there were upwards to 800 people at peak time. All ages, socioeconomic backgrounds, etc. You name it, they were there! A perfect representation of the people today within the 99 percent.
NYPD White Shirt KO’s an #ows protester… as he is walking away! Slow-mo video Reply
We have all seen some very dramatic footage taken of officers not playing very nicely with the protesters… the pepper-spraying incident for one. Here is another. A protester (wearing a green t-shirt) has his back to the NYPD White Shirt and is walking away from him, when the officer grabs him from behind and flat out KO’s him. Here are two different angles of the incident. One is very apparent that the protester has his back to the officer and is walking away. No, we do not see what “green shirt” did to provoke this, but regardless, the response of the officer is way out of line. Green shirt was not being aggressive at that time.
Both videos will first play in real time, then the actual incident in slow motion. More…
Charts: And just who ARE the One Percent? 2
Occupy Wall Street has focused national attention on the vast majority of Americans who have been left behind by the economic growth of the past few decades. But if OWS isthe voice of the 99 percent, who exactly are the 1 percent?
A quick look at the numbers reveals that they aren’t all bailed-out Wall Street execs or brokers pulling down fat bonuses. That’s just some of them: More…
Occupy Wall Street #ows photos from Friday Oct 14th Reply
Protesters claim victory as Brookfield properties, owners of Zuccotti Park in New York, call off their plans to clean the area. Demonstrators had mounted their own clean-up operation during the night. More…
Oct 15, 2011 | United for #GlobalChange Reply
On October 15th people from all over the world will take to the streets and squares.
From America to Asia, from Africa to Europe, people are rising up to claim their rights and demand a true democracy. Now it is time for all of us to join in a global non violent protest.
Occupy Wall Street #ows Clean-up postponed Reply
A cleaning planned for the Manhattan park where “Occupy Wall Street” protesters have camped out for weeks has been postponed, a move that averts a showdown between demonstrators and police.
The New York mayor’s office said Brookfield Properties, the owners of Zuccotti Park, told the city late Thursday the scheduled cleaning is off for now and “for the time being” they are “withdrawing their request” made earlier in the week for police assistance during the cleaning operation.
A very truthful video about how our government is reacting to Occupy Wall Street et al Reply
This video has gone viral, and for good reason. The hypocrisy is thick within. Although our government compares greatly to those who have recently revolted, such as Tunisia, Egypt, and Libya, we are still a people who are now protesting our own government, and corporate greed and corruption. The words spoken here by our elected officials currently seem as though to do not apply to our own citizens.
Very moving. If you only watch one video today, please make it this one. More…
Occupy Albuquerque | The March of the Banks Oct 12 2011 Reply
Yesterday, Occupy Burque took to the downtown streets and spread the word. This video is not a march full of chants, nor any police action, but was done to spread the word and educate the public about the facts of what the banks are doing to this country… to each individual. Some of the numbers provided are shocking.
One very numbing and truthful “We are the 99%” letter Reply
The “We are the 99%” letters have been flooding in over the internet, and they all have legitimate problems and complaints. However, when I saw this one today, it stopped me cold. This is truly the harsh reality of where our system has gone. More…
Occupy Albuquerque | One of the 99% speak out Reply
We have seen many of the letters on the internet of the 99% speaking out. Well here is a video of man of the 99% speaking out. I took this footage/interview of a man who wanted to provide his insight to the state of the economy. This was recorded at the Occupy Albuquerque Coyote Camp. More…
Occupy Albuquerque | Footage as protesters remain onsite post 10 PM curfew Reply
In the wee hours of the morning on Monday, October 10th, shortly after midnight, the New Mexico state police raided the Occupy Albuquerque camp and evicted the protesters to the sidewalk for the night. Due to some miscommunication with UNM, the wrong permit had been filed and campus could not be occupied past 10 PM. The group had been camped out for over a week, and in constant communication occurred with all pertinent parties, but UNM and the police decided they needed to move the campers in the middle of a dead sleep.
#occupyboston stormed by police 10/10/11 | Arrests | Protesters beaten | Photos in Reply
Here are a series of posts on both the Occupy Boston Facebook page and Twitter feed, as well as a few videos. Times are approximate as both post the timeline as, for example, “2 hours ago”. Photos below.
9 PM: Police are trying to shut down Occupy Boston tonight at 11:30. Folks are asking for support ASAP, please get down there.
9 PM: Boston Police are still demanding that Occupy Boston returns to the original camp site. We need people here – we need to hold our new camp. Please join us! More…
Occupy Albuquerque | Surrounded by police at midnight to remove from camp Oct 10 2011 2
Shorty after midnight, in the wee hours of the morning on Monday, October 10th, 2011, a large amount of New Mexico State Police appeared from no where in complete riot gear, paddy wagons, and K9 dogs to order the Occupy Albuquerque protesters from their camp.
Occupy Albuquerque surrounded by police at midnight and removed from camp 10
UPDATE: Wed. Oct. 26th: If you are looking for the police raid and arrests from Tuesday night, Oct. 25th, please click here for this posting just published.
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UPDATE: Mon. Oct. 11th: 6:52 PM
Shorty after midnight, in the wee hours of the morning on Monday, October 10th, 2011, a large amount of New Mexico State Police appeared from no where in complete riot gear, paddy wagons, and K9 dogs to order the Occupy Albuquerque protesters from their camp.
Adam Kokesh and Occupy Washington DC 8
A couple videos have been uploaded to the internet which I find rather unnerving. These are videos taken of the General Assembly in the Occupy Washington DC movement.
My dog’s message to Wall Street Reply
Even my dog, who is a “lethal white” Aussie, has asked me to send a message to Wall Street. So here it is… More…
Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | Read by Keith Olbermann Reply
On Countdown Live by Keith Olbermann, dated Oct. 5, 2011, he read the entire Declaration of the Occupation of New York which was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on Sept. 29, 2011. Below the video is the full printed version. More…
The true Occupy Wall Street movement Reply
An absolutely phenomenal short video-documentary on what truly goes on within the incredible micro community that has developed with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City. This is what it is about. Not the drama uploads of police pepper-spraying or the arrests. The movement is about an ever growing community of people building a structure within themselves to self-sustain during their movement. More…
Occupy Albuquerque Oct 8 2011 Day #8 | Protester arrested | Video Photos 1
Occupy Albuquerque set up camp, now called Coyote Camp, last Saturday, Oct. 1st, on the UNM (University of New Mexico) campus on the corner of University and Central Ave. During the past week, the campers have received permission to remain on campus, but needed to relocate to another area due to the elderly trees in the vicinity of the original camp. The move was peaceful, and the new location actually adds more visibility for the protesters. Today, Occupy Albuquerque combined efforts with an Anti-War protest as they marched down Central Ave. The local Albuquerque Police Department maintained decorum and actually assisted with traffic control as the march led on. Once the march returned to Coyote Camp, the police arrived and arrested an individual. However, once back at Coyote Camp, the police arrived and arrested an individual. I was not present during the alleged incident and cannot confirm the validity of the news report within this post.
This is a peaceful protest and the actions of one individual, if true as stated in the news footage below, should not reflect upon the group as a whole.
If the alleged incident is NOT true, then this only adds more support to the reasons the 99% are protesting.
Vibe: A social media driving force behind Occupy Wall St 1
Wall Street demonstrators are using a new app, called “Vibe,” to organize protests, showing how social media is transforming to meet users’ needs.
Vibe is like Twitter, but with some major differences that make it an ideal choice for protest groups. Users don’t have to register and can anonymously post the tweet-like messages, determining how far they travel since the technology is location-based.
