AltWeeklies Wire
Out of the Tents and Into the Chambersnew
Some members of Occupy Oakland are increasingly confronting city officials and demanding change.
East Bay Express |
Susie Cagle |
01-11-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Oakland
Oakland Tribune Afraid of Losing Subscribers to Occupy Oakland Tribunenew
According to writers at the newly established activist paper, the Occupy Oakland Tribune, the other Tribune is demanding the smaller news outlet disable its content and stop using the word "Tribune" in its name, saying it "tarnishes and diminishes the value" of the city's flagship paper.
Occupy Crouse Housenew
Protesters relocate their tents and rethink their focus.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Chet Hardin |
01-05-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy Colorado Springs
Occupy Winston-Salem rejects open-air public meetings proposalnew
Winston-Salem City Councilman Dan Besse met with about 40 members of Occupy Winston- Salem on the front steps of City Hall on Monday afternoon to discuss his proposed amendments to city ordinances dealing with open-air public meetings.
YES! Weekly |
Keith T. Barber |
01-04-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, occupy winston-salem
Occupy Indy Decampsnew
The Occupy Indy protest presence at the Indiana Statehouse has ended, though protestors still return to advocate awareness of economic injustice and other issues.
Occupy Charlotte Officially Breaks Up With Itselfnew
A day after Occupy Charlotte's three-month anniversary, nine members of the group announced plans to form a new organization, the People's Coalition of the Carolinas.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
Rhiannon Fionn |
01-03-2012 |
#OCCUPY
Not in Our Downtownnew
Colorado Springs leaders will look at limiting free speech through special zones.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-30-2011 |
Civil Liberties
Disenfranchised: Homeless Occupiers Back on the Streetnew
Now that Occupy Eugene has been evicted, homeless youth are back on the street.
Eugene Weekly |
Camilla Mortensen |
12-26-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Oakland Police Department Used Violent Cops Against Occupynew
Records reveal that the department put officers with histories of using deadly force on the frontlines during Occupy Oakland protests.
East Bay Express |
Ali Winston |
12-22-2011 |
#OCCUPY
What's Next for Occupy?new
"We are the 99 Percent" dominated the second-half of 2011, but will it endure in 2012?
East Bay Express |
John C. Osborn |
12-22-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Occupy Atlanta Saves a Home From the Auction Blocknew
The group says the selling of occupied foreclosed homes in Georgia is nasty business.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Tim Franzen and Shabnam Bashiri |
12-21-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Occupy's Next Actnew
Occupy UC Davis and Sacramento look to 2012.
Sacramento News & Review |
Nick Miller |
12-15-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Tags: #OCCUPY, Occupy UC Davis
Chomsky to Occupy: Move to the Next Stagenew
Noam Chomsky has advice for the Occupy movement, whose encampments all over the country are being swept away by police. The occupations were a "brilliant" idea, he says, but now it's time to "move on to the next stage" in tactics. He suggests political organizing in the neighborhoods.
Boston Phoenix |
Lance Tapley |
12-15-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Occupy Atlanta Takes a Simplistic View of Foreclosure Salesnew
Auctions of vacant homes help the public, not hurt
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Elizabeth Warren |
12-14-2011 |
#OCCUPY
Occupy, Quan, and the Recallnew
Some of the people behind the troubled recall campaign against Mayor Jean Quan are opponents of Occupy Oakland, but it may be the occupiers who oust her from office.
East Bay Express |
Robert Gammon |
12-14-2011 |
#OCCUPY
