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Is “Stop-and-Frisk” a Form of State-Sponsored Terrorism?
Since the 1990s, the New York Police Department has utilized a highly controversial program of warrantless searches called “stop and frisks.” These searches have become a major problem in recent years, as the number
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Chris Dorner and the LAPD: Whose Fight Is it?
Well, they apparently lost no time in locating Christopher Dorner and cleansing the whole cop vs. cop affair with fire (their preferred method). The LAPD can now return to “protecting and serving” LA, when they aren’t
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“TSA out of the MBTA” Rallies on the Boston Common
While hundreds ice skated just across the Boston Common, around eighty people converged on the Common bandstand in the freezing cold on Saturday, February 2, to declare their opposition to Transportation Security Administration (TSA)
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Statement: Why We Got Arrested at the University of Chicago
This article first appeared in the Occupied Chicago Tribune. Four protesters demanding an expansion of trauma care services on the South Side were arrested during a sit-in at the University of Chicago Medical Center
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Police Admit to Infiltrating Occupy Austin
This article originally appeared on the Raw Story, and was found through Occupy.com. When the local offshoot of Occupy Wall Street began a five-month encampment in Austin, Texas last fall, the Austin police assigned
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Spanish Miners Strike Against €190 Million in Cuts
Spanish miners are protesting in Madrid against government cuts that threaten the livelihood of thousands of workers in Austurias, Spain. In order to comply with European Union austerity measures, the Spanish government is planning
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Counter-Protest Against Tea Party Rally
On April 15, about 60 activists – including many from or affiliated with Occupy Boston’s Queer/Trans Direct Action Working Group and Boston Antifa – interrupted the Mass Tea Party Coalition’s Tax Day rally at
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Marching in Solidarity With Occupy Oakland
To see more photos of this march, click here. On the night of January 28th, a small group of Occupy Oakland protesters entered an abandoned building, the out-of-use Kaiser Convention Center. Their intent was
Read More »Sink Confiscated By Police, Puzzling Occupiers
The Boston Police Department confiscated a kitchen sink from the Occupy Boston camp at Dewey Square this past Thursday night, prompting
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PHOTOS: Occupy Wall Street Evicted By NYPD
by Daniel Schneider In the interest of giving those who were not awake to witness last night’s takedown of Occupy Wall Street a better understanding of what it looked like, we are providing a
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