Saturday, November 5, 2011
Occupy Wall Street: Toilets Bring Relief To Protesters In Zuccotti Park
Occupy Wall Street: Toilets Bring Relief To Protesters In Zuccotti Park: "NEW YORK -- They may still be laboring to change the quality of life for the 99 percent, but Wall Street protesters have made some progress near their Manhattan park encampment: They now have toilets.
"Toilets: Installed," read an announcement on the Occupy Wall Street website Friday."
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"Toilets: Installed," read an announcement on the Occupy Wall Street website Friday."
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Bank Transfer Day: Everybody Wins - TheStreet
Bank Transfer Day: Everybody Wins - TheStreet: "NEW YORK (TheStreet) -- Credit unions and small community banks are rubbing their hands in delight at the prospect of new customers lining up outside their doors seeking to open an account with them on "Bank Transfer Day" that falls on Saturday."
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Friday, November 4, 2011
Occupy Wall Street protests go global-Occupy Oakland
Tents and other debris sit in the destroyed Occupy Oakland camp October 25, 2011 in Oakland, California. Oakland police along with several other police agencies raided the Occupy Oakland encampment in the early morning hours and shut down the two week-old camp that city officials said was becoming a health and safety hazzard.
NYC ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protesters Seek Trials
More than 50 ‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters arrested on disorderly conduct charges tied to marches through New York City rejected an offer from Manhattan District Attorney Cyrus Vance Jr. to drop their cases in six months....More
Occupy Wall Street (OWS)
(OWS) is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City based in Zuccotti Park in the Wall Streetfinancial district. The protests were initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters.[5] They are mainly protesting social andeconomic inequality, corporate greed, corruption and influence over government—particularly from the financial services sector—and lobbyists. The protesters' slogan, "We are the 99%", refers to the difference in wealth in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population.
The first protest was on September 17, 2011. By October 9 similar demonstrations were either ongoing or had been held in 70 major cities and over 600 communities in the U.S.. Other "Occupy" protests modeled after Occupy Wall Street have occurred in over 900 cities worldwide...thanks to http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Occupy_Wall_Street
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