A place for Occupy participants and supporters to promote the values of Occupy Wall Street, share information, and advocate constructive interaction among members of the DU community. This is a General Assembly of supporters of the 99%. While dissent is allowed because there are many different groups that oppose rule by the 1%, anti-Occupy Wall Street rhetoric belongs in other forums. http://www.democraticunderground.com http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:06 Fri, 24 May 2013 05:19:06 A letter from Bill McKibben, Naomi Klein, Winona LaDuke, Sandra Steingraber, and Rev. Lennox Yearwood[div class="excerpt"]We believe that mass action can breathe life into even the most hardened political fights, and so these actions will all aim to bring together thousands of people to stand togeth... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527679 Fri, 24 May 2013 00:50:51 OccupyHarrisonburg ‏@OccupyHburg

Swedish riots rage for fourth night in unrest sparked by long-term youth unemployment and poverty. JV #ows #ohb... http://fb.me/2DSkfYPRk


http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/may/23/swedish-riots-stockholm?guni=Network+front%3Anetwork-front+main-3+Main... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527675 Thu, 23 May 2013 13:08:10 http://ecowatch.com/2013/frackalypse-now-fossil-fuel-industrys-psychological-warfare-scandal/

DeSmogBlog partnered with Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Mark Fiore to produce this spoof video in the vein of Francis Ford Coppola’s Apocalypse Now. Making its debut today in honor of Gasland 2, Frac... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527673 Wed, 22 May 2013 23:39:50 Global Revolution ‏@GlobalRevLive

Third Undercover Cop Exposed in #NATO5 Entrapment Case @OccupyChicago #NATO http://fb.me/18Tts6pgI


http://truth-out.org/news/item/16488-undercover-police-officer-connected-to-nato-5-case-still-spying-on-protest-in-chicago

On March 27, Chicago teach... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527668 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:06:15 Occupy Wall Street ‏@OccupyWallStNYC

Carmen Pittman came to ask why bankers weren't held accountable for the crisis. The answer came from a stun gun:
http://ow.ly/1Wv4ZB


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/21/doj-protest-taser_n_3312879.html

WASHINGTON -- Carmen Pittman had no i... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527662 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:55:45 Jenna Pope ‏@BatmanWI

Photo album from #CPSclosings rally & arrests at city hall yesterday:
https://www.facebook.com/media/set/?set=a.4689757934004.1073741888.1595640107&type=1&l=25b43ea590 …... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527661 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:51:51 http://www.thenation.com/blogs/tom-tomorrow#

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2013/05/21/1210448/-IRS-destroyers-of-freedom#... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527660 Tue, 21 May 2013 13:47:07 OccupySD ‏@OccupySD

"there is no [free] market. Because five banks control it, and where they get their money is from taxpayers. It’s... http://fb.me/2DiCQDrrz


http://www.thenation.com/blog/174404/week-poverty-fighting-poverty-through-wall-street-accountability

This year, I’ve been... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527657 Tue, 21 May 2013 03:49:12 [b]Dissent or Terror: New Report Details How Counter Terrorism Apparatus Was Used to Monitor Occupy Movement Nationwide[/b]

[div class="excerpt"]The report, a distillation of thousands of pages of records obtained from counter terrorism/law enforcement agencies, details how state/regional "fusion... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527647 Mon, 20 May 2013 14:48:42 KOCHexposed ‏@KOCHexposed

#Koch Funded Americans for Prosperity direct political link to #TeaParty http://bit.ly/14Hp93v


http://democurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2013/05/koch-funded-americans-for-prosperity.html

The documentary AstroTurf Wars connects the big corporate money to the tax... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527641 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:19:47 Stun ☠ @57UN

I tried Google Glass. Is anyone else experiencing this bug?

https://twitter.com/57UN/status/336167565929897984/photo/1... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527640 Mon, 20 May 2013 00:12:36 http://vimeo.com/45799546



http://www.eyeonoccupy.org/?p=9008&utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+EyeOnOccupy+%28Eye+On+Occupy%29&utm_content=FaceBook

THE AWAKENING OF THE SQUARES. A year of 15M movement (English subtitles) from TransformaFilms on Vimeo.

A document... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527635 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:43:34 Idle No more ‏@IdleNoMore4

The Children Have Spoken

http://youtu.be/MDME9Qj8qWw

via @youtube #idlenomore... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527634 Sun, 19 May 2013 03:00:36 #WereFucked ‏@worthoftheworld

If you don't know why #SFCommune has people in jail.. look at this video.. http://politicalfailblog.com/archives/7349 This shit is srs, and is not ok!


http://politicalfailblog.com/archives/7349

Seven San Francisco activists from the squatted social cen... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527633 Sun, 19 May 2013 02:46:37 By James Fanelli on May 15, 2013 3:29pm

FINANCIAL DISTRICT — A dancer-turned-Occupy Wall Street-protester received a $25,000 settlement from the city after accusing beefy cops of bloodying her shin with batons during a 2011 march.

Sade Adona, 27, will receive the payout, believed to be the fi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527629 Fri, 17 May 2013 18:32:51 they clearly aren't reading the internet...

There are so many Occupy stories every day and week I don't have time to read them all, even for trying.

[b]VICTORY! Rose McGee wins settlement to stay in her home after year-long foreclosure battle[/b]
http://farm8.staticflickr.com/7292/8738712645_... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527625 Fri, 17 May 2013 16:11:49 Occupy Philadelphia ‏@OccupyPhilly

In an hour, one of the largest school walkouts in Philly history begins.
#FF @215studentunion for #Walkout215! http://via.me/-c75kej6... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527621 Fri, 17 May 2013 11:07:12 America is in debt trillions of dollars for Bush's wars, which was the plan. Debt is their business model. You cannot have "austerity" and disaster capitalism such as Michigan's Koch brothers "tea party" governor's "emergency manager" smash-and-grab without debt. The entire country can be smashed wi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527615 Fri, 17 May 2013 04:16:21 Occupy Homes MN
The Homeowner Bill of Rights has passed the MN Senate in a 61-1 landslide victory! Power to the people!

(No link yet to an article.)... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527614 Fri, 17 May 2013 03:30:34 http://www.truth-out.org/news/item/16266-local-fights-against-austerity-are-growing-across-the-us

Between sequestration, with its damaging impact on workers and the economy, and the billions of dollars in cuts to Social Security, Medicare and other necessary social programs that President Obama i... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527608 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:51:42 The Dept. of Education is raking in more profits from students loans than Apple, Exxon, and Wall Street.
http://huff.to/10G0hG4 via US Uncut


http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/14/obama-student-loans-policy-profit_n_3276428.html

The Obama administration is forecast to turn a record $51 bi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527606 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:46:08 Courtney Harrop ‏@CourtneyPFB

New Laws Would Make Environmental Protest “Terrorism” | VICE United States http://www.vice.com/read/new-laws-would-make-protesting-environmental-devastation-terrorism …

Most people have heard of tree-sitting—a tactic environmentalists use to prevent old-gr... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527605 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:42:50 http://www.thenation.com/blog/174335/fast-food-strikes-hitting-fifth-city-milwaukee?rel=facebook#

Hundreds of Milwaukee workers plan to walk off the job starting at 6:00 Central Time this morning, launching the nation’s fifth fast food workers’ strike in six weeks. Today’s work stoppage follows s... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527604 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:12:49 https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/08-0

In Detroit, where a previous ploy of the disaster capitalists has already taken hold in the form of an appointed "Financial Emergency Manager"—a position that strips out local government and puts city decision-making into unelected, bureaucratic ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527602 Wed, 15 May 2013 15:01:10 https://www.commondreams.org/headline/2013/05/15-2#.UZO8V-rBj8M

Stearing a lobster boat called the Henry David T., two climate activists on Wednesday attempted to blockade a shipment of West Virginia coal from arriving at Brayton Point Power Station in Massachusetts, New England's largest coal-fi... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527601 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:59:13 ChicagoTeachersUnion ‏@CTULocal1

Trib: Teachers union plans to file federal suits to stop school closings http://ow.ly/l3CfZ


http://www.ctunet.com/blog/trib-teachers-union-plans-to-file-federal-suits-to-stop-school-closings

A week before the Chicago Public Schools board is to vote ... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527599 Wed, 15 May 2013 14:11:35 http://farm9.staticflickr.com/8196/8419898203_bd526c1c5e_z.jpg

1: TERROR! Because RUSSIA! is so last millenium.
2. Rendition in Europe.
3. DHS are militarizing US police and sheriffs.
4. Yep. FISA is now active for five more years.
5. Standard procedure; depicted in Moore's "Fahrenheit 9/1... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527597 Wed, 15 May 2013 13:54:52 http://www.forbes.com/sites/clareoconnor/2013/05/14/new-app-lets-you-boycott-koch-brothers-monsanto-and-more-by-scanning-your-shopping-cart/

In her keynote speech at last year’s annual Netroots Nation gathering, Darcy Burner pitched a seemingly simple idea to the thousands of bloggers and web dev... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527589 Wed, 15 May 2013 00:04:00 Naomi Wolf ‏@naomirwolf

5 ALARM ALERT: DOD GRANTS ITSELF CONTROL OF DOMESTIC DISTURBANCES-AS DOD DEFINES THEM. NDAA ONLY WORSE. SHARE WIDELY: http://bit.ly/19pG7Ek


http://www.longislandpress.com/2013/05/14/u-s-military-power-grab-goes-into-effect/

The manhunt for the Boston Marathon... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527588 Tue, 14 May 2013 18:49:01 Published on May 7, 2013

Want to STOP SALLIE MAE and end their profiteering off students?
JOIN OUR CAMPAIGN TODAY! http://bit.ly/ZmGb3h

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x7lEYD5WRUw

(Have not watched this to vet for content.)... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527581 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:52:18 http://www.nationofchange.org/monsanto-has-taken-over-usda-1368111215

Monsanto is, of course, the world's largest biotech corporation. These are the people who brought us Roundup weed killer and the resulting superweeds and superbugs, along with growth hormones for cows, genetically engineered a... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527580 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:50:05 Sequestration Causes 70,000 Kids To Be Kicked Off Head Start, But Big Oil Complains About Small, Delayed Lease Sales

http://thinkprogress.org/climate/2013/05/14/2009711/sequestration-causes-70000-kids-to-be-kicked-off-head-start-but-big-oil-complains-about-small-delayed-lease-sales/?mobile=nc

... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527579 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:47:34 OChi Calendar ‏@OChiCalendar

#TODAY 6:00pm: Occupy el Barrio General Assembly #ochi@ 2149 w. 21st St., Magi Cultural Center

https://www.google.com/calendar/event?action=VIEW&eid=MmdhM2hpbzgzcWppZmJla3Fkcmw4dmMyZnNfMjAxMzA1MTRUMjMzMDAwWiAyMW5hOGsycGUyZzdnb2w2bXU3aGVucnF2NEBn …... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527578 Tue, 14 May 2013 16:40:09 umair haque ‏@umairh

Q: Why have so few "bankers" gone to prison?
A: Who's going to make the politicians rich if we send the bankers to prison?... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527574 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:04:31 FoE Scotland ‏@FOE_Scotland

It's beginning - America's first climate refugees http://foes.do/13uBJUU


http://www.guardian.co.uk/environment/interactive/2013/may/13/newtok-alaska-climate-change-refugees?utm_source=buffer&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Buffer&utm_content=bufferd6427

T... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527573 Tue, 14 May 2013 12:01:30 Occupy Winnipeg

Planning group for National Event called Save Canada Day being held in Winnipeg. 15 cities and counting! We launch our events tomorrow. Help us and INM in planning the Winnipeg event!

https://www.facebook.com/groups/165258933634828/... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527572 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:48:46 OccupyHomesMN ‏@OccupyHomesMN

Without consequences, the banks won't change their ways. That's why Ann is going to the Justice Dept in DC next week. http://www.occupyhomesmn.org/ann_doj?recruiter_id=67 …

"When my monthly mortgage payments jumped from $800 to $1300, I contacted US Bank ri... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527570 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:35:27 Bryan Walsh ‏@bryanrwalsh

The ACLU made a FOIA request to DOJ for info about warrantless snooping on texts—they got back 15 blacked-out pages
http://reason.com/blog/2013/05/13/most-transparent-administration-in-histo …

(Not very much at the link except the entirely blacked-out documen... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527568 Tue, 14 May 2013 11:29:06 Occupy Wall Street ‏@OccupyWallSt

Five years after its collapse, Lehman Brothers is *still* reaching for every last penny - this time, from nonprofits: http://ow.ly/l0Ul9


http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2013-05-14/lehman-reaches-beyond-grave-to-grab-millions-from-nonprofits.html

Almos... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527562 Tue, 14 May 2013 10:44:55 RT America ‏@RT_America

MORE: The Department of Justice's surveillance of @AP targeted more than 100 journalists and others: http://on.rt.com/m930jl

http://rt.com/usa/justice-department-admits-spying-228/

The president of the Associated Press has sent a letter of protest to US Attorne... http://www.democraticunderground.com/12527554 Mon, 13 May 2013 17:07:19