Occupy Wall Street Protests
City authorities in Frankfurt, Germany ban Occupy protest
By Sven Heymann, May 17, 2012
In a blatant attack on democratic rights, the city of Frankfurt am Main imposed a complete ban on the “Blockupy” protests scheduled for this week.
The establishment politics of the May 1 Occupy protests
By Joseph Kishore, May 3, 2012
The political conceptions expressed May 1 in the demonstrations organized by the Occupy movement posed no threat to the parties of big business.
Union-dominated 99 Percent Spring holds protest stunt in Detroit
By Andre Damon, April 26, 2012
The 99 Percent Spring, a front group for the trade unions and other pro-Democratic Party organizations, held a rally in Detroit Wednesday morning to protest a shareholders meeting of GE.
Occupy London camp cleared by police from St Paul’s Cathedral
By Paul Stuart, February 29, 2012
Riot police moved in at midnight February 28 to clear the Occupy protest camp established outside St Paul’s Cathedral last October.
Oakland proposes anti-protest measure after police crackdown
By David Brown, February 8, 2012
Emboldened by the successful arrests of around 400 protesters last week, the city government of Oakland, California is hoping to curb all future protests through stricter enforcement of permit laws.
Police raid Occupy DC protest
By Kate Randall, February 6, 2012
US Park Police raided the Occupy DC encampment on Saturday morning, removing protesters’ personal belongings, the majority of tents, and making 11 arrests.
Forty arrested at Cape Town Occupy
By Iqra Qalam, January 31, 2012
Forty people were arrested last Friday in a brutal police crackdown on an Occupy Rondebosch Common demonstration in Cape Town, South Africa.
Occupy DC protesters ordered to end camps
By Niall Green, January 31, 2012
The restrictions put in place by the National Parks Service against demonstrators in the US capital are the latest politically-driven effort to shut down the Occupy movement.
Two dozen arrested in San Francisco, California Occupy march
By Jack Hood, January 26, 2012
About two thousand people participated in demonstrations on Friday in San Francisco, and police in riot gear responded with 24 arrests.
Occupy London faces eviction as police trash Parliament Square protest
By Paul Stuart, January 21, 2012
On January 18, Justice Lindblom at the Royal Courts of Justice gave the go-ahead for the eviction of the Occupy London Stock Exchange protest.
Occupy Bristol served eviction notice by church and council
By Mark Blackwood, Ben Silver, January 21, 2012
Occupy Bristol, the largest tented demonstration outside London and part of the international movement against social inequality, has been served with eviction.
Bank of New York-Mellon seeks to evict Occupy Pittsburgh
By Samuel Davidson, January 12, 2012
Lawyers for Bank of New York-Mellon are seeking to have anti-Wall Street protesters evicted from the park they have occupied for three months.
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