Bobby Hull and friends on the Ed Schulz Show in Minneapolis, December 6, 2011. Click here for the video. December 6th was the Occupy Our Homes National Day of Action to Stop and Reverse Foreclosures. Actions took place in over twenty-five cities around America, as the Occupy movement joins with homeowners and people fighting for a place More
ACLU-MN Files Lawsuit Against Hennepin County on Behalf of Occupy Minneapolis Protesters OccupyMN From the ACLU-MN: For Immediate Release November 22, 2011 St. Paul,Minn.– The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against Hennepin Countyt oday on behalf of Occupy Minneapolis. The lawsuit argues that County’s new restrictions on the OccupyMPLS unconstitutionally restrict More
Occupy Homes: Will Taking the Fight to Foreclosed Houses Unleash More Police Violence? Some worry that camping on private property may invite more extreme police attacks. November 23, 2011  |   AlterNet / By Tana Ganeva A couple of days after the Occupy Portland encampment was busted up by police, 15 occupiers took over a vacant, foreclosed home owned by More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=otipWxAtmV8&w=420&h=315]  Uploaded by UpTakeVideo on Nov 22, 2011 In early November, Occupy MN and a host of Twin Cities activist organizations began occupying Monique White?s foreclosed home in North Minneapolis. The public relations department at U.S. Bank, which now owns the house, reached out to the activists to hear their concerns. That emboldened Occupy MN, which this More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N1x_UPdFDLY&w=560&h=315] November 19th, 2011: Occupy Minneapolis encountered a bit more resistance from the authorities on day one of #Operation Occupy Southside than expected. Following two arrests and an incident in which a police officer tried to run down an occupier with a squad car, Occupy Minneapolis formed a human chain around Sa'ra Kaiser's foreclosed More
On Courage and Wisdom Address to Occupy Minnesota Protesters and Allies, November 13, 2011 David Harris, Veterans for Peace  The mostly young people who have been here day and night at Hennepin Plaza have already been tested by cold and hunger and dirt for several weeks and you, like those first rebels on Wall Street More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u-qGrCq_7C8&w=560&h=315] You can tell OccupyMN is serious about staying around through the winter months. Tonight they brought in arctic explorer Ann Bancroft to teach a winter survival course at The People's Plaza (also known as the Hennepin County Government Center). Bancroft is the only woman to sky to both the North and the South More
November 17, 2011 Suzan and I leafletted Nicollet with a Xerox of the front page of the WAMM newsletter, the article about the prison industrial complex. (We added the note that the article was continued on worldwidewamm.org).  The highest percentage of people ever took the flyer — a lot of the corporate types were inside — people More
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[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d_ntu0wzdcc&w=560&h=315] OccupyMN organizers are working to get around a new Hennepin County policy aimed at pushing the group out of the plaza they have been occupying for more than a month. County Commissioners passed a new "procedure" to prevent "camping" on the plaza. "We are not camping" reads the sign around the neck of More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCTWa-m3xLE&w=560&h=315] Chalk up a victory for free speech at The People's Plaza (also known as the Hennepin County Government Center). OccupyMN's protest signs are back and Hennepin County workers have relented in their attempts to take them down. Overnight, County workers had taken taken down OccupyMN's signs and moved the encampment's tables, food and More
OccupyMN> State ACLU warns Hennepin County it may sue over new restrictions on protesters Posted by: Randy Furst under People and neighborhoods, Politics and government, Public safety  Star Tribune Updated: November 3, 2011 – 4:38 PM Note:  for a copy of the letter, see The Uptake article below. The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota urged Hennepin County More
