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
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
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
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
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JX9scgDJmME&w=560&h=315] Uploaded by UpTakeVideo on Oct 30, 2011 A few months ago, people marching against corporate greed might have been perceived as wasting their time. This weekend in downtown Minneapolis normally disinterested bystanders gave the protesters their enthusiastic backing. The message that "corporate greed is killing us" is resonating with average citizens as government statistics now show More
