Top Secret America> The Rise of the New American Security State A decade of terrorism warnings about possible attacks in the United States has convinced us that we have much to fear. October 30, 2011 | AlterNet The following is an excerpt from Top Secret America: The Rise of the New American Security State By Dana Priest More
Occupy Wall Street: NYPD attempt media blackout at Zuccotti Park Journalists report aggressive treatment as media blocked from protest camp during surprise police raid Dominic Rushe in New York guardian.co.uk, Tuesday 15 November 2011 11.25 EST Zuccotti Park after a police raid early Tuesday morning. Photograph: MANTEL/SIPA / Rex Features New York police attempted to More
Corporate bosses worry that citizens will reclaim their rights during Occupy protests, says an arrested activist. Yes, We Have a Permit to Occupy Police raids and violence against activists Oakland Protesters Shut Down Port, Clash With Police Naomi Wolf, OPEdNews.com Submitted by David Culver Police fired rubber bullets into a crowd of protesters associated with the More
Me and OFAC and Ahmed the Egyptian One Citizen’s Misadventure in Securityland By Ann Jones November 3, 2011 TomDispatch Where did I go wrong? Was it playing percussion with an Occupy Wall Street band in Times Square when I was inNew York recently? Or was it when I returned to my peaceful new More
Veteran Scott Olsen Could Be The First Person To Die At A Wall Street Protest Linette Lopez and Robert Johnson | Oct. 26, 2011, 5:50 PM Business Insider Scott Olsen survived two tours of Iraq, but his life could be over after being critically injured by a police projectile at Occupy Oakland, The Guardian reports. More
New York’s Mayor Bloomberg says to expect more OWS arrests By Muriel Kane Friday, October 21, 2011 The Raw Story New York City Major Mike Bloomberg suggested on Friday that he feels he’s been going too easy on the Occupy Wall Street protesters and that more arrests may lie in their future. During his More
Declaration of Principle on the Occupation of Wall Street in New York City As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that More
Mass Arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge> Is This What Democracy Looks Like? by Nathan Schneider Published October 1, 2011 Nation of Change This was the second major Saturday march halted by a mass arrest, largely on account of obstructing traffic. News is by now getting around that today there were mass arrests of More
Tomgram: Peter Van Buren, WikiLeaked at the State Department Posted by Peter Van Buren at 9:37am, September 27, 2011 TomDispatch It’s hardly a secret at this late date that, while the Obama administration arrived in office promoting “a new standard of openness” in government, in practice it’s cast not sunshine, but a penumbra of gloom over the More
Police carry away a protester, one of scores who have been forcefully arrested at the non-violent Occupy Wall Street protest, 09/24/11. (photo: Tina Fineberg/AP) Journalistic "Objectivity" Sours Wall Street Reporting By Michael Tracey 26 September 11 ReaderSupportedNews.org Brian Stelter and the pathology of objectivity. Last night, the New York Times' Brian Stelter tweeted about the Occupy Wall Street protests, which More
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=buKR5FHCyCE&w=560&h=315] Occupy Wall Street Protest Enters Second Week Uploaded by democracynow on Sep 26, 2011 www. DemocracyNow.org - It is day 10 of the "Occupy Wall Street" campaign. On Saturday, more than 80 protesters were arrested as hundreds took part in yet another march to Wall Street. Many of them were committing civil disobedience by walking in More
Occupy Wall Street: Day 9 - 200+ Arrested - MSM Finally Wake-up By Chaz Valenza (about the author) LINK: Don't Stop - 13 Things You Can Do to Support OWS NOW! Yesterday between 121 and 200 protesters were arrested when a peaceful march of approximately 2,000 headed to Union Square to spread the word about their occupation More
