#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS FROM THE OCCUPIED WALL STREET JOURNAL This week in Occupy, the Cruz family was rebuffed by PNC Bank, Rio + 20 was mic-checked and #occupied, Egyptians took to the streets to demand an election and occupiers nationwide saw convictions and dismissals stemming from last Fall’s raids and evictions. [...]
Direct Action Highlight: #MicCheckWallSt Money Drop
This Fourth of July #MicCheckWallSt, a Seattle based think tank, will declare independence from Citizens United—the Supreme Court ruling which declared money as speech, corporations as people, and effectively paved the way for unlimited corporate political influence through monetary contributions. How will #MicCheckWallSt make their message heard? By using the very tool that is silencing us all: money. On [...]
#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS FROM THE OCCUPIED WALL STREET JOURNAL This week in Occupy, Egypt and Greece held watershed elections, Jamie Dimon was mic-checked at a Senate hearing, thousands marched in New York against stop and frisk, some key occupations had no choice but to close up shop and the Occupy National [...]
How To Organize A Protest
Editor’s Note: This is a guest post submitted to us by Alyssa Vincent. As Occupy Together is rebuilding to help people plug into the movement and give them the tools and resources they need to become engaged, we thought this would be a great guest feature to highlight. The Occupy Wall Street movement is back [...]
Direct Action Highlight: Summer Disobedience School
I pledge disobedience to the power of Wall Street and the government of the 1 % one No, many Yeses Another World is Possible With Liberty and Justice for all! Summer Disobedience School kicked off in NYC on May 26 and classes will be in session until Graduation Day—also known as Black Monday—September 17, the anniversary of [...]
#Occupied: Reports from the Front Lines
YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS FROM THE OCCUPIED WALL STREET JOURNAL This week in Occupy, Scott Walker is sadly still Wisconsin’s governor, a judge ruled the indefinite detention provision of the NDAA to be unconstitutional, Occupy won major victories in New York and Seattle, Occupy Fresno became the longest-running encampment in the country [...]
May Have Missed It: RadiOWS
With all of the talent and ideas surrounding #occupy, there are new projects and collaborations emerging daily. These pop up so quickly it’s hard to keep up. In an effort to spread the word, make connections, and spark inspiration for others, Occupy Together will be highlighting a few of these projects in this new blog series. If [...]
#Occupied: Reports From the Front Lines
YOUR WEEKLY ROUNDUP OF OCCUPY MOVEMENT NEWS From The Occupied Wall Street Journal Occupy Denver staged a Canadian student solidarity march on June 1. Photo: lthnmsrtk This week in Occupy, the Cruz home at 4044 Cedar Avenue in South Minneapolis became a national flashpoint for the Movement, overthrown Egyptian former dictator Hosni Mubarak was sentenced [...]
Direct Action Highlight: Occupy National Gathering
The Occupy National Gathering is a nationally coordinated event which will take place from June 30th to July 4th in Philadelphia. The Occupy movement will convene the Occupy National Gathering in the vicinity of Philadelphia’s Independence Mall for a week of direct actions, movement building and the creation of a vision for a democratic future. The National [...]
Virtual Volunteers Needed!
Have you been looking for a way to get involved in the movement but you don’t live near an organizing city or are unable to physically join a general assembly? Volunteering your time online is a great way to contribute to the movement. There are many different groups that need your virtual help for a [...]