Sit-In and Arrests in Support of Mortgage Fraud Investigation

Concerned citizens deliver a letter to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on May 4 demanding that he hold a public hearing regarding the federal bank fraud investigation he co-chairs. Arrests are made. FtheBanks.org (http://FtheBanks NULL.org)

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May Day 2012 Immigrant Worker Justice Throwdown

Occupy Wall Street’s Immigrant Worker Justice Tour takes hundreds of protesters (and a brass band) through midtown Manhattan, calling out companies and bosses at several sites where immigrant workers’ rights are threatened. When some of the demonstrators take to the street, riot police arrive. But members of the OWS Immigrant Worker Justice Working Group marshall [...]

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AMAZING! May Day 2012 – March on Wall Street

Labor, Immigrants, Community Organizations and Occupy Wall Street unite for a historic May Day in New York City. Featuring George Martinez of Occupy Wall Street/ Occupy the Hood.

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The “People’s Gong” Counters Wall Street’s Closing Bell

April 13, NYC: Occupy Wall Street gathers on the steps of Federal Hall to counter the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange with “the People’s Gong.” Police make several arrests and attempt to prevent media from documenting them.

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Occupiers Set Up Living Room in Bank of America Lobby

A crew of occupiers makes a home of a Bank of America lobby with a couch, a coffee table, a rug and a potted plant. “Bank of America took our homes so we though we’d move in here!” Join them March 15 as America turns the tables on the nation’s largest bank! facebook.com/fightbankofamerica fthebanks.org/

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Matt Taibbi on Bank of America

On February 29 in Bryant Park, journalist Matt Taibbi talks to Occupy Wall Street activists about Bank of America and the mortgage crisis.

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Occupy The Courts – A Conversation with Lawrence Lessig and Chris Hedges

On January 20th, occupiers across the country rallied together in protest against the insidious influence of the corporations over the judiciary. Shortly before the rally in Foley Square, New York City, Lawrence Lessig and Chris Hedges met in front of Occupy TVNY’s cameras to discuss their vision of change.

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Crosby & Nash at Liberty Plaza

November 8th 2011: David Crosby and Graham Nash visited Occupy Wall Street at Liberty Square and performed a set of music for the residents. After the performance they were kind enough to meet with the OWS media team and share their thoughts about the Square and their passion for what Occupy Wall Street means to [...]

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No Pipeline Bike Ride

May 12, 2012: Cyclists take to the streets to educate the public about a proposed 16-mile fracked gas pipeline from New Jersey to New York. The pipeline would go through New York City’s West Village, right under the High Line park. Top 10 reasons why Spectra Energy’s proposed pipeline is a terrible idea: It’s a [...]

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Sit-In and Arrests in Support of Mortgage Fraud Investigation

Concerned citizens deliver a letter to New York State Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on May 4 demanding that he hold a public hearing regarding the federal bank fraud investigation he co-chairs. Arrests are made. FtheBanks.org (http://FtheBanks NULL.org)

May Day 2012 Immigrant Worker Justice Throwdown

May Day 2012 Immigrant Worker Justice Throwdown

Occupy Wall Street’s Immigrant Worker Justice Tour takes hundreds of protesters (and a brass band) through midtown Manhattan, calling out companies and bosses at several sites where immigrant workers’ rights are threatened. When some of the demonstrators take to the street, riot police arrive. But members of the OWS Immigrant Worker Justice Working Group marshall [...]

AMAZING! May Day 2012 – March on Wall Street

AMAZING! May Day 2012 – March on Wall Street

Labor, Immigrants, Community Organizations and Occupy Wall Street unite for a historic May Day in New York City. Featuring George Martinez of Occupy Wall Street/ Occupy the Hood.

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May Day 2012 Labor Speaks Out

May 1, 2012: After tens of thousands march from Union Square to Wall Street, filling twenty five blocks of the city with people, representatives of unions, immigrant rights groups and the occupy wall street movement address a jubilant crowd. “For all the people who thought we fell asleep this winter, loud and clear, once and [...]

How to End the May Day March?

How to End the May Day March?

May Day 2012: After the speeches, a representative of the Transit Workers Union disagrees with a member of Occupy Wall Street over how to wrap up the night.

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The “People’s Gong” Counters Wall Street’s Closing Bell

April 13, NYC: Occupy Wall Street gathers on the steps of Federal Hall to counter the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange with “the People’s Gong.” Police make several arrests and attempt to prevent media from documenting them.

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NYPD’s Nightly Eviction of Occupy Union Square

NYC, March 22: Night Four of the Occupation of Union Square. As has become a nightly ritual, NYPD closes the park at midnight with a show of brutal force, barricading off the steps, and in an echo of the eviction of Zucotti Park, use as a rationale a cleansing of the park sanitation workers testify [...]

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March Against Police Brutality

NYC, March 24: Occupy Wall Street stages a protest against the suppression of the movement, and of police brutality, surveillance and infiltration. Demand are made for the resignation of Police Commissioner Ray Kelley and justice for slain teenager Trayvon Martin. 600 people rally in Zuccotti Park and march to Union Square, at times taking the [...]

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Occupy Union Square Resists NYPD Intimidation

Early on the morning of March 21, the third night of Occupy Union Square and the first day of spring, the 99% push back against NYPD aggression and hold their ground against an illegal midnight closing of the park.