BY Mike Gold | Milwaukee | 11/17/11
Protesters in Milwaukee occupied a bridge here, Nov. 17, as similar actions took place across the country. Roughly 200 people gathered in Carver Park in a working-class Milwaukee neighborhood, then marched to the Highway 43 bridge, where they met with about 100 other protesters intent on civil disobedience.
BY Tom Burke | Grand Rapids, MI | 11/17/11
Chanting “Condi lied, people died!” 40 people with Occupy Grand Rapids protested outside Devos Place, Nov. 16. Inside, Condoleezza Rice, former Secretary of State under the Bush administration, spoke at a $100 per plate Republican Party fund raising dinner.
BY Kosta Harlan | Durham, NC | 11/16/11
40 people marched here, Nov. 12, from Occupy Durham's rallying place in downtown Durham to a Wells Fargo branch two miles away, to protest big banks like Wells Fargo, Citibank, Bank of America and others.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 11/14/11
About 400 people rallied at People’s Plaza and marched through downtown Minneapolis on November 14 in defense of OccupyMN. After the march they returned to the plaza for a mass ‘sleep-in’ in defiance of Hennepin County’s new rules banning sleeping in the plaza.
BY staff | Minneapolis, MN | 11/11/11
About 150 gathered at People’s Plaza, the site of OccupyMN for a rally, Nov. 11, demanding “Money for human needs, not for war.”
BY Sarah Martin | Minneapolis, MN | 11/11/11
150 people chanted “Banks got bailed out, we got sold out!” Nov. 8, at a rally to begin an occupation in support of North Minneapolis home owner, Monique White. White, who lives at 3310 N 6th St, is facing imminent eviction from her foreclosed home.
BY Chance Zombor | Milwaukee, WI | 11/11/11
On Nov. 12 “Occupy the Hood” and “Decolonize the Hood / Descolonizar el Barrio” will march for Black & Brown Power! At 1:00 pm on Saturday, the South Side will rally on 27th Street and National Avenue, near M&I Bank, while the North Side rallies on 26th Street and Wisconsin Avenue, near US Bank.
BY Anti-War Committee | Minneapolis, MN | 11/09/11
Fight Back News Service is circulating the following statement from the Twin Cities-based Anti-War Committee on the threat by county officials to shut down OccupyMN.
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 11/08/11
More than 50 union activists, as well as OccupyMN participants and others, rallied outside the University of Minnesota’s McNamara Alumni Center on Nov. 8 to protest a speech by Wells Fargo CEO Jon Stumpf.
BY B.J. Murphy | Charlotte, NC | 11/08/11
An energetic crowd of almost 300 came together at Marshall Park in Charlotte, North Carolina, Nov. 5. Protesters marched to Bank of America and Wells Fargo, as Occupy Winston-Salem joined in solidarity with Occupy Charlotte in support of Bank Transfer Day.
Re: Milwaukee rally supports Palestine, says "Don't award apartheid!"
Way to go, Milwaukee Palestine Solidarity Coalition!!
Re: UPS Teamsters in Tampa Bay organize for ‘no’ vote on proposed contract
AND THE FAT CATS GET FATTER!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! VOTE NO!!!
You go UPS brother and sisters! Fight that "CORPORATE GREED!"
Re: The Obama Doctrine: Kill civilians to save them from ‘terrorism’
Amazing article on drone strikes.s
Re: Florida Governor Scott stops bill allowing driver’s licenses for undocumented immigrants
This is clearly a racist, anti-immigrant move. While other states are giving driver's...