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Occupy Minneapolis interrupts Hennepin County Board meeting, demands end to attacks on People’s Plaza
BY Jess Sundin | Minneapolis, MN | 12/14/11
About a dozen people from Occupy MN/Minneapolis interrupted a Hennepin County Commissioners Board meeting Dec. 13, demanding an end to county attacks on the Occupy movement and the People's Plaza.
Hennepin County Commissioners, Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
Occupy Minneapolis re-claims People’s Plaza, celebrates 2-month occupation
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 12/12/11
About 100 supporters and participants of Occupy Minneapolis gathered at People’s Plaza here, Dec. 11.
Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
Occupy Minneapolis occupies home facing foreclosure so bank doesn’t kick family out
BY Brad Sigal | Minneapolis, MN | 12/09/11
On Dec. 6, a national day of action for occupying foreclosed homes, more than 100 people rallied here in front of Bobby Hull’s house at 3712 Columbus Avenue. They announced the start of an occupation of his home to prevent US Bank from kicking Hull and his family out of their home.
Bobby Hull, Eviction, Foreclosure, Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
Another raid on Occupy Minneapolis, struggle continues
BY Staff | Minneapolis, MN | 12/07/11
Supporters of Occupy Minneapolis rallied here Dec. 6 to protest this morning’s raid by Hennepin County Sherriff. They vowed to continue the struggle.
Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
Lawsuit filed by ACLU to protect Occupy Minneapolis
BY Staff | St. Paul, MN | 11/24/11
The American Civil Liberties Union of Minnesota filed a lawsuit against Hennepin County, Nov. 22 on behalf of Occupy Minneapolis. The lawsuit argues that the county’s new restrictions on the OccupyMPLS unconstitutionally restrict the demonstrators’ free speech rights.
ACLU, American Civil Liberites Union, civil liberties, Occupy Minneapolis, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
Protest demanding jobs shuts down major Minneapolis bridge, 11 arrested
BY Mick Kelly | Minneapolis, MN | 11/18/11
About 800 people blocked a major bridge here, Nov. 17 in a march demanding jobs. Police declared the protest to be an unlawful assembly and arrested 11 people who sat down in an act of civil disobedience.
Minnesotans for a Fair Economy, Occupy Minneapolis, OccupyMN, SEIU Healthcare Minnesota
Defying new restrictions, 400 rally to defend OccupyMN
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.
Hennepin County Commissioners, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN, Sheriff Stanek
Veterans Day anti-war protest at OccupyMN
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.”
Anti-War Committee, Committee to Stop FBI Repression, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN, Veterans Day, Veterans for Peace, Women Against Military Madness
Occupation to stop Minneapolis home foreclosure underway
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.
Foreclosures, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN
OccupyMN threatened by county government, sheriff
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.
Anti-War Committee, Occupy Wall Street, OccupyMN, Sheriff Stanek
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