Occupy Wall Street Movement Spreads Around the World
Infoshop News (November 18, 2011) -- The Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City head into their second month while the Occupy movement spreads worldwide, with local groups now in over 1,000 cities. Local occupations continue to experience government harassment and violence. Last night, 20 people were arrested in Cincinnati and police attacked protesters in Melbourne, Australia. Local encampments, including those in Kansas City and Lawrence, appear to have fended off police attempts to remove camps. Other cities are experiencing petty harassment from the authorities.
While the movement continues to stick to its philosophy of being open to everyone and not adhering to specific demands, local groups are experiencing co-optation pressures from authoritarian groups such as the Democratic Party and various socialist groups. Democratic Party support groups such as Moveon.org have been using the protests to raise money for their organizations, actions that have been widely condemned by OWS protesters.
The media continues to give the movement extensive coverage, with even the conservative media being favorable at times. Corporate liberal media such as the Huffington Post jumped on the Occupy Wall Street bandwagon early on, but have cooled their heels as their connections to Wall Street have been highlighted by activists (as well as the boycott of HuffPost because of its treatment of writers). The movement has engenedered new media projects, including several newspapers in New York City.
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Breaking News
- Ann Arbor:
- Asheville:
- Atlanta: 8 Occupy Atlanta protesters arrested. Occupy Atlanta disrupts two Wells Fargo banks.
- Austin: Occupy Austin raided on Thursday night.
- Baltimore: 200 Occupy, union protesters rally on Howard St. bridge
- Boston: Occupy Boston shows solidarity with movement
- Chapel Hill:
- Charleston:
- Charlotte:
- Chicago: Die-In Commemorates Two Month Anniversary of Occupy Movement
- Cincinnati: Occupy encampment still going strong
- Cleveland:
- Columbia, Missouri:
- Columbus:
- Dallas:
- Denver:
- Des Moines:
- Detroit: Occupy Detroit supporters shut down 2nd Avenue bridge
- Durango: #OccupyDurango now holds our Weekly General Assembly every Saturday, rather than daily as we were at first.
- Houston: Occupy Houston protestors block downtown rush hour traffic; 12 arrested
- Indianapolis:
- Iowa City:
- Kansas City: "In Kansas City, Mo., OccupyKC protesters were planning a demonstration on a bridge over busy Interstate 70 at evening rush hour. But otherwise, the out-of-the way encampment on parkland across from the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City was as quiet as it's been since the protest started."
Occupation continues at Penn Valley Park. By the Liberty Memorial—between the Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas City and the I.O.U. Sculpture. General Assemblies are held every night @ 6:30pm. - Las Vegas:
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- New Orleans:
- New York City: Around 33,000 take part in protests during November 17th day of protest. Protesters re-occupy park and other public spaces. march across the Brooklyn Bridge. Police brutality and arrests. American Library Association condemns seizure and destruction of People's Library.
- North Carolina:
- Oakland: Oakland Mayor Admits U.S. Cities Coordinated Crackdown On Occupy Movement.
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- San Diego:
- San Francisco: Occupy SF probably won't be raided tonight.
- San Jose:
- Scranton:
- Seattle: Occupy Seattle marchers block traffic on University bridge
- Tampa:
- Tulsa: 1 citation, 35 TPD , 1 ambulance, 2 paddy wagons and we actually got in trouble tonight for not playing fair by getting off the grass to soon.
- Washington, DC:
Outside the U.S.
- Melbourne, Australia:
- Nova Scotia:
More news
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- Bloomberg Lied: Thousands Of OWS Library Books Missing, Feared Destroyed
Police attack - Occupy Denver 11/13/2011
Older news
- Tennessee Judge Halts Occupy Nashville Arrests
- Democracy Now: Move Your Money: Campaign Grows to Divest from "Too Big to Fail" Banks to Local Banks, Credit Unions
- Occupy Oakland: GENERAL STRIKE & MASS DAY OF ACTION – NOVEMBER 2
- Oakland: Occupy Oakland General Assembly Calls For Occupying Foreclosed And Abandoned Properties
- Tomorrow, a General Strike in Oakland
- Volatile Oakland faces general strike on Wednesday
- Occupy movement accepts modest help from the left
- Some Cities Are Particularly Suited to Occupy Movement
- Occupy Nashville plans for the future
- Poll: More agree than disagree with Occupy Wall Street goals
- Wall Street Firms Spy on Protesters in Tax-Funded Center
- Website of the Day: Outside the Circle
- Democracy Now: Freed U.S. Hikers Speak at Occupy Oakland, Express Support for California Prisoners on Hunger Strike
- The Ad Men Behind Occupy George, Occupy Wall Street Infographics Printed On Dollar Bills
- A Guide To The Smear Campaign Against Occupy Wall Street
- Amy Goodman: The Arc of the Moral Universe, From Memphis to Wall Street
- Mother Jones: How Occupy Wall Street Really Got Started
- Democracy Now: Global Day of Rage: Hundreds of Thousands March Against Inequity, Big Banks, as Occupy Movement Grows
- Occupy Protests’ Seismic Effect
- Democracy Now: Times Square Taken Over as Occupy Wall Street Enters Second Month, Hundreds Arrested Across Country
- Democracy Now: Danny Glover, Cornel West Speak Out at Occupy Protests as MLK Memorial is Dedicated in D.C.
- Day of 'Global Revolution' comes to London as thousands of demonstrators take over the City
- Wall Street’s Second Occupation: The Police Move In
- A Movement Too Big to Fail
- Occupy Wall Street Organizer: Protest Expands Despite Police Effort to "Silence" Demonstrators
- Hip-Hop Artist Immortal Technique: No More Free Passes for Our Government
- Iraq Veterans at Occupy Wall Street Decry Financial Crisis Soldiers Face Returning Home
- Iraqi-American Musician Stephan Said Performs at Occupy Wall Street
- Indigenous Groups at Occupy Wall Street Mark Columbus Day as Day of Mourning
- Jeff Sharlet: Occupy Wall Street Shows an "Incredible Display of Political Imagination"
- With a Kitchen, Library, Medical Area, a Community Emerges at Wall Street Encampment
- The Mayor and The Police Are Not Our Friends: A Letter to Occupy Philly
- Panic of the Plutocrats
- The class warfare the rich don't understand
- Occupy Wall Street Spreads: 32 Arrested in Iowa; Right-Wing Editor Infiltrates D.C. Anti-Drone Protest
- Sex and drugs on tap, who says it's not a political partaaay? Occupy Wall Street protesters make love as well as class war
- Occupy Wall Street Emerges as "First Populist Movement" on the Left Since the 1930s
- 'Occupy Wall St.' movement heads to North Carolina Capital
- NYC - Alternative Media: A Protest’s Ink-Stained Fingers
- Occupy Seattle Protesters Sit Down In The Middle Of Busy Down Town Street
- Chinese pensioners join Occupy Wall Street protests
- EU 'indignants' camp out in Brussels park
- DC museum closed after protest; pepper spray used
- San Francisco police break up Occupy SF camp
- To Occupy And Unoccupy
- Mickey Z's Occupy Wall Street Photos from Friday
- Some Say Occupy Wall Street Protesters Aimless; Facts Say Otherwise
- Occupy Baltimore draws on issues of corporate greed, prisons to build coalition
- Bloomberg: 'Occupy Wall Street' Hurting NYC Economy
- Reverend Billy Occupies Wall Street
- Wall Street Couldn’t Have Done It Alone
- Lakotas Owe Aku Supporting Protesters in New York
- Democracy Now: Naomi Klein on Occupy Wall Street & Chilé: Courage to Ask Questions We Don’t Have Answers For
- Dawning realizations re Occupy Wall Street
- New York Police Department Threatens OWS Protesters With Violence
- Occupy Wall Street, Steve Jobs, and the Crazy Ones
- The revolution will be tweeted
- Naomi Klein: Occupy Wall Street: The Most Important Thing in the World Now
- Oakland: Night of the Barricades
- Beyond Barricades and Privilege: Reflections from the #OccupyWallStreet Community/Labor March
- 700 Arrested on Brooklyn Bridge as Occupy Wall Street Enters Third Week, Protests Grows Nationwide
- Wall Street protesters dress as zombies entering 3rd week of campaign against corporate greed
- "They're Arresting Us One by One": 700 Thrown in Jail as Wall St. Protest Grows -- Labor Declares Support
- NOTE TO OCCUPY KANSAS CITY: NO UNITY WITH WHITE SUPREMACISTS AND NAZIS! DUH
- Mayor Bloomberg Claims ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protesters Are Targeting Bankers Who ‘Are Struggling To Make Ends Meet’
- As Wall Street protest enters 3rd week, movement gains steam nationwide
- Getting A Boost From Unions And Online Tools, Occupy Wall Street Protests Go Global
- Occupy Seattle protests against corporate America
- Inside Occupy Wall Street: A Tour of Activist Encampment at the Heart of Growing Protest
- Wall St. protesters shut down Brooklyn Bridge
- Wall Street Protest Starting to Look Like Egypt
- Wall Street protests spread to other cities
- Economic protesters gather at Los Angeles City Hall
- Occupy Wall Street protests grow amid Radiohead rumour
- NYC: Wall Street protesters march on police
- ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Protests Spread Across the Country
Previous Infoshop News Coverage
Protests on Saturday, October 15
- Barcelona: 350,000
- Berlin: 10,000
- Brussels: 6,500
- Cologne: 1,000
- Copenhagen: 3,000
- Dusseldorf, Germany: 2,400
- Frankfurt, Germany: 8,000
- Johannesburg: 500
- Lisbon: 20,000
- London: 5,000 - Day of 'Global Revolution' comes to London as thousands of demonstrators take over the City
- Lyon: 1,000
- Madrid: 500,000 at Puerta del Sol.
- Oporto, Portugal: 20,000
- Paris: 1,000
- Rome: 200,000 at Porta San Giovanni
- Santiago, Chile: 100,000
- Stockholm: 200
- Sydney: 1,000
- Taipei: 100
- The Hague: 700
- Valencia, Spain: 100,000
- Zagreb: 10,000
- Zaragoza, Spain: 40,000
