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"Occupy" Movement Won't Go Away

Jim Bell — Mon, 13 Feb 2012 16:24:28 +0000

With apologies to Mark Twain, it appears that reports of the demise of the "Occupy Wall Street" movement might be a bit premature. "Occupy" was on life support and close to flat-lining just a few weeks ago, but it's now reported that "Occupy" organizers are regrouping and planning new offensives.

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Magazine Calls Occupiers to Recreate 1968 Chicago

Jim Bell — Mon, 30 Jan 2012 14:32:54 +0000

Adbusters, the radical, the Vancouver-based anti-consumerist magazine credited by many media outlets for launching the Occupy Wall Street protests, is calling for 50,000 protestors to “Occupy” the G8 summit in Chicago in May.

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Ousting Occupy Wall Street Protesters From Zuccotti Park Was a Good Thing — Survey of the Day

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 21:31:06 +0000

New York police removed Occupy Wall Street protesters from their Zucotti Park in an early morning raid this week, and it seems the majority of everybody else couldn’t be happier. According to a telephone survey of 1,170 Americans from Poll Position, 54 percent of Americans agreed with New York’s decision to oust the protesters, who’ve been based in the park for the last two months.

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Awkward! Michele Bachmann Heckled by Occupy Wall Street Protesters [VIDEO]

Don Deane — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 16:01:54 +0000

Republican presidential candidate Michele Bachmann didn’t exactly get a warm welcome as she delivered a foreign policy speech in South Carolina last week. In fact, she was heckled off the stage by the loud protests of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators.

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