Archive for December, 2011

#D17; OB eviction; Gar everywhere; Eurozone; odds and ends

(1) D17: Big protests in NYC and elsewhere to commemorate the third month of #OWS.  Click on the image above for info about NYC events; visit your local Occupy’s website for info about protests near you.  I know some places are having rallies in support of Bradley Manning whose birthday is tomorrow and who is ...Read more.

#OB Restraining Order Lifted; Alperovitz Videos, etc.

(Find more great Occupy art here.) (1) Restraining Order Protecting #OccupyBoston Lifted: The judge who had imposed a restraining order against the city of Boston and the Boston Police Department against evicting #OccupyBoston from Dewey Square has lifted that order.  An emergency General Assembly has been called for 7pm tonight.  Here’s a statement from the ...Read more.

The “Miami Model” and Bahrain; Europe; Walker

(1) Timoney and Bahrain: (Note today’s possibly irrelevant image–can’t remember where I downloaded it, but it was apparently found in a police van in lower Manhattan recently.) The other day I linked to an article from the Atlantic that gave a useful account of the recent history of police tactics with respect to large protests.  ...Read more.

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