MCR 12.26.11

A look at the legal heroes of the Occupy Movement - The National Lawyers Guild.

MCR 12.24.11

The Nation  posts 10 Things You Can Do To Sustain the Occupy Movement.

MCR 12.20.11

Anonymous takes down some Egyptian Government web sites.  Almost 1,000 Seattle High School students walk out in protest of more Education budget cut by asshole they aren't even old enough to vote out of office.  #702Vermont is still and Occupied Home.  #D17 actions in New York City include several religious leaders.

MCR 12.16.11

Occupy Anchorage needs a permit for their igloo and have to deal with a new city ordinance, no sitting or laying down on sidewalks.  Occupy Pensacola are also dealing with a new city ordinance, no camping in the city.  Tea Party should team up with Occupy?  Several articles this week make an interesting argument for this. Median income of US Senator - $2.63 million! Occupy 2.0 begins on 12.17.11!

MCR 12.13.11

West Coast Port Shutdown! #D12 - 8,000 people at General Assembly in Oakland - LiveStream operators and Citizen Journalists targeted for arrest - Drones patrolling the skies above Occupy Protests - Arrest Tents in Houston - WalMart truck blockade - Seattle protesters get gassed, again.

MCR 12.10.11

The Black Panther party was supplying over 10,000 breakfasts to kids every day at one point in out history.  What if we got half that number of people into foreclosed homes in just one day?

MCR 12.09.11

Occupy Hartford is evicted.  Brookfield Properties (owners of Liberty Square aka Zuccotti Park) still owes $139,000 in back taxes.  Occupy London's Bank of Ideas provides free office space to any community organization.  Cleveland City Council passes Resolution 1720-11 in support of Occupy Cleveland and the Occupy Movement as a whole.  Occupy Phoenix discusses the idea of staying non-violent.

MCR 12.07.11

Occupy Our Homes kicks off in at least 25 cities: NYC, Buffalo, Rochester, LA, Oakland, San Francisco, San Diego, San Jose, Petaluma, Sacramento, Paradise, Contra Costa, Lake Worth, Atlanta, Fayetteville, Dekalb, Chicago, Bloomington, Minneapolis, Cleveland, Denver, Detroit, Southgate, St. Louis, Portland and Seattle.  In other news, Occupy Santa Cruz and UC Santa Cruz students are in their 4th day of occupying an abandoned Welles Fargo building.  OccupyDC is host to a National General Assembly as authorities block off the Washington Monument.

MCR 12.05.11

The Occupy Movement heads into neighborhoods with #OccupyYourHomes on December 6th, with 25 cities planning solidarity action.  Oh, and the West Coast Ports are going to be shut down on December 12th.

MCR 12.03.11

A little bit on the origins of Occupy Wall Street.  Adbusters and the New York City General Assembly.

MCR 12.01.11

Meanwhile, Occupy LA and Occupy Philly are evicted in simultaneous late night raids.  Total Occupy arrests break the 5,000 mark.  Planned CUNY tuition hikes draw out hundreds of protesters.  #N30 general strike in London has estimated 2 million walk outs, 19,000 schools shut down, 6,000 operations cancelled, 135,000 civil servants strike and over 1,000 rallies and demonstrations planned for the day...but little to no coverage in the States.  #DinnerWithBarack sees protesters from Occupy Wall Street demonstrate outside a dinner fundraiser.  The Washington State Capital building remains occupied.

MCR 11.30.11

As record is pushed tonight, Occupy LA looks to be having an unavoidable run in with the LAPD...at least partially assisted by Twitter.  #OLA and #OccupyLA seem to be being delayed up to 45 minutes.  How coordinated is this?  Police are using Dodger Stadium as a staging point.

MCR 11.28.11

Occupy Thanksgiving: Occupy Wall Street and Occupy the Hood give out thousands of meals for free. WalMart gets occupied and Mic Checked in various cities around the country on Black Friday.  Creative Activism: Occupy George starts spreading the message on money.  OccupyLA and Occupy Philly face eviction and stand their ground, WITHOUT a violent confrontation with police.