Thursday, December 1, 2011

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.