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NY Protesters to Target Millionaires' Homes

Rupert Murdoch, David Koch on list

(Newser) - No wonder the super rich are freaked out about the Occupy Wall Street movement. Now protesters are planning to target millionaires' homes for demonstrations. They plan to head this afternoon in a "Millionaires March" to the tony Manhattan digs of Rupert Murdoch, JP Morgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon, financier...

Wall St. Protesters Harass Geraldo Rivera

But they didn't chase him off, Fox insists

(Newser) - Fox News host Geraldo Rivera found the crowd pretty hostile to his network when he attempted to report on the Occupy Wall Street movement from New York City's Zucotti Park. Hecklers chanted "Fox News lies" as Rivera conducted interviews and: "Na Na Na Na, Hey Hey Hey,...

Bloomberg: 'Occupiers' Can Stay Indefinitely

'People want to express themselves': mayor

(Newser) - Turns out our huddled masses can breathe free as long as they want to. New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said today that "Occupy Wall Street" protesters can continue to use Zuccotti Park as home base indefinitely, reports Politico via the Wall Street Journal . The park is just a few...

Paul Krugman: Why Occupy Wall Street Protests Have Super-Rich Freaking Out
Krugman: Why Occupy Has Super-Rich Freaking Out
OPINION
Oct 10, 2011 1:57 PM CDT

Krugman: Why Occupy Has Super-Rich Freaking Out

'Plutocrats' realize their position is 'morally indefensible': Paul Krugman

(Newser) - As the Occupy Wall Street protests gain traction, we're seeing a vicious backlash from the nation's "plutocrats" and the politicians and pundits who back them up, writes Paul Krugman in the New York Times . Eric Cantor has decried the "mobs," which CNBC says are "...

Ben & Jerry's Backs Occupy Wall Street

Technically, that means the movement has corporate support

(Newser) - First the Marines came to support Occupy Wall Street, then the labor unions . Next up: corporations? Ben & Jerry’s has posted a statement of support on its website —and though you may think of it as a hippie-flavored ice cream company, it’s actually a subsidiary of the...

Protesters Force Closure of Air & Space Museum

Egypt activist address protester in New York City

(Newser) - About 200 anti-war protesters forced the closing of the Air and Space Museum yesterday afternoon, after clashing with the museum's guards at the building's entrance, reports the Washington Post . October 2011, a group opposed to US involvement in Afghanistan and allied with Occupy DC, was demonstrating against the...

How Homemade Pics Boosted 'Occupy Wall St'

People are revealing their economic misery on Tumblr blog

(Newser) - Suffering in this recession? A photo of you with a short description of your problems can be posted online—and might just inspire people to take action. So figured a New York activist who devised the Tumblr blog, "We Are the 99 Percent," to promote the first Occupy...

Occupy Wall Street Might Be &#39;Turning Point&#39;
 Occupy Wall Street 
 Might Be 'Turning Point' 
paul krugman
Oct 7, 2011 11:24 AM CDT

Occupy Wall Street Might Be 'Turning Point'

Bankers deserve this anger: Paul Krugman

(Newser) - Paul Krugman today gets squarely behind Occupy Wall Street, which "is starting to look like an important event that might even eventually be seen as a turning point," he writes in the New York Times . Wall Street's bankers deserve the anger being directed their way, and the...

Michael Daly: Jail Bankers, Not Occupy Wall Street Protesters


 Bust Bankers, 
 Not Protesters 
OPINION
Oct 7, 2011 9:57 AM CDT

Bust Bankers, Not Protesters

Wall Street occupiers jailed when bankers are the real criminals: Michael Daly

(Newser) - The big banks’ financial maneuvers brought our economy to the brink of collapse, but you don’t see any bankers behind bars. Instead, it’s the Occupy Wall Street protesters who are getting arrested—for such heinous crimes as stopping traffic, writes Michael Daly in the Daily Beast . Goldman Sachs...

Occupy Protests— and Arrests— Go National

Movement gaining momentum, organizers say

(Newser) - The "Occupy" movement has spread a lot further than Wall Street—as have the arrests. Protests inspired by the ongoing anti-big business demonstrations in New York took place in cities across the US yesterday, including Los Angeles, Portland, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Houston, and Washington, DC, and organizers say this...

Occupy Wall Street: Mob or Movement?
 Occupy Wall Street: 
 Mob or Movement? 
opinions
Oct 6, 2011 1:55 PM CDT

Occupy Wall Street: Mob or Movement?

Two columnists have different takes on what's going on

(Newser) - If Occupy Wall Street is indeed at a tipping point , will it tip into obscurity or be a genuine political force? Two views today:
  • 'Losers': Ann Coulter says this is no political movement, it's merely a "mob" of "directionless losers" spouting "random liberal cliches lacking
...

Cops Beat, Mace Protesters at Occupy Wall Street Rally

Largest rally yet sees thousands converge on lower Manhattan, 28 arrested

(Newser) - The Occupy Wall Street movement staged its biggest demonstration yet yesterday, with thousands marching from lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to Foley Square near City Hall. Their ranks were bolstered by students, workers, and members of more than 30 unions, DNAinfo reports. But the night also saw things get ugly...

Occupy Wall Street Stages Big NYC Rally

This time, union members add to the crowds

(Newser) - The protesters of Occupy Wall Street have begun what could be their biggest rally yet in New York City, their ranks swelled by union members and others who weren't part of the original group camping out at Zuccotti Park, reports AP . Click for more updates . Ezra Klein at the...

Herman Cain to Protesters: If 'You're Not Rich, Blame Yourself'

It's not Wall Street's fault, he says in interview

(Newser) - Mitt Romney may think Occupy Wall Street is dangerous "class warfare," but Herman Cain's criticism of the protesters gets personal: "Don’t blame Wall Street, don’t blame the big banks, if you don’t have a job and you’re not rich, blame yourself,"...

Mitt Romney: Occupy Wall Street Is Class Warfare


 Romney Calls 
 Occupy Wall Street 
 'Class Warfare' 
'OCCUPY' ROUNDUP
Oct 5, 2011 9:08 AM CDT

Romney Calls Occupy Wall Street 'Class Warfare'

And other tales from the front...

(Newser) - Occupy Wall Street protesters are unlikely to find a friend in Mitt Romney. While speaking to a retirement community in Florida last night, the presidential candidate responded to a question about the anti-Wall Street protests with a brief but decidedly unsupportive comment, as reported by the National Journal : "I...

Anonymous Threatens to 'Erase' NY Stock Exchange

But threat is a hoax, separate Anonymous faction claims

(Newser) - Is Anonymous planning an attack on the New York Stock Exchange? A video supposedly from the hacking collective threatens to "erase" the NYSE next Monday, CNBC reports. "NYSE shall be erased from the Internet. On October 10, expect a day that will never, ever be forgotten," warns...

'Occupy Maine' Protesters Make Art to Appease Police

Protest signs count as art, right?

(Newser) - The Portland, Maine, wing of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement had to get creative to keep their protest legal—literally. On Sunday, police told the would-be occupiers that they didn’t have a permit to erect a tent in Portland’s Monument Square, but the next day police came...

Labor Unions Get Behind Occupy Wall Street

Union support could bring movement into the mainstream

(Newser) - First they got support from the Marines , and now labor unions are coming to back up the Occupy Wall Street protesters. A transport workers union went to court to stop the NYPD from commandeering city buses for use in transporting arrested protesters. A healthcare workers union is sending food and...

'Occupy' Protesters to Dress as Zombies

...that eat Monopoly money instead of brains

(Newser) - Halloween is coming early for the Occupy Wall Street protesters. In what can only be described as a brilliant move that will help them be taken seriously, organizers are urging protesters to dress up like corporate zombies and eat Monopoly money, so that Wall Street denizens can “see us...

Marines Head to Wall Street—to Protect Protesters

Veteran issues call to pals to shield demonstrators

(Newser) - NYPD cops better watch it when they get tough with Occupy Wall Street protesters from now on, because the Marines are coming—to help protect the demonstrators. "I'm heading up there tonight in my dress blues," announced a Marine veteran in a message reposted by another anti-war...

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