Jill Stein Occupies Indiana

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Jill Stein will be out on the street today in protests against Indiana’s Right To Work legislation. No other presidential candidate will show up.

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Take Groundhog Day Seriously, As A Day Of Renewed Activism

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Punxsatawney Phil is a gimmick who stands at the mouth of a burrow that runs deep. The groundhog represents a re-emergence of life into a world that had been in darkness and death, a symbol of rebirth out of the womb of the Earth quite similar to, if more hairy than, Persephone.

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Irregular Times Donations to Charity:Water and the Reason Rally

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When we sell a made-in-the USA liberal shirt through Skreened, we give one dollar to an international relief charity and another dollar to a domestic political cause. Nope, no candidates. We’ve kind of learned our lesson there (thanks teaspoons, Barack). …

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Park Police to Evict Occupy DC in McPherson Sq and Freedom Plaza, Jan. 30 at Noon: Where to Watch it Live

On Monday January 30 2012 at Noon, the DC Park Police have declared they will evict occupiers in McPherson Square and Freedom Plaza. The offense of the two groups: persistent peaceable assembly and ongoing petition for redress of grievances. They …

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No One Looks Good After Oakland Move In Day Gets Violent

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The Occupy Oakland protesters lost my respect this weekend. They’re not thinking wisely about how to solve the nation’s problems. They’re not protesting with integrity. Instead, they look like a group that just wants attention for itself, and is willing to hurt other people in order to get it.

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Occupy Oakland Is Moving In

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At noon on Saturday, January 28, Occupy Oakland is going to hold a concert and rally in Oscar Grant Plaza. At 1:00 PM, the protesters will march to a large, vacant building and set up a new, 24-hour community center there.

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Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson Stand With Occupy The Courts Protest

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Mitt Romney won’t be at today’s Occupy The Courts protest. Ron Paul won’t be there. Barack Obama won’t be there. Two presidential candidates will be participating in the Occupy The Courts protest today, however. Their names are Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson.

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Occupy Syracuse Still Standing Without Tents

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The protesters at Occupy Syracuse are cold, very cold, but they are keeping on with the protest. “We are not going to leave this spot,” they’re saying. “The camp is still here. It just doesn’t have tents. It just doesn’t have structures.”

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Jill Stein and Rocky Anderson Take Different Approaches To Opposing SOPA

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Jill Stein posted a short, stark graphic against the Stop Online Piracy Act. Rocky Anderson wrote a long essay against SOPA. Which tactic do you think was more effective?

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Knefel’s Occupy Congress Photo: Congress and the People, Separated

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The People, kept out of the Congress, separated by law. Photo credit: John Knefel, January 17 2012

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It’s Occupy Congress Media Coverage Noun Substitution Time

Reuters reports on Occupy Congress: After a morning rally on the Capitol’s West Lawn, protesters who had come from as far as Nevada and San Diego attempted to enter the Capitol and congressional office buildings. Let’s change one plural noun …

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Occupy The Igloo

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The Occupy Igloo activism has already started in Davos, Switzerland. There’s not only an igloo to house the Occupy protest, but a snow podium too, for frigid press conferences.

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Mayor Tries To Smash Occupy Syracuse

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Mayor Stephanie Miner has given Occupy Syracuse 24 hours to stop its protest. Members of Occupy Syracuse are asking for your help as they face this eviction deadline tomorrow morning.

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Talk about J16 Occupy the Dream and J17 Occupy Congress Grows in Decentralized Grassroots Fashion

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… while Americans Elect twitter talk apparently jumps the shark, dominated.

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Starting January 17, will Occupy Congress be Something More than a One Day Protest?

Did you think the Occupy movement had gone away? Think again. Occupy Congress, Meeting with Members of Congress, Warily Tuesday January 17 is the day when Occupy Congress takes the Capitol Grounds and protesters assembling from around the country begin …

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Over One Thousand Protest Imprisonment Without Trial and Torture

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The protesters in DC didn’t know what the prisoners in Guantanamo Bay might be guilty of, but then, that’s the point. In the system of law that the United States of America has known, there is a presumption of innocence. Guilt can only be constitutionally determined through due process of law, including protection from self-incrimination and a fair trial.

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5 January Days of Occupy-Related Action, 5 Activist Networks aTwitter. How Active? How Connected?

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After the social movement boom of the Occupy movement in the fall of 2011, followed by a police crackdown with thousands of arrests, there is motion afoot to pump new energy into the progressive movement by gathering activists together in …

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Occupy Wall Street Protests Against The NDAA

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Today, Occupy Wall Street took part in nationwide protests against the National Defense Authorization Act, a new law that allows the federal government to grab people within U.S. borders, and imprison them for as long as it wants, regardless of whether they are American citizens or not, without criminal charge or trial.

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