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First we take Manhattan …
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… Do you remember this song by Leonard Cohen (lyrics, video). And indeed New York could have some signalling effect for the rest of the world. Yesterday the rallies swept the globe: in 951 cities and 82 countries people voiced discontent with the economy. Saturday, October 15, 2011: We started […]
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Surveillance is another big issue at Occupy Wall Street
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When you see this watchtower right next to Liberty Square … … and then read these lines on JP Morgan’s website …“Beginning in 2010, JPMorgan Chase donated technology, time and resources valued at $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation, including 1,000 new patrol car laptops. The gift […]
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The link between politics and economy …
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… explained by Lawrence Lessig, Professor of Law at Harvard Law School and founder of rootstrikers and changecongress.org. He compares OWS to the citizen uprising in Wisconsin and says that the occupy Wall Street movement might unify left and right against the corrupt influence of corporate money on politics.
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Seamless cooperation between offline and online world?
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In this building facing Liberty Square probably more people are working than there were protestors down at the Square on Friday morning when the cleanup was postponed.
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Cleanup of Liberty Park
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Friday morning, Oct. 13, 7 am: Over 3,000 people gathered at Liberty Plaza in the pre-dawn hours this morning to defend the peaceful Occupation near Wall Street. The crowd cheered at the news that multinational real estate firm Brookfield Properties will postpone its so-called “cleanup” of the park and that […]
