soupsoup: How Occupy Wall Street plans to try to shut down FiDi on Monday
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How Occupy Wall Street plans to try to shut down FiDi on Monday

icphoto:

Strike Anywhere, the 2012 Alumni exhibition on view at the ICP School from September 8 to November 25, 2012, presents the extraordinary rise of popular pro-democracy movements across the globe over the last 18 months, focusing specifically on events such as the Arab spring, the conflicts in Libya and Syria, and the Occupy Wall Street Movement. The movements represented in this exhibition have deployed a range of tactics, from civil disobedience to armed resistance. 

Join us tonight for the opening reception of the exhibition, beginning at 6 pm at the ICP School.

motherjones: Occupy Washington: Meet 10 House and Senate candidates for the 99 percent. (This dude with the hat is, sadly, not one of them.)
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motherjones:

Occupy Washington: Meet 10 House and Senate candidates for the 99 percent.

(This dude with the hat is, sadly, not one of them.)

Charges dropped for 14 #OWS defendants that demonstrated on the Brooklyn Bridge last October

So far, 174 of the 686 cases in which charges were brought have resulted in dismissals. The percentage of dismissals is higher among people who were issued summonses, in a process akin to receiving a traffic ticket, compared with those who were issued desk appearance tickets, which defense lawyers said typically involved fingerprinting and photographing the recipient.

In the instances in which summonses were issued, there have been 155 dismissals out of 438 cases. Of the remaining cases, 250 defendants agreed to conditional dismissals and 33 cases have not yet been resolved.

reuters: The statue of Civil War Major General James McPherson, adorned with a Guy Fawkes mask, is seen in McPherson Square in Washington January 31, 2012. [REUTERS/Gary Cameron] Read more: Bid to halt no-camping rule for DC protesters denied
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The statue of Civil War Major General James McPherson, adorned with a Guy Fawkes mask, is seen in McPherson Square in Washington January 31, 2012. [REUTERS/Gary Cameron]

Read more: Bid to halt no-camping rule for DC protesters denied

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sunfoundation: So You Want to Buy an Election? If you have a ton of cash and a political agenda, it’s easier than ever to make powerful friends and influence people. Here’s a handy how-to guide to the complex, cash-drenched world of federal campaign finance.
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sunfoundation:

So You Want to Buy an Election?

If you have a ton of cash and a political agenda, it’s easier than ever to make powerful friends and influence people. Here’s a handy how-to guide to the complex, cash-drenched world of federal campaign finance.

(via motherjones)

soupsoup:

“I’ve had a lot of proud moments in my life. A lot of proud moments in my career. But when I had those handcuffs on and was marched over there with the other protesters in solidarity, that was the proudest moment of my life” - Retired Philadelphia police captain Raymond Lewis

motherjones: MoJo photo editor Mark Murrmann was on location when Occupy SF took over a downtown Bank of America branch on Thursday. By which we mean, he was inside the bank. Check out the rest of his photos.
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MoJo photo editor Mark Murrmann was on location when Occupy SF took over a downtown Bank of America branch on Thursday. By which we mean, he was inside the bank. Check out the rest of his photos.

Who pays the big pensions for top-earning defense contractors? You do.

motherjones:

Under “corporate welfare” in the dictionary, see this:

A little loophole in most Pentagon contracts puts taxpayers on the hook for bailing out Lockheed, Raytheon, and other Beltway bandits when the stock market drains their pension funds.

Occupy the Pentagon, anyone?