Group to Call for ‘Robin Hood Tax’ at Protests Saturday

By: Reuters, CNBC.com An anti-capitalist group which sparked the Occupy Wall Street movement has called for global protests Saturday to demand that leaders of the Group of 20 (G20) nations impose a “Robin Hood tax” on financial transactions and currency trades. Canada-based Adbusters wants the Occupy Wall Street protest movement against economic inequality to take [...]

Meet the Guy Who Snitched on Occupy Wall Street to the FBI and NYPD

(GAWKER)   The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for a month. And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters’ moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert who gained access to one of the group’s internal mailing lists,and then handed over information on the group’s plans to authorities and [...]

Cindy Sheehan arrested at Wall Street protest in Sacramento

(Stephen Magagnini)   Anti-war mother Cindy Sheehan was arrested along with 18 other demonstrators at Cesar Chavez Park in Sacramento early Sunday, police said. Sheehan, 53, was booked into Sacramento County Jail at 3:15 a.m. for unlawful assembly in the park and failing to follow police orders to disburse, police said. Sheehan became famous after taking [...]

Libertarian Wall Street Protesters Demand End to the Fed

Washington’s Blog October 6, 2011 Libertarians Support Wall Street Protest to End the Fed Ron Paul says that the Wall Street protests are legitimate, and that they are really protesting against the Federal Reserve. One of the protest organizers tells me that a large proportion of the protesters are Ron Paul supporters. Most of them [...]

The political issues in the fight against Wall Street

ShareThis The political issues in the fight against Wall Street By Bill Van Auken 05 Oct 2011 The Occupy Wall Street protest, now in its third week, has struck a powerful chord throughout the US, with similar occupations developing in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles and other cities and towns across the country. The demonstrators and [...]

Internet shut off at Wall Street protest, part of the agenda?

Internet shut off at Wall Street protest

Several activists are reporting that internet signals and access are being blocked at the “Occupy Wall Street” protest in New York. This same tactic has recently been employed at Bay Area Rapid Transit protests on the opposite side of the continent in San Francisco to shut down cell phone service. See a trend? It is [...]