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Tens of Thousands Flood the Streets of Global Financial Centers, Capitol Cities and Small Towns to “Occupy Together” Against Wall Street Mid-Town Manhattan Jammed as Marches Converge in Times Square. New York, NY — After triumphing in a standoff with the city over the continued protest of Wall Street at Liberty Square in Manhattan’s financial district,...
On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people to flood into lower Manhattan, set up tents, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months. Once there, we shall incessantly repeat one simple demand in a plurality of voices and we will not leave until that demand has been met. Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland,...
It took hundreds of thousands of protesters (even through pounding rain and the sweltering heat) and a single man who fasted for approximately 288 hours (12 days) to finally force lawmakers in India’s Parliament to agree on the demands put forth by anti-corruption campaigners. Celebrations rocked sites of the protests where police had launched tear gas and other repellents...
The website of BART’s (Bay Area Rapid Station) Police Officer’s Association (http://www.BARTpoa.com) has been the subject of a cyber attack (not claimed by Anonymous) leading to the shutdown of the website (pictured) and leading to the leak of the personal information (e-mails, names and addresses) of more than 100 members. Besides the attack on BARTpoa.com,...
San Francisco-based Anons are urging anyone interested to participate in rescheduled, peaceful protests to take place at 5:00 P.M. (local time) on Monday at the Civic Center Bay Area Rapid Station (BART). Anons and many other groups are angered over the fact that BART authorities actually turned off its cell service in a “totalitarian display” to prevent planned...
British authorities stated that they have arrested a male, 19 year old Briton accused of being “Topiary”, the anonymous spokesperson of “hacktivist” group LulzSec and other groups. British police say that prior to the arrest, the Metropolitan Police Service first gathered information and planned out the arrest. Police say that the arrested individual...