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Google News: NYPD Disrupts 'Sleepful Protest'
[In These Times] - As Rebecca Burns reported last week, demonstrators adopted the new tactic after the short-lived Union Square encampment's demolition. It is not clear why authorities suddenly reversed their posture towards the "sleepful protest" or deemed the
Google News: Occupy SF Evicted from Vacant Building, But Members Say Occupations Will Spread
[In These Times] - By Rebecca Burns An Occupy protester hangs signs on the gate of a foreclosed home that protestors re-occupied on December 6, in Oakland. Though demonstrators in the Bay Area have been moving families into vacant homes, attempts to occupy vacant
Google News: West Allis, Wisconsin Joins Call for Overturn of Citizens United
[In These Times] - By Rebecca Burns The conservative Milwaukee suburb of West Allis, Wisconsin yesterday became the most recent community to endorse a challenge to corporate personhood. Republican Party primary voters in West Allis approved by 70% a resolution calling
Google News: UK Commission on Riots Points to Poor Parenting Instead of Police Violence
[In These Times] - By Rebecca Burns British riot police arrive after a number of cars are set alight in Hackney, north London on August 8, (Photo by Leon Neal/AFP/Getty Images) The Riots, Communities and Victims Panel released its final report yesterday
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