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Occupy Pittsburgh Statement on 2012 NDAA

By: Anonymous
Publication Date: Fri, 01/13/2012 - 1:23pm
NOTE: this is a living document, subject to change.
Occupy Pittsburgh Statement on 2012 NDAA (passed at 1/12/2012 General Assembly)
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"The Politics of the Top 1 Percent" from the NYT

By: Carolyn.Speranza
Publication Date: Wed, 12/14/2011 - 4:23pm
There's no doubt that the Occupy Wall Street movement has focused news analysis on profiling the 1%ers as compared to the rest of us. A NYT's blog compares two studies on the The Politics of the Top 1 Percent.
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The Protester is TIME's Person of the Year

By: Carolyn.Speranza
Publication Date: Wed, 12/14/2011 - 4:11pm

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"We don't mean to brag, but we've been Occupying Wall Street for 227 years."- BNY Mellon

By: Carolyn.Speranza
Publication Date: Tue, 12/13/2011 - 1:09pm
"We don't mean to brag, but we've been Occupying Wall Street for 227 years."- BNY Mellon.

READ it here: http://gawker.com/5861387/trillion+dollar-bank-uses-occupy-wall-street-as-laff-line
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Occupiers Launch Week of Action on public radio

By: Carolyn.Speranza
Publication Date: Mon, 12/12/2011 - 11:12am
Excerpts from December 11 EPR 90.5 programming:
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"Occupy Pittsburgh Protesters Undaunted By Ultimatum" on KDKA

By: Carolyn.Speranza
Publication Date: Mon, 12/12/2011 - 11:03am
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“We believe we’re well within our rights to be on that land,” Cech added. “We’re protected by both our state and federal constitution’s right to peaceably assemble and petition our government. So, we don’t see Occupy Pittsburgh going anywhere anytime soon.”
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New Yorker Magazine: The origins and future of Occupy Wall Street

By: Carolyn.Speranza
Publication Date: Sun, 12/11/2011 - 10:42pm
Excerpts from The Origins and Future of Occupy Wall Street by Mattathias Schwartz
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'Occupy': Geoff Nunberg's 2011 Word Of The Year

By: Carolyn.Speranza
Publication Date: Sun, 12/11/2011 - 10:33pm
Excerpts from NPR: 'Occupy': Geoff Nunberg's 2011 Word Of The Year
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Signs posted by BNY Mellon give Occupy Pittsburgh two days to vacate

By: flyingmonkeyair
Publication Date: Sat, 12/10/2011 - 12:15am
The following text was posted on signs in the Occupy Pittsburgh camp today, Friday 9th December, 2011:


NOTICE
 
To Occupy Pittsburgh
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IVAW singer songwriter Ryan Harvey performs at Occupy Pittsburgh

By: flyingmonkeyair
Publication Date: Wed, 11/30/2011 - 11:20pm
Singer-songwriter Ryan Harvey came to perform at camp on November 30th, 2011. We livestreamed as much as we could until the batteries died in the cold! Enjoy!
 
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