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Thousands of Egyptian women marched in Cairo last night in protest of treatment of female demonstrators in Tahrir Square. Their chant was: “Drag me, strip me, my brothers’ blood will cover me! Where is the field marshal? The girls of Egypt are here.” (The reference to “Field Marshal” ist ot FM Mohamed Hussein Tantawi.) This [...]
Posts Tagged ‘Protest’
Top GOP Strategist: “Occupy Matters”
December 1st, 2011 
Greg Laden The Republican Governor’s Association met in Florida this week and featured pollster Frank Luntz, who … told attendees that he’s “scared of this anti-Wall Street effort. I’m frightened to death.” The pollster warned that the movement is “having an impact on what the American people think of capitalism.” Apparently, there are some interesting changes going [...]
Cops beat the crap out of innocent unnamed peaceful protesters. Again.
November 10th, 2011 Greg Laden Hey, guess what. The 9-11 sheen? I’ts worn off. Get in line, coppers. This whole police state thing? No thanks.
Scott Olsen to undergo brain surgery
October 27th, 2011 Greg Laden The protesting vet who was injured by police in Oakland will have to have brain surgery. He was in critical condition but has been upgraded to fair. It is not know if he has regained consciousness.
Video of IRA style attack on protesters in Oakland
October 26th, 2011 Greg Laden The Oakland cops suck.
Oakland Occupy: A turn for the worse
October 26th, 2011 Greg Laden Veteran Marine Scott Olsen was shot in the head by a rubber bullet by Oakland Police at Occupy Oakland last night, and is now suffering “skull fracture and swelling of the brain” Disturbing video below the fold.
Who are the 99% and what are they asking for?
October 26th, 2011 Greg Laden I love the blog post “Parsing the Data and Ideology of the We Are 99% Tumblr” 99% Tumbler is a web site with a zillion pictures of people holding up their signs that say things, and in many but not all cases the thing the sign says is also presented as text on the site. [...]
Oakland Police Use Rubber Bullets, Flash Grenades, And Smoke Bombs To Evict Occupy Oakland
October 25th, 2011 Greg Laden The Oakland City Police surrounded the Occupy Oakland encampment during the night last night, and this morning they moved in. The wore riot gear and fired ruvber bullets, flash grenades ad gas into the protesters. Here are some tweets from the scene earlier today:
Hey! One of the trolls broke free from the blogsphere!
October 16th, 2011 Greg Laden There’s a troll in Meatspace! There’s a troll in Meatspace! Somebody’s got to call somebody!
I am the angry left
October 16th, 2011 Greg Laden “If the Hanoi Hilton could not break John McCain’s resolve to do what is best for his country, you can be sure the angry Left never will.” — President George Bush, addressing the RNC via satellite feed, September 1, 2008 “I Am The Angry Left.” — T-Shirt seen at demonstration outside RNC, September 2, 2008. [...]
NYC to evict wall street occupiers
October 13th, 2011 Greg Laden The small Manhattan square occupied by anti-Wall Street protestors for almost four weeks will be temporarily cleared for cleaning on Friday, New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg said. Bloomberg went to the protest site, where several hundred people are camped out, to explain the move, which would be the first time the demonstrators are asked to [...]
White-Shirt Arrest Being Sought
October 12th, 2011 Greg Laden One of the women who was pepper sprayed by Anthony Bologna (the NYC cop) is asking for his arrest.
Marines to join Occupy Wall Street protesters?
October 5th, 2011 Greg Laden One Marine to another: “I’m heading up there tonight in my dress blues. So far, 15 of my fellow marine buddies are meeting me there, also in Uniform. I want to send the following message to Wall St and Congress:I didn’t fight for Wall St. I fought for America. Now it’s Congress’ turn. Check it [...]
Today is a big day on Wall Street
October 5th, 2011 Greg Laden But not for the stock brokers… Starting today several new groups will add to the ranks of those “occupying” Wall Street, including MoveOn.org and various unions. The anti-bank campaign has in fact been incubating for years — a “seed beneath the snow,” as the Italian novelist Ignazio Silone once termed the slow-to-arrive left. The sit-ins, [...]
Bernie Sanders Questions Bernanke on Occupy Wall Street Claims
October 4th, 2011 Greg Laden And more …
Why did the NYPD mace those women?
October 3rd, 2011 Greg Laden I’m sure it’s complicated and I don’t want to hand out any Bologna. Or anything. But my friend Ana dug this up: JPMorgan Chase recently donated an unprecedented $4.6 million to the New York City Police Foundation. The gift was the largest in the history of the foundation and will enable the New York City [...]
Virtual March on Wall Street
October 2nd, 2011 Greg Laden This Wednesday, 5 October Join us on Wednesday to create a huge show of support for anti-Wall Street actions nationwide. Together, we’ll add hundreds of thousands of voices expressing our solidarity with the protests at Occupy Wall Street and across the country targeting the bankers who wrecked our economy. Click Here
Take Action In NYPD Pepper Spray Attack!
September 27th, 2011 Greg Laden As I mentioned earlier, the cop who sprayed the women at the Wall Street Protest has been identified. He is Deputy Inspector Bologna. There are multiple videos, still photos and eye witness accounts to give total lie to the NYPD’s absurd statements claiming that the women who were sprayed were attacking police, or that the [...]
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