The Village Voice reports on a milestone of sorts for the Occupy Wall Street movement: The first of thousands of arrests on charges of disorderly conduct made it to trial, only to end in acquittal.
Tighe Barry, a CODEPINK Activist, spoke to Press TV's U.S. Desk on Monday about an upcoming NATO summit and other protests that are to be held in Chicago.
A week before the NATO Summit lands in Chicago, eight protesters were arrested Monday inside the building that houses President Barack Obama's campaign headquarters.
Natalie Wahlberg, an activist with Occupy Chicago has strongly criticized NATO as an “unelected” entity which “kills” innocent people across the world.
Occupy Chicago's Press Liaison Crystal Vance Guerra says the 99 percenters have planned a week of action against a two-day NATO summit that's going to be held in their city on May 20.
International trade ministers and corporate lobbyists are descending on Texas from May 8-18 for a critical trade summit aimed at rushing the secretive new Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Free Trade Agreement toward completion. Bob Cash, Director of the Texas Fair Trade Coalition spoke to Press TV's U.S. Desk on Wednesday about what his group planned to do.
The Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) is a massive, new international trade and investment pact currently being negotiated behind closed doors between the United States and countries throughout the Pacific Rim.
Mohammed Malik, a human rights advocate from Miami, says despite the police crackdown, there is "a resurgence of the 99 percent rising up for economic democracy" and to challenge the "corporate-dominated political system" in the United States.
Tighe Barry a Wall Street Protester in an interview with Press TV's U.S. Desk on Tuesday said that May Day was a special day for everyone in the United States because "actually May Day which is celebrated around the world was started in the United States."
Interview with Mark Mason, Occupy movement organizer, Oakland.
Four lawsuits have been filed by Occupy movement civil rights activists against excessive use of force at the hands of police during peaceful Occupy protests.
The City of New York, the New York Police Department, the Metropolitan Transportation Authority and several large corporations including JPMorgan Chase have repeatedly violated the constitutional rights of Occupy Wall Street protesters, according to a wide-ranging federal lawsuit filed on Monday morning.
Dave Lindorff an Investigative Journalist & Founder of “This can't be happening” says reports about financial institutions communicating with police over upcoming Occupy Wall Street May 1st demonstrations is not a new story.
Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad has lashed out at the Western proponents of capitalism for provoking the existing economic crisis across Europe and America.
Mark Bray a member of “Occupy Wall Street” explains May Day activities and says the occupy movement is calling for all people around the U.S. to take a day off work, to not go to school, stop shopping and commerce and exhibit the day as a sign of resistance.
Demonstrators gathered at the Richmond BART station late Friday afternoon [April 20] for an "Occupy Earth Day" protest against the Chevron refinery in Richmond.
The US banking cartels favor the apprehension of Occupy protesters as the anti-capitalist activists reveal the bankers’ corrupt power in the American economy, an Occupy activist tells Press TV.
Occupy Wall Street gathered on the steps of Federal Hall [on April 13] to counter the closing bell of the New York Stock Exchange with "the People's Gong." Police made several arrests and attempted to prevent the media from documenting them. firstpost.com
Spokesperson for Chicago's Mental Health Movement says the Occupation of a mental health clinic in the Woodlawn neighborhood was to put pressure on city officials to keep clinics open.
In an interview with Press TV's U.S. Desk on Wednesday, Kevin Zeese, an organizer with Occupy Washington D.C. talked about the occupiers from across the country sharing information and discussing policy.
US police have arrested at least 10 Occupy Minneapolis protesters after a night of moving demonstrations in the largest city of the northern state of Minnesota, Press TV reports.
The 99-percenters in the United States have re-occupied two sites in the largest city of the northern state of Minnesota, pledging to remain there through spring and summer.
