Indigenous Peoples and Human Rights

October 22, 2011

News from the Occupy Movement and Beyond

'Borrowed' from Michael Moore's tweet
Pete Seeger leads songs at Occupy Wall Street
marching with two canes
Arlo Guthrie was also there
Breaking News from the Occupy Movement and Beyond
Censored News
http://www.bsnorrell.blogspot.com

Pete Seeger and Arlo Guthrie rock Occupy Wall Street Friday night:
http://www.allvoices.com/contributed-news/10678420-occupy-nyc-pete-seeger-and-arlo-guthrie-show-up-to-rock-upper-west-side-tonight

Professor Cornel West as Occupy Wall Street protests at Harlem police station over 'stop and frisk' policy:
http://www.yourblackworld.com/2011/10/22/cornel-west-gets-arrested-again

Excessive force by police at Occupy Sydney:
http://www.smh.com.au/nsw/police-deny-excessive-force-used-in-occupy-sydney-raid-20111023-1me59.html
Governments order YouTube to censor Occupy videos: http://www.filmsforaction.org/News/Governments_are_ordering_Youtube_to_Censor_Protest_videos

The news from Saskatoon, Occupy Saskatoon: "Just about freezing. Will be below freezing again tonight. Great weather for those camping out in our park. Gutsy people!"

Occupy Cleveland was arrested on Friday night. Their Livestream:
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/occupyclevelandnetwork

Police brutality against Occupy movement results in 100 government websites hacked:
http://techleech.com/hackers-with-antisec-go-on-a-crusade-against-government-sites/85579

Occupy Wall Street protested at NYPD's 28th precinct in Harlem, civil disobedience in protest of stop and frisk policies. Twitter: "All of the protesters who had stood in front of the NYPD's 28th precinct are now in custody. Approximately 30." The Peoples Patrol reported arrested as they defended Democracy Now's cameras.

VIDEO: Melbourne Police Violent, rip out Occupy protesters
http://bsnorrell.blogspot.com/2011/10/video-melbourne-police-violently-remove.html

Occupy Melbourne prepared to retake the square after being violently evicted by police:
http://takethesquare.net/2011/10/21/occupymelbourne-plans-to-retake-the-square-after-being-brutally-evicted-by-police

Michelle Cook, Navajo, who came to the Bolivia climate summit from New Zealand, were she was a Fulbright scholar, is organizing Occupy Laramie Wyoming:
http://www.laramieboomerang.com/articles/2011/10/21/news/doc4ea102d34065d278683119.txt

Actor Alec Baldwin calls for an 'Occupy Pipeline' movement:
http://www.mnn.com/lifestyle/arts-culture/blogs/alec-baldwin-calls-for-an-occupy-pipeline-movement

Phoenix ICE agent throws marijuana bundles out window as he flees arrest:
http://www.elpasotimes.com/newupdated/ci_19147224

Occupy Albuquerque changed its name to Unoccupy Albuquerque, out of respect for Native Americans:
http://www.americanindependent.com/199655/occupy-movement-in-new-mexico-finds-new-name-out-of-respect-for-native-americans

Indigenizing the Occupy Movement:
http://www.presstv.ir/detail/204127.html

TransCanada seizing land under eminent domain for Keystone XL pipeline:
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/us/transcanada-in-eminent-domain-fight-over-pipeline.html?_r=1&ref=danfrosch

In other news

Obama: Our troops will be home from the holidays from Iraq. PS: We will continue killing elsewhere. We will leave thousands of private security thugs in Iraq to protect the diplomats. (News translation by Censored News.)

More news:
Guess who's listening now: Skype security flaw could result in stalking, blackmail or fraud:
http://torrentfreak.com/security-flaw-links-bittorrent-users-to-skype-accounts-111020

VIDEO: Willie Nelson sends message to Occupy Wall Street


 

Video, Wikileaks truck towed by NY police:http://youtu.be/zVzfud_Uskk

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