Occupy graffiti targets Frontenac neighborhood of the 1%, while City feigns Hopeville eviction
Original Story and Video from KSDK Vandals hit Frontenac neighborhood overnight November 30, 2011 Jeff Small Frontenac, MO (KSDK) – Vandals hit a Frontenac neighborhood and what they wrote is getting everyone’s attention. Police say they’re using the Occupy movement to do the damage. It happened at the entrance to Portland Estates off Geyer road just […]
Anonymous Hacks PERF (Police Executive Research Forum) in Response to Repression and Evictions
Michael Stone, National Anonymous Examiner November 21, 2011 Sunday, Anonymous hacktivists assaulted PERF because of their alleged involvement in coordinating police crackdowns on Occupy protests across the country. Anonymous hacktivists assaulted PERF, the Police Executive Research Forum, by taking down their website and releasing the private information of Sherwin B. “Chuck” Wexler – Executive Director at […]
Artifacts from a Little Revolt in “Little Egypt” – Oh, Carbondale
The faculty strike is over at Southern Illinois University Carbondale. Here’s a look back at the outburst of pro-strike propaganda and other (visual) creativity that swirled around the strike and its interplay with the Occupy Carbondale movement. For those who don’t know, southern Illinois has been dubbed “Little Egypt” for more than a century. (For […]
Jefferson City teenager arrested for hurling firebomb at Egyptian police in Tahrir Square
In the region that arguably started these worldwide waves of occupations, the street fighting continues in Cairo and throughout the cities of Egypt… a revolution unfinished. Three Americans, one from Jefferson City, Missouri, were arrested by Egyptian police today and paraded on state-controlled Egyptian television. They were students at American University in Cairo which sits […]
Banks Vandalized in Springfield, MO
The following is corporate media coverage of bank vandalism in Springfield, MO from the night of November 10/11: Banks vandalized, likely by Occupy Wall Street protesters by Ashley Reynolds, KY3 News November 11, 2011 More criminal acts are associated with the nationwide Occupy Wall Street Movement, this time in Springfield. Eight people were arrested during a rally […]
Report from one participant: N17 March Against Austerity – A Joyful and Unruly Crowd Takes a Building
November 17th holds as a special day internationally. It’s not just a day against austerity or just a day organized by the new #occupy movement. November 17th is also the date (in 1973) when the dictatorship in Greece was overthrown. And still in Greece, it’s pretty much a holiday. It remains unclear as to how this day […]
‘Occupy’ Crackdowns Coordinated with Federal Law Enforcement Officials
Over the past ten days, more than a dozen cities have moved to evict “Occupy” protesters from city parks and other public spaces. As was the case in last night’s move in New York City, each of the police actions shares a number of characteristics. And according to one Justice official, each of those actions […]
“I don’t want to be known as a good German” – OccupySTL Evicted, Arrests at Occupy Springfield, MO
On Friday November 11, shortly after the 10pm curfew, St. Louis police moved in on the Occupy St. Louis encampment at Kiener Plaza. Some occupants chose to continue the occupation after a warning was issued. These 27, one of who chained himself to a chair, were arrested after police were forced to wade through a […]
The Good, The Bad and The Wingnutty: #OccupySTL One Month On
The following is a personal account and analysis of the first month of OccupySTL. In hopes of depicting a more well-rounded picture of #OccupySTL, I’m going to try and quickly describe the last 2 or 3 weeks – warts and all. It seems initial excitement (and plain lack of time to describe more) might have […]