Tuesday, January 17, 2012

'Occupy Congress

  • Organizers had touted the rally, known as Occupy Congress, as the largest national gathering of Occupy protesters to date and secured a permit that would have allowed up to 10,000 people to participate.
  • (AP - msnbc.com)
  • Tuesday marks the debut of Occupy 2.0. Gathering on the steps of the nation's Capitol building in Washington Tuesday morning, Occupyers from around the United States plan to mark the day dubbed "Occupy Congress.
  • (Alaska Dispatch)
  • To mark the occasion, protest groups from more than a dozen different cities gathered on the Capitol lawn for the first ever Occupy Congress demonstration. NPRs Andrea Seabrook has our story.
  • (NPR News)
  • Organizers had touted the rally, known as Occupy Congress, as the largest national gathering of Occupy protesters to date and secured a permit that would have allowed up to 10,000 people to participate.
  • (FOX News)
  • Less than a year from its inception, the far-left Occupy Wall Street movement is already sputtering. Many liberal big-city mayors have ejected protestors from their campsites and their donations have dried up.
  • (News Busters)
  • WASHINGTON (RNN) - Four people have been arrested in front of the nations Capitol building, where Occupy protesters are rallying against lawmakers who are returning to Washington with their lowest approval ratings in three years.
  • (kptv.com)
  • WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Demonstrators from the Occupy movement rallied outside the U.S. Capitol on Tuesday to protest against the influence of money on Congress. In a sign of renewed vigor for the Occupy movement, which staged protests in many U.S.
  • (YAHOO!)
  • Here is a followup from last nights story: Occupy Congress:Bump in the Road Occupiers Kicked off Greyhound in Texas As with most breaking news the story is disjointed and contradictory as information comes in.
  • (DAILY KOS)
  • was briefly searched by Capitol Police at Tuesdays Occupy Congress protest. Lewis said officers searched him to make sure he wasnt carrying a gun and that hed called police beforehand to make sure that he would be allowed to protest in uniform.
  • (Washington Examiner)
  • WASHINGTON -- They let them back into Zuccotti Park, but kicked them out of a vacant house in Seattle. In other places, Occupy protesters are in courtrooms fighting evictions.
  • (Berkshire Eagle)

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