Friday, May 18, 2012

Occupy chicago

  • Busloads of Occupy activists have been arriving in Chicago to protest the summit of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • May 7, 2012 (CHICAGO) (WLS) -- Members of the Occupy movement from both coasts and a number of cities in between are organizing protests during the NATO meeting, now less than two weeks away.
  • (Abc Local Web)
  • Busloads of demonstrators from around the country have begun arriving in Chicago, though some who had planned to come, including from the Occupy movement, have said theyre staying home or going to an area near Camp David instead.
  • (Huffington Post)
  • More than two dozen Chicago police officers were on hand but no arrests were made. The demonstration included members of Occupy Chicago and Communities United Against Foreclosure and Eviction, a Chicago group.
  • (Town Hall)
  • With ties to Occupy Chicago about a dozen protesters covered themselves in fake oil and performed a symbolic death in front of the Canadian Consulate in downtown Chicago Thursday evening.
  • (Progress Illinois)
  • The crowd consisted largely of Occupy Chicago supporters and nurses wearing red scrubs and green Robin Hood hats, in a nod to the Robin Hood tax that would essentially tax financial institutions a minimal percentage for transactions.
  • (Rolling Stone)

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