by | Nov 23, 2011 1:10 pm | Comments (36)
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The newest addition to the Green’s tent city: a teepee.
With winter looming, public opinion souring, and some in the national movement calling for a folding of tents, New Haven’s occupiers on the Green — infused with new inspiration from their trip to New York — said they’re not going anywhere.
by | Nov 17, 2011 12:18 pm | Comments (58)
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Todd Sanders was the first New Havener to be arrested.
New York police arrested two “New Haven Occupation” demonstrators Thursday as dozens of local people, some with vinegar-soaked bandanas to guard against tear gas, joined a day of clashes at the epicenter of where their anti-Wall Street movement began.
by | Nov 15, 2011 12:56 pm | Comments (13)
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NYC crackdown.
The morning after a surprise raid in New York City cleared out the center of the national Occupy Wall Street movement, New Haven’s encampment appeared safe from the threat of any similar operation.
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by | Nov 10, 2011 3:06 pm | Comments (43)
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Ray Neal speaks at General Assembly.
After one of New Haven’s “occupiers” allegedly became physically threatening, it nearly derailed the entire protest. Warned one participant in an hours-long confab that tested the downtown protest’s existential boundaries: “We are going to waste this if we don’t get our asses in gear.”
by | Nov 3, 2011 8:02 am | Comments (23)
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Chef Matt has a vegetarian slice at Occupy New Haven.
In the food tent at Occupy New Haven, with a stern culinary eye, Chef Matt gave his vegetarian slice a thumbs up.
by | Nov 1, 2011 7:46 am | Comments (21)
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A “granny” upset about corporate bailouts had a sweet lunchtime offer with a six-figure pricetag for two men at Bank of America.
by | Oct 31, 2011 7:37 am | Comments (41)
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Drew Peccerillo opened donated bundles of hay and stuffed them into the slats of nine pallets — as preparations hit high gear to keep a protest “occupation” on the upper Green through the winter.
by | Oct 24, 2011 4:50 pm | Comments (14)
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More than 20 clergy members joined occupiers on the Green Monday morning to ask: How can we help?
by | Oct 24, 2011 7:59 am | Comments (8)
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Facilitators at work Sunday.
A subset of the Occupy New Haven movement may soon have a place to call home outside of the Green: An abandoned clock factory just outside of downtown.
by | Oct 20, 2011 2:00 pm | Comments (38)
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Fellow 99 percenters: Organizer Josh Heltke (center) with Officer David Hartman.
In New York, demonstrators carried signs blasting cops as thugs. The slogan chanted on New Haven’s streets? “NHPD: You Are Family.”
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by | Oct 19, 2011 3:33 pm | Comments (25)
Post-midnight existential debate at the Occupation Wednesday.
A cop mustered the camping occupiers to ask: Could you please stop smoking that stuff? That prompted protesters on the Green to ask each other: What are we really doing here?
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by | Oct 18, 2011 10:48 am | Comments (10)
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Occupiers review hand signals as a dramatic debate gets underway.
What’s to stop five Young Republicans from infiltrating the Occupy New Haven encampment and launching an embarrassing demonstration in the movement’s name?
by | Oct 17, 2011 8:10 am | Comments (24)
On Day Two of the Occupation of New Haven, demonstrators found their voice through the movement’s new form of tweet-sized, call-and-response information sharing.
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40 demonstrators marched to New Haven’s Wall Street Sunday, politely, on the sidewalk.
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by | Oct 15, 2011 6:54 pm | Comments (35)
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After marching around the center of New Haven, demonstrators allied with the national “Occupy Wall Street” movement gathered on the Green to form a self-governing colony by chanting and singing — and wiggling their fingers in the air.
by | Oct 13, 2011 2:44 pm | Comments (36)
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Jennifer Klein traveled from Westville to Wall Street to see history unfold.
As Occupy Wall Street spawns a New Haven encampment, a local expert on social movements sees a watershed moment in American history approaching.
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by | Oct 11, 2011 7:41 am | Comments (6)
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Occupy Wall Street — the grassroots anti-corporate protest that has spawned a nationwide movement — lost $100,000 when its account was frozen for over three days, according to the fiscal agent handling online donations.
by | Oct 10, 2011 8:07 am | Comments (57)
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Some 100 organizers gathered on the Green to plan.
As protesters prepare to start occupying New Haven’s upper Green this weekend, they’re hoping a veggie oil-powered box truck will create a supply network to keep similar demonstrations going in New York City and in cities throughout the East Coast.
by | Oct 6, 2011 7:51 am | Comments (4)
A veteran United Auto Workers leader moved to the tunes of an impromptu “radical marching band,” as labor unions joined forces with — and drew energy from — a new movement of young activists who have taken over Wall Street.
by | Oct 5, 2011 3:41 pm | Comments (12)
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“Tired of capitalism,” Nick Long rolls free cigarettes.
LIBERTY PARK — Instead of listing demands, the activists “occupying” Wall Street said they’re building an alternative vision to the world they reject right in the heart of New York’s financial district — and offering a vision of what may arrive in New Haven next week on a smaller scale.
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by | Oct 5, 2011 8:33 am | Comments (45)
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Planners assembled inside Cask Republic Tuesday night.
More than 100 New Haveners hatched a plan to “occupy” the upper Green to protest corporate greed — but to wait longer than counterparts in other cities, in order not just to protest but to create a new “micro-economy.”
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by | Oct 4, 2011 4:41 pm | Comments (24)
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Activists from Occupy Wall Street paid a call to Verizon Tuesday to make a connection with organized labor, as a movement against “corporate greed” gathered volume in its third week and New Haven sympathizers began plotting their own moves.
by | Oct 3, 2011 3:03 pm | Comments (20)
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New Haven’s sending support to the growing anti-Wall Street protest in New York in the form of white crew socks — and an alternative-to-greed model of distributing merchandise.
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