Tuesday, October 18, 2011

Live Blogging OWS - 10/18/11

I'm tempted to re-load a bunch of videos and pics from yesterday's live-blogging, but I won't. If you haven't seen it, go back to yesterday's entry and take a look.

Here's a video of police sending horses into the crowd at Times Square (10/15/11):



11:16 AM: The silence of the elites.

And Jesse LaGreca on his encounter with Fox News.



11:30 AM: We're arresting the wrong people.

11:53 AM: Thom Hartman piece on Occupy Wall Street.



12:07 PM: Tea Party didn't mind bailing out Wall Street, just Main Street.

1:18 PM: Chicago arrests seen as dry run for upcoming international summit.

Police move in on Occupy Tijuana.



1:46 PM: Beautiful piece by Rebecca Solnit.

2:01 PM: Great piece about neo-liberalism and the global occupation; hadn't heard that the youth refer to themselves as the "no future generation."

2:31 PM: No one has any problem understanding what this is about.

2:36 PM: Angus Johnson on Jon Stewart.

3:07 PM: March against police brutality about to begin, for those who want to follow on live feed.

Here is a bank merger chart that's actually been floating around for weeks.

Kevin Gosztola has good reporting on yesterday's failed attempt to take down medical tent at Zuccotti Park.

4:07 PM: Thom Hartman on Anonymous Video.



6:07 PM: Democracy Now (hands down best coverage of OWS - if you aren't already, follow Ryan Devro on twitter).





6:11 PM: Amy Goodman, The Arc of the Moral Universe, From Memphis to Wall Street.

6:14 PM: The UK Guardian - movement divided re: demands.

7:15 PM: Protesters in NYC were at upscale restaurant, where Gov. Cuomo was supposed to be having dinner. According to reports, they were told they could walk single file on the sidewalk. They did that and several protesters are being arrested. The first to be arrested was author Naomi Wolf.

7:27 PM:

RDevro Ryan Devereaux
One protester's sign reads, "Party's over you lying Sach's of shit" another says, "Memo to the media: Stop Staring, Start Caring."

7:58 PM:

RDevro Ryan Devereaux
Protesters were under the impression, after speaking to NYPD, that they had permission to walk on sidewalk in a single file line. #ows

8:50 PM: Matt Taibbi, Why Rush Limbaugh is Freaking Out About Occupy Wall Street.

8:53 PM: Wired Magazine, Egypt's Top Facebook Revolutionary Advising OWS.

9:12 PM: Erin Burnett gets drowned out by protesters.

9:22 PM: Adbusters calls for 10/29 protest calling for Robin Hood tax.

9:28 PM:

AlecBaldwin Alec Baldwin
by chrislhayes
On my way to OWS.

9:33 PM:



9:45 PM: Our veteran (different angle):

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