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16 November 2011
Lessons of #Occupy: Don’t agonise, organise!
Links – International journal of socialist renewal Today at 13:09
By Peter Boyle, national convenor, Socialist Alliance (Australia)
[Talk given to a Socialist Alliance organised forum in the Occupy Perth camp in Forrest Place on on October 30, 2011.]
‘Don’t agonise, organise!’ –  This quote that has become a bumper sticker, a popular slogan in the feminist movement, the title of many a speech, conference and newsletter is credited to the Afro-American woman civil rights activist Florence Rae Kennedy. She was quoted by Gloria Steinem in Ms magazine in 1973 and since then this powerful slogan has circumnavigated the world many times and being used by many, many activists and movements.

Bye Bye Berluska, Ciao Super Mario the banker’s friend…
Socialist Resistance Today at 12:57
Berlusconi falls but the banks and capital continue in power and will step up attacks on working people. Dave Kellaway looks at the situation in Italy.

Hip-Hop Against the World!
Black Agenda Radio Commentaries Today at 12:212
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by editor and columnist Jared Ball
Propaganda agencies operate on the principle that everything can be turned to advantage, even the cultural properties of the oppressed.‘ Like jazzman Louis Armstrong’s ‘good will’ tours for the U.S. State Department in the Fifties, rappers today are dispatched on foreign missions to ‘cleanse an image that simply defies cleanliness.’ Hip Hop, the culture that was said to have the potential to unite the global oppressed, instead becomes a weapon of oppressor. ‘The goal is to turn hip-hop against the very communities who create it and ultimately to turn it against the world.’

Bloomberg Personifies What the Occupation Opposes
Black Agenda Radio Commentaries Today at 12:16
A Black Agenda Radio commentary by Glen Ford
It was never in the cards for a plutocrat mayor to long tolerate a movement whose essential logic is the dissolution of his class. ‘If the Occupy Wall Street movement has been about anything, it is the absolute necessity to rid the nation – and the world – of the collective tyranny of the Bloombergs, the dictatorship of the moneyed classes.’ The next phase of the movement must more self-consciously ‘have, at least, the goal of shutting down the infernal machines of capital.’

No Longer Laughing, but Still Clueless
In These Times Today at 10:00
Occupy Wall Street stumped the media from the beginning. Here was a movement that didn’t support either political party. Unlike the Tea Party, it was not backed by a giant corporate overlord.

Occupy Wall Street: You can’t evict a revolution!
Green Left Weekly issue #782 Today at 08:00
Wed, 16/11/2011
By Pham Binh, New York
Update: Occupy Wall Street reported at 8.40pm New York time on November 15, a huge general assembly was taking place at Liberty Square .

Judge upholds New York eviction
BBC News Today at 07:07
Occupy Wall Street protesters re-enter Zuccotti Park, but are banned from returning with tents after a New York court ruling.

VIDEO: ‘Why I’m still in Zuccotti Park’
BBC News Today at 06:57
A spokesman for the Occupy Wall Street movement has been explaining what protesters are still doing in Zuccotti Park.

Occupy Sydney: Rally and anti-corporate greed tour
Green Left Weekly issue #782 Today at 06:35
Across Australia corporate profits are booming, but only the top end of town is benefiting. Join our rally to send a message to the 1% that we’ll no longer put up with their corporate greed.

Chicago shuts up 1 percenters
Recent articles from SocialistWorker.orgToday at 06:01
Organizing by Occupy activists forced Condoleezza Rice and Henry Paulson to cancel a visit to the University of Chicago.

We won’t be silenced
Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org Today at 06:00
The 1 percent is carrying out a carefully organized assault to destroy the Occupy movement–but our side is determined that the struggle will go on.

The struggle continues in Oakland
Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org Today at 06:00
Oakland police evicted the Occupy encampment for a second time, but activists are keeping up the fight on a daily basis.

Occupy resists the crackdown
Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org Today at 06:00
Thousands flooded back to New York’s Zuccotti Park following a police raid–while UC Berkeley students answered a police raid with a strike and protest.

And then they came for us
Recent articles from SocialistWorker.org Today at 06:00
New York’s mayor–the second wealthiest man in the city–deployed his troops against the birthplace of Occupy.

Police State Tactics: Signs Point to a Coordinated National Program to Try and Unoccupy Wall Street and Other Cities
The Greanville Post Today at 04:21
Dave Lindorff, This Can’t Be Happening
The ugly hand of the federal government is becoming increasingly suspected behind what appears to be a nationwide attempt to repress and evict the Occupation Movement.

Eviction and Enlarged Freedom
The Greanville Post Today at 04:01
Charles M. Young, This Can’t Be Happening
Occupy Wall Street is driven out of Zuccotti Square by brutal police action, but is not going away
After watching the Packers beat the Vikings on Monday Night Football, I had insomnia, so it was kind of an accident that I checked my email at 2 a.m. and discovered the police were clearing Zuccotti Park. Everyone had been expecting an eviction since it all started on September 17, but not expecting it at that particular moment. On my cell phone, there were several frantic texts from Occupy Wall Street begging for community support. So I hopped on a slow subway and arrived at Chambers Street about 3 a.m.

Jay Moore, “The Bonus March and #OccupyWallStreet”
MRZine.org Today at 03:45
Mass occupations protesting the obscene levels of corporate greed and the abject prostitution of most elected politicians from Obama on down to every whim and desire of the Big Banks and Wall Streets are now installed in parks and other public spaces across the continent. With some of these occupations now facing eviction by the ‘forces of order,’ it might be useful to recall their famous counterpart during the last Depression — the great Bonus Army March on Washington, D.C. in 1932.

The crackdown on Occupy protests and the criminalization of dissent
The Greanville PostToday at 02:59
ANDRE DAMON, WSWS.ORG
Editor’s Note: This article went to press just before the news about the police attack on Zuccotti Park in NYC. 
Throughout the United States, city administrations are moving to break up encampments of the Occupy protests, trampling underfoot the constitutionally protected right of assembly.

Good-Bye To the “Middle-Class”?
The Greanville Post Today at 02:32
NOVEMBER 15, 2011
A Lesson for Labor From Occupy Wall Street by STEVE EARLY
Occupy Wall Street (OWS) has given our timorous, unimaginative, and  politically ambivalent unions a much-needed ideological dope slap. Some might describe this, more diplomatically, as a second injection of ‘outside-the-box’ thinking and new organizational blood.

15 November 2011
Occupy Wall Street – A look back at the last two months
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 22:52
You could say Occupy Wall Street started with a whisper – a call by Canadian activist group Adbusters that spread on Facebook to gather on September 17, 2011.

OWS Protesters Regroup After Early Morning Raid on Liberty Park
In These Times Yesterday at 22:47
Originally posted at TruthOut. In the smallest hours of the morning, with no warning or apparent provocation, hundreds of New York Police Department (NYPD) officers, some from the department’s counterterrorism unit, many in riot gear, demolished thousands of dollars of private property, including a 5,000-volume library; beat and arrested a large number of peacefully protesting citizens, including credentialed journalists and democratically-elected public officials; and in the process, violated not just the First and Fourth Amendments to the US Constitution, a document they are sworn to uphold, but also a court injunction.

Zuccotti Cleared: Just Like Mubarak and Tahrir, Bloomberg’s Move Will Haunt Him
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 22:28
By David Atkins, Hullabaloo
Posted on November 15, 2011, Printed on November 15, 2011 
The NYPD cleared Zucotti Park early this morning, using pepper spray, LRAD sonic devices, batons, and ultimately bulldozers. As I write this at 1:30AM pacific time, the situation is still fluid, with protesters gathering and marching in various places around the city as the police corral crowds wherever they appear.

Judge kicks protesters from Occupy Wall Street camp
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 21:51
After hours of deliberating, a New York Supreme Court judge ruled this afternoon that protesters would be prohibited from continuing their occupation of Zuccotti Park in Manhattan.

What’s New: Defend Occupy Toronto
Socialist Project Yesterday at 21:00
Mayor Rob Ford has given the notice of eviction to Occupy Toronto. We, the Greater Toronto Workers’ Assembly, express both our unequivocal support for Occupy Toronto and our intention to mobilize our members, allies, and resources against any forced eviction and unprovoked arrest.

What’s New: OccupyToronto General Assembly responds to Mayor Rob Ford
Socialist Project Yesterday at 20:00
Rob Ford has announced that we’ve made our point and it is time for us to go. In response, we at Occupy Toronto would like to affirm our right and duty to peaceably assemble and express our concerns.

VIDEO: Occupy Wall Street: NYPD Raid on Camp in Zuccotti Park
GlobalResearch.ca Yesterday at 19:41
For more details, please click on the link to read the article.

Mayor defends NY Occupy eviction
BBC News Yesterday at 19:13
New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg defends Tuesday’s surprise raid on the Occupy Wall Street camp, as activists mount a legal challenge to the eviction.

FACE OFF in NYC: Cops dismantle Zuccotti Park / Roundup of related news and commentary
The Greanville PostYesterday at 18:32
DATELINE: 11.15.11 13:13 pm
Editor’s Note: The situation remains very fluid, so we have collated various reports. 
By Dave Lefcourt
Early this AM police raided OWS & forcibly removed protesters sleeping in tents. Dozens of arrests were made. Earlier Monday police closed down the Occupy Oakland encampment arresting 33 there. What these authorities fail to understand is their actions will only galvanize protesters resolve to continue their protests which are based on ideas, problems and issues which can’t be destroyed by dismantling their encampments.

Crackdown on OWS camps coordinated by US city mayors
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 17:28
If you thought the recent crackdowns of Occupy encampments across the country was more than a coincidence, there is a good chance you were right. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan admits to talking to other cities before the…

Militarising the police from Oakland to NYC
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 17:19
If the infrastructure of a police state is created, it’s only a matter of time before those aggressive powers are used.

Occupy Toronto Eviction Notice
Protesters Ordered to Vacate Park as from 12:00 midnight to 5:30 AM. Rally at 11 PM
by Megan Kinch – Reposted from http://toronto.mediacoop.ca
Occupy Toronto has been given an eviction notice as of 12:00 midnight tonight, and are forbidden from using the park between 12:01 AM and 5:30 A.M.  There will be an all-out rally to save the occupation at 11 PM tonight (November 15th) at St. James Park at King and Church streets.

At tipping point
Morning Star Yesterday at 16:59
As the Occupy Wall Street movement now faces a clampdown, five supporters tell Ian Sinclair about the significance of the protests and what the future may hold

Police raid Wall Street occupation
Morning Star Yesterday at 16:28
Hundreds of New York police officers in riot gear evicted dozens of Occupy Wall Street protesters today from the park that has become the epicentre of the worldwide movement against corporate greed.

In the middle of the night, the brownshirts attacked OWS NY encampment and destroy it.
The Wild Wild Left – Front Page Yesterday at 16:06
The Mayor’s brownshirts attacked in the middle of the night, refused  to allow the press to cover it and used bs excuses to justify their  actions. From a tweet at the scene:

Occupy Your Education
Dissident Voice Yesterday at 16:00
The current Occupy Movement has captured people’s imagination and refocused the national discussion on issues of economic injustice, social stratification, and corruptions of American democracy.

The Police State Makes Its Move
Dissident Voice Yesterday at 16:00
For days now, we have endured demonstrably false propaganda that the fallen soldiers of U.S. wars sacrificed their lives for ‘our freedoms.’ Yet, as that noxious nonsense still lingers in the air, militarized police have invaded OWS sites in numerous cities, including Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan, and, in the boilerplate description of the witless courtesans of the corporate media, with the mission to ‘evict the occupiers’.

The Assault on Occupy Wall Street
Consortiumnews.com Yesterday at 14:57
New York City police mounted a surprise nighttime raid on Occupy Wall Street at Zuccotti Park, forcing out protesters, removing tents and arresting about 150. The assault was the latest move by forces of a corrupt status quo against Americans opposing a dehumanized economic system, Phil Rockstroh writes. By Phil Rockstroh For days now surrounding Veterans Day, we have endured demonstrably false propaganda that the fallen soldiers of U.S. wars sacrificed their lives for ‘our…

OWS at the crossroads, the first amendment on the ropes, but all’s well in lalaland
The Greanville Post Yesterday at 14:55
Kelsey De Santis and Justin Timberlake at the Marine Corps Ball.  Disgraceful that the make-believe syndrome in America has reached such grotesque proportions. Is this what our Marines are fighting for?

With eviction threat looming, protesters mark one month of Occupy Detroit
World Socialist Web Site Yesterday at 14:26
Occupy Detroit protesters marked the one-month anniversary of their encampment in a downtown park as city authorities made preparations to evict them in the coming days.

Court allows OWS tents at Zuccotti despite Bloomberg ban
Russiatoday.ru Yesterday at 14:03
The National Lawyers Guild says it has obtained a court order that allows Occupy Wall Street protesters to return with tents to New York’s Zuccotti Park. Earlier the activists’ encampment was ousted by the police force.

Top Aide to Oakland Mayor Resigns Over Occupy Raid: Mayors, Police Are Doing Wall Street’s Business
Democracy Now! Yesterday at 13:53
The raid in New York City came one day after police officers cleared the Occupy Oakland encampment in California and arrested 32 people.

In pictures: Police clear NYC camp
BBC News Yesterday at 13:46
Operation stops Occupy Wall Street protest

Arundhati Roy: Occupy Wall Street is “So Important Because It is in the Heart of Empire”
Democracy Now! Yesterday at 13:43
Renowned Indian writer and global justice activist Arundhati Roy is preparing to address Occupy Wall Street on Wednesday.

Inside Occupy Wall Street Raid: Eyewitnesses Describe Arrests, Beatings As Police Dismantle Camp
Democracy Now! Yesterday at 13:22
The Democracy Now! team rushed down to Zuccotti Park in the middle of the night to report on the police crackdown on Occupy Wall Street. We were there until the early hours of the morning, witnessing the arrests in the streets in Lower Manhattan and the dismantling of the encampment — and the hauling away protesters’ belongings. ‘They can’t pull one over our eyes. They can’t put nothing in our eyes that’s going to blind [us to] what’s going on here. And the same goes for all the people who are out there,’ a protester told Democracy Now! after the police twice pepper-sprayed him in the face. [Rush transcript to come. Check back soon.]