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‘Occupy the Highway’ marchers reach D.C.
WASHINGTON — Drenched, blistered and weary, a few dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters arrived Tuesday in the nation’s capital after a two-week, 240-mile march from Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. The marchers, many wearing hooded ponchos in a steady rain, walked into the Occupy D.C. encampment, where fellow protesters lined up outside their tents and […]
Occupy protesters march nationwide; many arrested
NEW YORK — Thousands of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators took to the streets around the U.S. on Thursday to mark two months since the movement’s birth and signal they aren’t ready to quit, despite the breakup of many of their encampments by police. At least 175 people were arrested in New York, many for blocking […]
Occupy movement’s future unclear after NYC sweep
NEW YORK — Hundreds of police officers in riot gear raided the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City in the pre-dawn darkness Tuesday, evicted hundreds of protesters and then demolished the tent city, leaving the future of the demonstration in limbo. Later in the day, a New York judge upheld the city’s crackdown. […]
Occupy protesters start march from NYC to D.C.
NEW YORK — Flanked by police scooters, about two dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters started a two-week walk from New York to Washington on Wednesday. The activists left Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park, marched past the World Trade Center site and boarded a ferry to New Jersey. They plan to walk through Pennsylvania, Delaware and Maryland and […]
‘Occupy Wall Street’ protesters stream past millionaires’ NYC homes
NEW YORK — Hundreds of protesters, emboldened by the growing national Occupy Wall Street movement, streamed through midtown Manhattan on Tuesday in what they called a “Millionaires March.” They marched two by two up the sidewalk, planning to pass the homes of some of New York City’s wealthiest residents. An organizer said they didn’t have […]
