Inside the Occupy Movement

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Occupy Aching for a May Day Comeback

How can the protest movement survive? Make friends and "be a thousand-ring circus."

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| Thu Apr. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Wells Fargo Turns Away Its Own Shareholders From Its Shareholder Meeting

With spring in the air, a new spate of Occupy-style corporate activism

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| Tue Apr. 24, 2012 3:28 PM PDT
The 99% Spring

How Occupy Co-Opted MoveOn.org

The 99% Spring campaign trains gray-haired progressives to ditch their internet petitions and take to the streets.

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| Fri Apr. 13, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Huffington Post for the Occupy Crowd?

A new online effort, Occupy.com, is raising hopes–and eyebrows—among the protest movement.

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| Mon Apr. 2, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

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Lisa Fithian

Meet Professor Occupy

Lisa Fithian is the streetwise radical who's teaching kids who want to be badass to be smart.

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| Mon Mar. 26, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Watch: Police Get Violent as OWS Retakes Zuccotti Park

In the biggest OWS demonstration since last fall, police repeatedly lashed out at protesters.

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| Mon Mar. 19, 2012 3:01 AM PDT

A Progressive Pulls Ahead in Bellwether Congressional Race

If Ilya Sheyman can win his March 20 primary race in Chicago, it will bode well for progressives in 2012. A new poll shows him with a wide lead.

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| Thu Mar. 15, 2012 10:11 AM PDT

Watch: Occupiers Set Up Living Room in Bank of America

And throw a housewarming party with songs and a game of Connect Four

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| Mon Mar. 12, 2012 12:55 PM PDT

Will the Occupy Movement Carry Progressives Into Congress?

A Democratic primary in Illinois between a centrist businessman and a young OWS supporter could be a bellwether for November.

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| Mon Mar. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

10 "Occupy" Candidates Running for Congress

Meet the progressive insurgents who are riding a wave of energy from the Occupy Wall Street movement.

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| Mon Mar. 12, 2012 3:00 AM PDT

Meet the Author Who Predicted the Arab Spring and Occupy Wall Street

Jonathan Schell may not have known exactly what was coming. But in 2003, he knew nonviolent action was the key to fighting even the biggest empires.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 2:56 PM PST

Student Protests Seek to Breathe New Life Into Occupy

As school budgets crumble and tuitions skyrocket, Occupy Education aims to jumpstart a new student movement.

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| Thu Mar. 1, 2012 2:49 PM PST

Occupy vs. Powerful Right-Wing Group You've Never Heard Of

The movement's protesters want you to understand what ALEC is and why you should fear it.

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| Wed Feb. 29, 2012 4:00 AM PST

At Country Club, a Rally to "Save the 1 Percent"

Occupying the fairway in defense of golfing and other human rights.

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| Mon Feb. 27, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Occupy vs. Tea Party: The Google Smackdown

Charting the relative success of the dueling populist movements.

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| Fri Feb. 24, 2012 4:00 AM PST

Are Protesters as Violent as the Media Says They Are?

Small numbers of pro-vandalism occupiers have smashed some windows and scuffled with police. But how does this compare to Wall Street's violence?

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| Wed Feb. 22, 2012 2:50 PM PST
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Occupy Wall Street's New Strategy: A Super-PAC?

An Alabama Occupier files the paperwork to form the movement's first political action committee.

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| Thu Feb. 16, 2012 10:17 AM PST

Watch: The Occupy and Tea Party Beer Summit

So an occupier and tea partier walk into a bar. . .

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| Wed Feb. 15, 2012 4:00 AM PST

In a 325-Page SEC Letter, Occupy's Finance Gurus Take on Wall Street Lobbyists

Think the Occupy movement is just a bunch of dirty hippies? Well, keep reading.

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| Tue Feb. 14, 2012 2:20 PM PST
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It's the Wealth Gap, Stupid

Why the truly alarming economic trend is not income inequality.

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| Mon Feb. 13, 2012 4:00 AM PST