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OccupySF: Chris Jones Assaulted By SFPD

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The SFPD is concerned about public health and safety. That’s why they have to hit the public with clubs. The OccupySF encampment was raided and completely destroyed by SFPD late last night and Justin Herman Plaza, now being called Bradley … Continue reading

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An “End the Fed” Fiasco

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When I saw the announcement of the National End the Fed Rally appear on this blog (where I get all my anti-Fed news) I eagerly followed the link to find my local San Francisco rally. Once I connected with other local … Continue reading

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OccupySF: Dog Fights and Property Rights

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Friday night at OccupySF was a comedy of errors. The drama unfolded much the way it does in James Joyce’s Ulysses. No one character in the story was witness to the entire causal chain. But a spectator, viewing the events … Continue reading

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OccupySF: Riot cops don’t like hugs

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I don’t know what it is. When Twitter explodes with crisis at OccupySF I just have to head down there. Today around a hundred Occupants deviated from their regularly scheduled march and took over a Bank of American branch in … Continue reading

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OccupySF: Locke vs. Marx

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It didn’t take more than a few nights at OccupySF to realize that the core group of Occupiers were deeply committed young socialists, communists and social anarchsts, even more so at Occupy Oakland. In fact the magazine that started this … Continue reading

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More Police Brutality at OccupySF

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It’s funny how events unfold. After a week and a half going back and forth between OccupySF and Occupy Oakland I took on a pretty bad fever. So, I’m at home recuperating looking over my notes and trying to write some of … Continue reading

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OccupySF: General Assemblies and Consensus Building

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By far the most fascinating and innovative aspect of the Occupy Movement has been the social structure being developed. Obviously I can only speak about what I have directly witnessed at OccupySF, but I’ve been told these strategies are similar … Continue reading

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OccupySF: The Day of the Barricades

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  At a congressional hearing Wednesday, Ben Bernanke commented on the Occupy Movement saying, “They blame, with some justification, the problems in the financial sector for getting us into this mess, and they’re dissatisfied with the policy response here in … Continue reading

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A wide spectrum of ideas at OccupySF

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Anti-centralism… Nebulism… Post-economism. These are just some of the terms I heard individuals use to describe themselves last night at the OccupySF camp currently set up at the San Francisco Federal Reserve Building. A lot of media coverage of the … Continue reading

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