November 16, 2011 - Global Comment

Teargas and Hope: An Eyewitness Account of the Raid on Occupy Wall Street

November 16, 2011
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By Ana Lekas Miller

I got the text message at 1:07 AM: URGENT: Hundreds of police mobilizing around Zuccotti. Eviction in process. I made the decision to go at 1:08 AM. I got off the train at Rector Street—this was...

Is the United States Becoming a Police State? The Squashing of the Occupy Movement.

November 16, 2011
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By Emily McAvan

It’s a question I’ve been asking myself for weeks now. Since its beginnings on a Saturday night in September, the Occupy movement has spread like wildfire across the country and indeed the...