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Celebrate May 1st With A Good Old Fashioned Protest

BJ Ragone — Tue, 01 May 2012 11:56:30 +0000

Take off your bras and get ready to burn them! Not only is it the first day of May, but it’s also the return of everybody’s favorite movement, The Occupiers! If you are going to be near downtown Albany today, and feel like sticking it to the man, then get ready to Occupy – again. [...]

Police Break Up Occupy Albany Camp At Academy Park – All Hell Breaks Loose

BJ Ragone — Fri, 23 Dec 2011 02:16:41 +0000

It was an ugly scene today in Downtown Albany when police went in and took down the Occupy Albany camp. They even had to use pepper spray on several protesters. It seems the peaceful Occupy protest is over, for now. Taking a little holiday break if you will. The protesters permit to stay in the [...]

SURPRISE! It's an Occupy Black Friday Flash Mob!

Big Rich — Wed, 23 Nov 2011 13:42:23 +0000

When I heard about this, I immediately had a flash of the Monty Python sketch of the Spanish Inquisition. Just the way I found out made it kind of ironic and funny. I found out about this, on Facebook. Yes, the most heavily trafficked social networking website in the world. The irony of course that flash mobs are supposed to be a surprise and it was a posted public event. "Nobody expects the Spanish Inquisition!"

Rage Against the Machine's Zack de la Rocha Pens Poem for Occupy Movement

Jon Wiederhorn — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 19:00:58 +0000

Time will tell whether Rage Against the Machine vocalist Zack de la Rocha’s involvement with the Occupy Movement will find its way into any of his future song lyrics. But for now, the rapper and rocker has written a poem for those who have been motivated into action by corporate greed and the division between those who have and those who have not.

Albany Lays Down New Rules For Occupy Protesters

BJ Ragone — Mon, 07 Nov 2011 23:24:21 +0000

The City of Albany as laid out some new rules for the Occupy Albany protest group. It includes limiting the number of tents they can have on site as well as the number of porta-potties. As they say, if you don’t like, go home. It appears after weeks of protest and clogging up the front [...]

Police Use Tear Gas On Occupy Oakland Protesters

BJ Ragone — Wed, 26 Oct 2011 11:56:01 +0000

Police in Oakland, California took back the space outside of City Hall on Tuesday, but a short 12 hours later hundreds of protesters came back forcing them to use tear gas on them. According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Police in Oakland had to use tear gas five times late last night in order to [...]