occupy wall street Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/occupy-wall-street/ Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:58:44 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://ezkool.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/10/ezkool-logo-75png.png occupy wall street Archives – https://ezkool.com/category/occupy-wall-street/ 32 32 12773863 Occupy Wall Street Buys and Destroys $15 Million Worth of Americans Personal Debt https://ezkool.com/2013/11/occupy-wall-street-buys-and-destroys-15-million-worth-of-americans-personal-debt/ https://ezkool.com/2013/11/occupy-wall-street-buys-and-destroys-15-million-worth-of-americans-personal-debt/#respond Wed, 13 Nov 2013 03:58:33 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=44738 A group of Occupy Wall Street activists has bought almost $15m of Americans’ personal debt over the last year as part of the Rolling Jubilee project to help people pay off their outstanding credit. Rolling Jubilee, set up by Occupy’s Strike Debt group following the street protests that swept the world in 2011, launched on 15 November 2012. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/11/occupy-wall-street-buys-and-destroys-15-million-worth-of-americans-personal-debt/feed/ 0 44738 Disgraced Pepper Spraying Cop gets $38,000 Award https://ezkool.com/2013/10/disgraced-pepper-spraying-cop-gets-38000-award/ https://ezkool.com/2013/10/disgraced-pepper-spraying-cop-gets-38000-award/#respond Thu, 24 Oct 2013 12:50:51 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=44158 The former University of California, Davis police officer who made national headlines in 2011 after he pepper-sprayed Occupy protesters has reached a worker’s compensation settlement worth nearly $40,000. A judge on October 16 approved the $38,000 settlement between John Pike and the University of California. The 40-year-old former officer said he suffered depression and anxiety […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2013/10/disgraced-pepper-spraying-cop-gets-38000-award/feed/ 0 44158 Did Wall Street Move Because Of Occupy Wall Street? – Pic https://ezkool.com/2011/11/did-wall-street-move-because-of-occupy-wall-street-pic/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/did-wall-street-move-because-of-occupy-wall-street-pic/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:48:15 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13608 Thanks Shannon! I guess they couldn’t stand the heat!

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/did-wall-street-move-because-of-occupy-wall-street-pic/feed/ 0 13608 U.C. Davis Chancellor Apologies For Pepper Spraying Incident https://ezkool.com/2011/11/u-c-davis-chancellor-apologies-for-pepper-spraying-incident/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/u-c-davis-chancellor-apologies-for-pepper-spraying-incident/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2011 23:27:06 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13605 Maybe it is a genuine apology, or maybe it’s just a sorry effort to save her job. But just moments ago, Linda P.B. Katehi, the Chancellor of UC Davis, said she was sorry for what happened last Friday.

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/u-c-davis-chancellor-apologies-for-pepper-spraying-incident/feed/ 0 13605 To Protect And To Serve – The One Percent https://ezkool.com/2011/11/to-protect-and-to-serve-the-on-percent/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/to-protect-and-to-serve-the-on-percent/#respond Mon, 21 Nov 2011 13:00:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13583 This is a small compilation of police officers nationwide and their interpretation of protecting and serving the American people as they, the American people, peacefully exercise their Constitutionally protected First Amendment rights.

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/to-protect-and-to-serve-the-on-percent/feed/ 0 13583 Gingrich To Occupiers – Get A Job Right After You Take A Bath https://ezkool.com/2011/11/gingrich-to-occupiers-get-a-job-right-after-you-take-a-bath/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/gingrich-to-occupiers-get-a-job-right-after-you-take-a-bath/#respond Sun, 20 Nov 2011 21:03:31 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13569 In yet another example of Republicans  not understanding – or pretending not to understand – the struggles of the 99%, Newt Gingrich, the present leader among the Republicans trying to take on President Obama in 2012, blessed the American public, once again, with his expertise ignorance  on the Occupy Wall Street protesters. He starts off with […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/gingrich-to-occupiers-get-a-job-right-after-you-take-a-bath/feed/ 0 13569 Police To Students – How Dare You Exercise Your First Amendment Rights? https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-to-students-how-dare-your-exercise-your-first-amendment-rights/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-to-students-how-dare-your-exercise-your-first-amendment-rights/#respond Sat, 19 Nov 2011 18:01:44 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13550 Just another day on the job for these police officers. This time, we’ll show you what it means to “serve and protect,” as seen through the eyes of the UC Davis Police Department. More specifically, Lt. John Pike. John Pike’s defenseless action happened on Friday, and was directed towards students, in protest,  sitting on the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-to-students-how-dare-your-exercise-your-first-amendment-rights/feed/ 0 13550 Best Sign From Today’s Occupy Wall Street March – New York https://ezkool.com/2011/11/best-sign-from-todays-occupy-wall-street-march-new-york/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/best-sign-from-todays-occupy-wall-street-march-new-york/#respond Fri, 18 Nov 2011 01:46:14 +0000 http://ezkool.com/2011/11/best-sign-from-todays-occupy-wall-street-march-new-york/ The post Best Sign From Today’s Occupy Wall Street March – New York appeared first on .

]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/best-sign-from-todays-occupy-wall-street-march-new-york/feed/ 0 13540 Oh These Violent Occupiers! – Pic https://ezkool.com/2011/11/oh-these-voilent-occupiers-pic/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/oh-these-voilent-occupiers-pic/#respond Thu, 17 Nov 2011 01:15:12 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13520 How can we as a nation survive these barbarians?

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/oh-these-voilent-occupiers-pic/feed/ 0 13520 New Bloomberg Rules For Zuccotti Park https://ezkool.com/2011/11/new-bloomberg-rules-for-zuccotti-park/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/new-bloomberg-rules-for-zuccotti-park/#respond Wed, 16 Nov 2011 12:28:02 +0000 http://ezkool.com/2011/11/new-bloomberg-rules-for-zuccotti-park/ One day after Mayor Bloomberg and his police force successfully raided the first amendment of the occupiers at Wall Street, the park today was filled with security personal, police and scattered Occupiers… …and new rules, posted at the check points on the barricades surrounding the park.

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/new-bloomberg-rules-for-zuccotti-park/feed/ 0 13508 A Call To Action – Join Occupy Wall Street On Nov. 17th https://ezkool.com/2011/11/a-call-to-action-join-occupy-wall-street-on-nov-17th/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/a-call-to-action-join-occupy-wall-street-on-nov-17th/#comments Mon, 14 Nov 2011 01:00:27 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13421 Be a part of the movement for the 99%. On November 17th, Stand up and be counted. More Info Here

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/a-call-to-action-join-occupy-wall-street-on-nov-17th/feed/ 1 13421 Eric Cantor Meets Occupy Wall Street – The Encounter https://ezkool.com/2011/11/eric-cantor-meets-occupy-wall-street-the-encounter/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/eric-cantor-meets-occupy-wall-street-the-encounter/#comments Sun, 13 Nov 2011 23:38:19 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13418 We recently brought you Michele Bachmann’s encounter with some Occupiers at one of her campaign stops. Well, she wasn’t the only Republican to have an unofficial introduction to the Occupy Movement. At a recent speech at Rice University, Republican House Majority Leader Eric Cantor, had his first encounter too. As he stepped to the podium, […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/eric-cantor-meets-occupy-wall-street-the-encounter/feed/ 3 13418 Told To Leave, Portland Occupiers Partied Instead https://ezkool.com/2011/11/told-to-leave-portland-occupiers-partied-instead/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/told-to-leave-portland-occupiers-partied-instead/#respond Sun, 13 Nov 2011 17:39:26 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13403 The deadline was midnight last night, that was the time the mayor wanted the Occupiers in Portland gone. But instead of doing what Mayor Sam Adam wanted, the crowed of thousands did a countdown to the midnight hour and then partied like it was 1999. Police stood by. As the hours went by and the […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/told-to-leave-portland-occupiers-partied-instead/feed/ 0 13403 Colin Powell Is In Favor Of The Occupy Movement https://ezkool.com/2011/11/colin-powell-is-in-favor-of-the-occupy-movement/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/colin-powell-is-in-favor-of-the-occupy-movement/#comments Fri, 11 Nov 2011 22:16:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13362 He is probably the smartest Republican alive today, and in a world where crazy people get to be the toast-of-the-town and are selected to run for the Republican party’s nomination for President, one wonders why a man of Colin Powell’s intelligence still calls himself a Republican. In an interview with CNN’s Piers Morgan, Powell spoke […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/colin-powell-is-in-favor-of-the-occupy-movement/feed/ 1 13362 Police Brutality Against OccupyBerkeley Students https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-brutality-against-occupyberkeley-students/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-brutality-against-occupyberkeley-students/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2011 15:00:47 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13333 More police brutality on American citizens, exercising their right to peacefully assembly and protest. The students at Berkeley showed their support for OccupyWall Street by forming OccupyBerkeley, only to have the stuffing knocked out of them by the very group who took an oath to protect and to serve them. A true example of how citizens who […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/police-brutality-against-occupyberkeley-students/feed/ 0 13333 Michele Bachmann Meets Occupy Wall Street – The Encounter https://ezkool.com/2011/11/michele-bachmann-meets-occupy-wall-street-the-encounter/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/michele-bachmann-meets-occupy-wall-street-the-encounter/#respond Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:08:55 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13320 Michele Bachmann, one of the Republicans trying to become the nominee to take on President Obama in the 2012 Presidential election, was doing what she does best, giving a speech about something she knows nothing about- in this case, foreign policies. Then, in a manner of communication perfected by seasoned protesters, someone – believed to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/michele-bachmann-meets-occupy-wall-street-the-encounter/feed/ 0 13320 Did You “Take Your Money And Run” Last Saturday? https://ezkool.com/2011/11/did-you-take-your-money-and-run-last-saturday/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/did-you-take-your-money-and-run-last-saturday/#respond Mon, 07 Nov 2011 13:54:46 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13237 November 5th was officially “take your money and run” day. A day set aside for the people to hit the big Corporate banks where it hurts most, in the vaults. “Take your money and run” came about after Bank Of America decided to create a $5.00 monthly fee for any customer deciding to access their money by […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/did-you-take-your-money-and-run-last-saturday/feed/ 0 13237 The Occupy Movement Forming A Political Party https://ezkool.com/2011/11/the-occupy-movement-forming-a-political-party/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/the-occupy-movement-forming-a-political-party/#respond Sun, 06 Nov 2011 23:11:44 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13224 If the Teaparty could be misguided into forming a party to protect the rich and their investments, why can’t the Occupy Movement form a party to protect the middle class. The leaders of the Ohio Occupy Movement is trying to take the movement to that next level. Spokesman Tyrone Givens tells The Associated Press that […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/the-occupy-movement-forming-a-political-party/feed/ 0 13224 Next Republican Debate To Focus On Protecting The Rich – Video https://ezkool.com/2011/11/next-republican-debate-to-focus-on-protecting-the-rich-video/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/next-republican-debate-to-focus-on-protecting-the-rich-video/#respond Sat, 05 Nov 2011 15:15:05 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13180 Sticking to their usual talking points, the next Republican Presidential Debate will be in accordance with all that Republicans hold dear… how to protect the rich at the expense of middle class America. The video below is a promo for the debate which will be held on CNBC. Listen to the announcer.

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/next-republican-debate-to-focus-on-protecting-the-rich-video/feed/ 0 13180 Occupying Mitch McConnell’s Office https://ezkool.com/2011/11/occupying-mitch-mcconnells-office/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/occupying-mitch-mcconnells-office/#respond Fri, 04 Nov 2011 09:33:00 +0000 http://ezkool.com/2011/11/occupying-mitch-mcconnells-office/ Too close for comfort, as Occupiers take their message directly to the enemy – Republican Senate Leader, Mitch McConnell. WASHINGTON — Roughly 30 jobless protesters from D.C. neighborhoods occupied Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell’s office in the Russell Senate Office Building Thursday, saying they wanted to talk to him about jobs. But McConnell was busy […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/occupying-mitch-mcconnells-office/feed/ 0 13132 Sgt. Shamar Thomas Shames New York Police Department https://ezkool.com/2011/11/sgt-shamar-thomas-shames-new-york-police-department/ https://ezkool.com/2011/11/sgt-shamar-thomas-shames-new-york-police-department/#respond Tue, 01 Nov 2011 17:23:26 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13409 He fought in Iraq, did tours in Afghanistan. But what got Sgt. Shamar Thomas mad as hell was the beatings peaceful civilians took from the New York Police, as they demonstrated their first amendment rights to peacefully assemble. “These are citizens!” Sgt. Thomas proclaimed, as the NYPD stood listening. “Why are you hurting these people? […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/11/sgt-shamar-thomas-shames-new-york-police-department/feed/ 0 13409 Occupy Wall Street – A Music Video https://ezkool.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-a-music-video/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-a-music-video/#comments Sat, 29 Oct 2011 01:19:22 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13063 We’re The 99! Pay close attention to the clips of police brutality being displayed against American citizens demonstrating their 1st amendment constitutional right to protest!

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/occupy-wall-street-a-music-video/feed/ 1 13063 New York Fire Department Leaves Occupy Wall Street In The Cold https://ezkool.com/2011/10/new-york-fire-department-leaves-occupy-wall-street-in-the-cold/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/new-york-fire-department-leaves-occupy-wall-street-in-the-cold/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2011 23:37:46 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13050 Following orders from New York Mayor Bloomberg, the New York Fire Department swept through Zoccotti park today, and confiscated generators and other necessary equipmemnt, needed to provide heating, lighting and ability to cook for the protesters. The agency said it’s looking for any unauthorized use that falls outside the guidelines of the city’s fire codes. Firefighters […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/new-york-fire-department-leaves-occupy-wall-street-in-the-cold/feed/ 0 13050 Bryan Fischer Says Jesus Will Take A Whip To Occupy Wall Street https://ezkool.com/2011/10/bryan-fischer-says-jesus-will-take-a-whip-to-occupy-wall-street/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/bryan-fischer-says-jesus-will-take-a-whip-to-occupy-wall-street/#comments Fri, 28 Oct 2011 22:43:20 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13044 One thing we know from his teachings is that Jesus identified with the poor, the hungry, the sick and the meek. Throughout the Bible, Jesus catered to the poor, fed the hungry, healed the sick and He had a special words for the meek, in that “they shall inherit the earth.” But don’t tell this to […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/bryan-fischer-says-jesus-will-take-a-whip-to-occupy-wall-street/feed/ 3 13044 Occupy Oakland Approves General Strike On November 2nd https://ezkool.com/2011/10/occupy-oakland-approves-general-strike-on-november-2nd/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/occupy-oakland-approves-general-strike-on-november-2nd/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2011 03:11:35 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13015 In what is sure to be the first of many, the general assembly for Occupy Oakland just approved a general strike for next Wednesday, November 2nd. The move is in retaliation of the recent episode of police hostility there, where a United States Veteran, after returning home from multiple tours in Iraq, was seriously injured by […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/occupy-oakland-approves-general-strike-on-november-2nd/feed/ 0 13015 New York Police Promise Lawsuits Against Occupiers https://ezkool.com/2011/10/new-york-police-promise-law-suits-against-occupiers/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/new-york-police-promise-law-suits-against-occupiers/#respond Fri, 28 Oct 2011 01:43:07 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=13002 The protesters at Occupy Wall Street get their First Amendment rights violated on a regular basis. They’re rounded-up, thrown to the ground, punched and pepper sprayed like animals by the police.  Yet today, the New York Police Department is planning to sue any protester who “causes injury” to a police officer. Reporting from the New […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/new-york-police-promise-law-suits-against-occupiers/feed/ 0 13002 President Obama And Hillary Clinton On The Rights Of Peaceful Protesters https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-and-hillary-clinton-on-the-rights-of-peaceful-protesters/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-and-hillary-clinton-on-the-rights-of-peaceful-protesters/#comments Mon, 24 Oct 2011 12:30:10 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=12860 The following video features President Obama and Secretary Of State Hillary Clinton, speaking about the uprising of the people and their rights to peacefully gather and protest. They speak about the wrongful ways leaders of various countries have tried to suppress the voice of the people. Although the President and the Secretary of State were […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/president-obama-and-hillary-clinton-on-the-rights-of-peaceful-protesters/feed/ 1 12860 Bachmann Booed For Disagreeing With Occupy Wall Street https://ezkool.com/2011/10/bachmann-booed-for-disagreeing-with-occupy-wall-street/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/bachmann-booed-for-disagreeing-with-occupy-wall-street/#respond Fri, 21 Oct 2011 02:02:58 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=12821 Maybe Michele should stick to her talking points, like “I am going to repeal obamacare,” or “Obama’s family are illegal aliens,” or “I own a small business, I know how to create jobs.” The Republican presidential hopeful went to San Francisco for a discussion with some supporters, but got booed when she veered off track. […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/bachmann-booed-for-disagreeing-with-occupy-wall-street/feed/ 0 12821 Jon Stewart On The Eric Cantor Occupy Wall Street Hypocrisy https://ezkool.com/2011/10/jon-stewart-on-the-eric-cantor-occupy-wall-street-hypocrisy/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/jon-stewart-on-the-eric-cantor-occupy-wall-street-hypocrisy/#respond Thu, 20 Oct 2011 11:00:27 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=12803 Jon Stewart sums it up perfectly when showing the hypocrisy of the entire Republican party, especially that of Eric Cantor. Broadcasting Cantor’s call for the Teaparty to take to the streets in protest, Stewart then compares Cantor’s reaction to that of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Stewart shows different clips of Cantor and other Republican […]

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]]> https://ezkool.com/2011/10/jon-stewart-on-the-eric-cantor-occupy-wall-street-hypocrisy/feed/ 0 12803 The Whole World Is Watching – Police Brutality In San Francisco https://ezkool.com/2011/10/the-whole-world-is-watching-police-brutality-in-san-francisco/ https://ezkool.com/2011/10/the-whole-world-is-watching-police-brutality-in-san-francisco/#respond Tue, 18 Oct 2011 03:34:51 +0000 http://ezkool.com/?p=12765 You thought the New York Police Department was the only one attacking peaceful protesters for… protesting? Think again. The San Francisco Police Department has successfully added their interpretation of  “excessive police action” to the historic movement that is Occupy Wall Street, with their actions earlier tonight in California. To chants of  “The whole world is watching!”, […]

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