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Philadelphia Police to Meet With Occupy Philly Organizers
Last night, organizers of Occupy Philly met with 1,000 potential demonstrators and agreed to begin the event at City Hall tomorrow morning. Today, Philadelphia Police […]
Occupy Philly to Join Strippers Protest at Daily News?
The reason traffic sucked in Center City during your lunch hour today was because of an Occupy Philly protest. Occupy protesters—about 100 and change or […]
Penn Class Takes an Occupy Philly Field Trip
A young friend who’s studying at Penn discovered this afternoon that her professor was canceling class: “She said she was marching downtown to protest, though, […]
Occupy Philly Rejects City’s Proposed Permit
Occupy Philly Appeals City’s Permit Proposal. The city has granted the Occupy Philly protesters a permit to continue their demonstration at Thomas Paine Plaza, across […]
City Won’t Force Occupy Philly to Move
Mayor Nutter Won’t Force Occupiers to Move. Mayor Nutter—in the midst of a permit approval process with Occupy Philly—has announced that the city will not […]
Police Arrest 24 Occupy Philly Protesters
Police Arrest 24 Occupy Philly Protesters. As controversy stirs over whether or not the Occupy Philly protesters will vacate Dilworth Plaza to make room for […]
Bob Brady Brokers Occupy Philly Move?
Last night, WPVI-TV reported that U.S. Representative Bob Brady had brokered a deal to get the bulk of the Occupy Philly protesters currently, um, occupying […]
City Reviews Occupy Philly’s Request to Move
Mayor Michael Nutter has indicated that the city is reviewing Occupy Philly’s request to move across the street from Dilworth Plaza. The proposal would have […]
For Now, Occupy Philly Is Doing Some Good
I didn’t understand the Occupy Philly movement. This doesn’t mean that I misunderstood what their problems were. Wholly, the Occupy movements across the country were […]
Why Isn’t MOVE Part of Occupy Philly?
Ever since Occupy Philly began causing a stink in Philadelphia, I’ve been waiting for MOVE to make an appearance. After all, historically speaking, no other […]
People Pleasing: From Occupy Philly to SEPTA Diplomacy
It was 2004 and a virtual stranger had moved from Chicago to Philadelphia to live with me. He’d lived in Chicago for 18 years, and […]
Occupy Philly Protesters Acquitted in Bank Sit-In
The Inquirer reports: “A Common Pleas Court jury today acquitted 12 Occupy Philadelphia demonstrators arrested in a 2011 sit-in in a Wells Fargo Bank branch in […]
Occupy Philly Activists Go to Trial, Maybe to Jail
On April 26, 2012, several defendants could be sent to prison for what they did outside a government facility on November 29th last year, prior […]
Havertown Home Robbed by Occupy Philly Protester?
Police are searching for a man who robbed a woman in her Havertown home today. the man allegedly knocked at her door and claimed to […]
Occupy Philly Has Overstayed Its Welcome
The Nutter administration’s slow dance with the Occupy Philadelphia protesters has gone from the sublime to the absurd. After weeks of playing nice with the […]