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Marine Veteran Responds to Plight of Scott Olsen in Oakland

"Being hit by a 'nade at point blank range. That, my fellow citizens, deserves a response" - Marine Corps Veteran Pierre Fontecha

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - We never go long without hearing of a tragedy affecting a U.S. Marine. Sometimes they're casualties in terrible battles overseas, sometimes they are killed in a hail of gunfire by police in a case of mistaken identity, and sometimes they're victims of police for taking a stand and using their rights as Americans to take a political stand.

That does not lawfully or morally mean they should be shot in the head.

Oakland Police Union Speaks Out Over Extensive Confusion

An Open Letter to the Citizens of Oakland from the Oakland Police Officers’ Association

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - We represent the 645 police officers who work hard every day to protect the citizens of Oakland. We, too, are the 99% fighting for better working conditions, fair treatment and the ability to provide a living for our children and families.

We are severely understaffed with many City beats remaining unprotected by police during the day and evening hours.

Modest Proposal For Occupy Wall Street

What if at every campaign stop, a political candidate was confronted by Occupy Wall Street members demanding what the candidate was going to do about reigning in Wall Street and about America's income inequities?

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Wall Street has come to symbolize corporate greed. But the fat cats of Wall Street are not going to change their greedy ways. Why should they?

They have had their way for far too long. And corporate executives don't embarrass easily. Clearly, government action is needed.

WATCH LIVE RESPONSE - Occupy Denver Holds Their Ground

There are unconfirmed reports that 2 DPD officers have handed in their badges in objection to the raid of the Occupation.

(DENVER, Co.) - Occupy Denver reports that at 7:30 p.m. toniht, Denver Riot Police begin to move in and request the remaining protesters clear Civic Center Park. The protesters say they reminded officers that they have until 11:00 p.m. to be there and hold their ground.

Protesters chanted a reminder that they are non-violent and request that the DPD remain non-violent as well. They continued to hold their ground as garbage trucks rolled off with the remnants of the camp.

Goldman Bullies Teeny Credit Union that #OccupyWallStreet Uses

Low grade thuggish behavior over a mere $5,000 illustrates how deeply narcissistic Wall Street has become.

(NEW YORK CITY) - I suppose there is no point in being part of the 1% unless you can throw your weight around.

Greg Palast writes in the Guardian of how Goldman took a wee bit of revenge on Occupy Wall Street via the itty bitty credit union ($30 million in assets) that OWS chose for its bank account, Peoples Bank. Peoples has “a unique Federal charter”.

Oakland Mayor Takes Responsibility for Police Violence

Two in one deal from Quan: she apologizes to Marine's family, then says Oakland won't support demonstration's right to 24-hour access.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - The news yesterday was tough; a two-tour Iraq Marine Corps Veteran named Scott Olsen was shot in the head by police at Occupy Oakland, it still isn't clear what they got him with, but it fractured the veteran's skull and left him crumpled in the street.

Others moved forward screaming "medic medic" just like something straight out of Iraq...

Oakland Cops Shoot Two-Tour Marine Iraq Vet in the Head

Hey Americans... the cops in Oakland are calling your bluff.

(OAKLAND, Calif.) - Third Battalion Fourth Marines took another casualty this week, but it wasn't in Helmand province, or Anbar; it was in the streets of Oakland. The city's police, itching for a fight, shot Corporal Scott Olsen, a two-tour Iraq Marine Veteran, in the head.

As OWS Grows, Renewed Effort to Expose Corporate Takeover of Elections Launched

We The People Releases Groundbreaking Investigative Stories with Katrina vanden Heuvel, Jim Hightower and Jay Harris.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - As the Occupy Wall Street movement grows into an international pushback against a runaway corporate takeover, the We the People Campaign has partnered with high-profile advocacy organizations and media outlets across the country to call attention to the dramatically increased role of corporate money in elections.

The effort is led by Katrina vanden Heuvel, editor of The Nation; Jim Hightower, the Texas populist and former Texas Agriculture Commissioner; and former Mother Jones publisher Jay Harris.

OWS, The Second American Revolution and Mr. Jones

Too long has The Peace Process been bogged down in a tragic effort to live in monologue rather than dialogue.

(NEW YORK CITY) - On September 17th the people-powered Occupy Wall Street/OWS movement began in Liberty Square in Manhattan’s Financial District, and has spread to over 100 cities in the United States with actions in over 1,500 cities globally.

Inspired by the people powered uprisings in Egypt and Tunisia, the OWS movement has exposed how the richest 1% of people write the rules and control the global economy.

The Revolution of 2011?

What we see today with the protests now happening around the globe is a clash between populist, progressive values, and the regressive, elitist values of the corporate class and their flunkies.

(GOLD RIVER B.C.) - The year 1848 is noted for the revolutions that swept across much of Europe. Historians in the future may write of the revolutions of 2011.

What started as a popular revolt in Tunisia in late 2010 and spread throughout the Arab world has now gone world wide as people gather everywhere to protest the current order.