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Judge to Twitter: Turn Over Writer's Protest Tweets

Malcolm Harris' tweets not protected speech, judge rules

(Newser) - Freewheeling speech on Twitter isn't the same as protected speech, a judge has ruled. In a decision with major repercussions for social media communication, a Manhattan criminal court judge has ordered Twitter to turn over tweets sent by a New York writer during Occupy Wall Street protests last fall....

Bill Maher to Occupy: Less 'Camping,' More Mobilizing

Movement could learn something from Tea Party, he suggests

(Newser) - Bill Maher has apparently lost his love for the Occupy Wall Street movement. He tore into the protest movement on last night's episode of Real Time, telling participants, "Now that summer is upon us, the Occupy Wall Street movement must think of a more effective means of protest...

NATO Protesters' Chicago Target Today: Boeing

20 of those arrested yesterday released

(Newser) - Many downtown businesses and dozens of Metra rail stations are closed in Chicago today as the city braces for the final day of fiery protests against the NATO summit there. This time organizers with the Occupy Chicago movement have planned a morning march on Boeing's building on the Chicago...

First Occupy Trial Ends in Acquittal, Thanks to Video

Footage showed that arrested man wasn't in street

(Newser) - The Village Voice reports on a milestone of sorts for the Occupy Wall Street movement: The first of thousands of arrests on charges of disorderly conduct made it to trial, only to end in acquittal. NYPD arrested photographer Alexander Arbuckle on Jan. 1 and accused him of standing in the...

Protesters to Swarm BofA Annual Meeting

Demonstrations planned for shareholder meeting today

(Newser) - Today’s annual Bank of America shareholder meeting is going to be a little crowded: Protesters are planning to show up in full force at the bank’s headquarters in Charlotte, NC. The demonstrators, inspired by the Occupy Wall Street movement, are calling their group 99% Power and plan on...

Twitter Fights to Protect Tweets at Protester Trial

Users have rights to all content, company argues

(Newser) - Twitter is fighting a subpoena demanding tweets of an Occupy protester on trial in Manhattan. The outcome of the battle could have a major impact on tweeters' privacy. The company is arguing that Twitter has no claim on a user's communication, and therefore has no right to turn them...

May Day Protesters Clash With Police

'Occupy' marches in Oakland, Seattle elsewhere get physical

(Newser) - Activists across the US joined the worldwide May Day protests today, with Occupy Wall Street members in several cities leading demonstrations and in some cases clashing with police. Some examples:
  • In Oakland, police fired tear gas and "flash-bang" grenades to disperse the crowds, sending protesters fleeing a downtown intersection
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May Day Protests Sweep the Globe

Russia, Malaysia, Taiwan, France ... the planet marches

(Newser) - May Day rallies are in effect in all corners of the globe, from Greece and Iraq to France and the Philippines—and, soon, stateside. What began as an international workers' holiday has morphed into an international day of protest, fueled in part by the Occupy Wall Street movement, with Asians...

Occupy Plots Global Protests Tomorrow

115 US cities plan to reignite movement

(Newser) - We haven't heard much from Occupy Wall Street in a while, so protesters are looking to make some noise tomorrow. Groups from Barcelona to London to Kuala Lumpur, as well as in 115 cities across the US, are getting ready for May 1, known as International Workers' Day. "...

Filmmakers Protest Tribeca Fest Sponsor

Brookfield Properties is infamous Zuccotti Park owner

(Newser) - A number of filmmakers are fuming over the Tribeca Film Festival's choice of sponsors. Among the festival's backers is Brookfield Properties, owner of Zuccotti Park—the former home of Occupy Wall Street. Brookfield helped empty the park of protesters in a move that violated their First Amendment rights,...

Protesters Crash Wells Fargo Meeting

Shareholding activists demand end to foreclosures

(Newser) - Some 15 shareholders were arrested for disrupting Wells Fargo's annual shareholder meeting in San Francisco yesterday. The protesters—allowed in because they own Wells Fargo shares—were ejected after shouting over CEO John Stumpf's presentation about the bank's $15.9 billion profit in 2011, reports the San ...

UC Davis Head Cop Quits Over Pepper-Spray Mess

Annette Spicuzza steps down after report slams department

(Newser) - The UC Davis police chief whose officers pepper-sprayed seated protesters late last year has quit following a campus task force report criticizing her "dysfunctional" department's handling of the incident . "As the university does not want this incident to be its defining moment, nor do I wish for...

Report Slams UC Cops for Pepper Spray

Protesters posed no threat, says task force

(Newser) - The pepper-spraying of protesters at UC Davis late last year should not have happened, a report from a task force at the California University has concluded. The study refutes campus cops' claims that Occupy protesters posed a violent threat and included many troublemakers from off campus, the Los Angeles Times...

Obama Just Legalized Fraud
 Obama Just Legalized Fraud 
Matt Taibbi

Obama Just Legalized Fraud

Matt Taibbi on why the JOBS Act 'couldn't suck worse'

(Newser) - Did you enjoy the dot-com bubble? Well, expect a replay on an even bigger scale, because last week President Obama signed a bill that, according to Matt Taibbi of Rolling Stone , "will very nearly legalize fraud in the stock market." The JOBS Act is ostensibly designed to make...

Cops Bust Dozens, Clear Zuccotti Park

Dozens arrested in Zuccotti Park, 6 months after protests started

(Newser) - The NYPD cleared Zuccotti Park last night around 11:30pm, arresting the small number of Occupy protesters who refused to leave the park on the six-month anniversary of the movement's birth, reports the AP . Demonstrators had started filling Zuccotti in the afternoon, with signs and banners. Around 1pm they...

Bank of America Is a Crime Syndicate
 Bank of America Is 
 a Crime Syndicate 
Matt Taibbi

Bank of America Is a Crime Syndicate

Matt Taibbi: It's 'ripping off virtually everyone'

(Newser) - Matt Taibbi gives Bank of America the " vampires squid " treatment today, savaging "the ultimate Too Big to Fail bank" as "a hypergluttonous ward of the state whose limitless criminal conspiracies we'll all be paying for until the end of time," in a lengthy Rolling ...

Breitbart's 'Story of the Decade' Actually Pretty Lame

'Exclusive' isn't exactly an exclusive: 'Atlantic'

(Newser) - The story that is likely Andrew Breitbart's final piece of investigative work is out , and in the video, Breitbart himself calls his "exclusive" the "story of the decade." But it was neither an exclusive nor the story of the decade, the Atlantic Wire notes after doing...

Occupiers Get Cash From... Corporate Bosses

Ben and Jerry's leading the way

(Newser) - As the last Occupy camps are dismantled , an unlikely force has emerged to keep the rag-tag protest movement going. A team of corporate leaders is joining forces to raise money for protesters, with some $300,000 collected so far. Among the members of the new Movement Resource Group are Ben...

Police Break Up Occupy London

20 arrested in eviction

(Newser) - Occupy London's campsite outside historic St. Paul's Cathedral has been evacuated by police, marking an end to one of the longest-running sites in the Occupy movement. Some 20 people were arrested in the dismantling of the encampment, which began in October, the AP reports. A former church leader...

Santorum Asks for Secret Service After Protest

Protesters got 'rowdy' at Tacoma event this week

(Newser) - Rick Santorum must really be a frontrunner now, because the Republican presidential candidate is requesting Secret Service protection. His campaign sent the request to the Department of Homeland Security yesterday after what Fox News calls a "rowdy rally" in Washington state Monday night. Occupy protesters crashed the outdoor event...

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