Tag: Occupy Delaware

Breaking: Victory for Occupy Delaware

Filed in National by on May 4, 2012 2 Comments

They have a trial scheduled for August, according to the NJ. Since the city has said they won’t remove them without a court order, it looks like they can stay in Spencer Plaza til then.

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Occupy Delaware May Day Event — General Strike

Filed in National by on May 1, 2012 4 Comments
Occupy Delaware May Day Event — General Strike

May 1st is the day that the City of Wilmington has decided that Occupy Delaware must leave Spencer Plaza. Starting at noon today, they are gathering with as many people as possible to stand against this eviction.

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Wilmington Ordering an End To Occupy Delaware in Spencer Plaza

Filed in Delaware by on April 23, 2012 16 Comments
Wilmington Ordering an End To Occupy Delaware in Spencer Plaza

The Office of the Mayor issued a press release and I gather officially notified the Occupy Delaware residents today that they were to clear Spencer Plaza before 1 May 2012. Here is the entire release:

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Israel Leads – Who Will Follow?

Filed in International by on November 8, 2011 15 Comments

On October 30th, the Israeli cabinet voted to shift the tax burden from the poor and middle class to the wealthy. Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s cabinet approved the taxation portion of the Trajtenberg report on Sunday, levying heavier taxes on both corporations and the extremely wealthy. Earlier this month, the cabinet approved in principle the […]

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Occupy Delaware Starts Saturday, November 5

Filed in Delaware, National by on November 1, 2011 12 Comments

As noted yesterday in a couple of comments in the Open Thread, Occupy Delaware begins its occupation at H. Fletcher Brown park in Wilmington, DE at 10AM. You can check for details at OccupydDE.org (where there is also notice of the next planning meeting on Wednesday 2 November). Occupy Delaware also has a Facebook page that all of you should subscribe to and a Twitter presence if you monitor that.

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A Crib Death for OccupyDelaware?

Filed in Delaware by on October 24, 2011 97 Comments

Not yet a month old, and already the Occupy movement in Delaware is in mortal danger. I don’t know if it is indicative of how the movement is progressing in other cities and states, but I hope not. Allow me to explain…

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Reflections On Occupy Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on October 18, 2011 44 Comments
Reflections On Occupy Delaware

On Saturday I attended the first ever Occupy Delaware rally at Rodney Square in Wilmington.

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Why the Middle Class is Angry

Filed in National by on October 17, 2011 15 Comments

The fat cats on Wall St. can’t seem to figure out why the middle class is angry at them. Let’s look at the nest eggs that the middle class has been hoping will comfort them in their waning years.

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Occupy Delaware

Filed in Delaware by on October 14, 2011 3 Comments

Occupy Delaware will hold a rally on Saturday from 10-2 in Rodney Square.

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