‘Occupy’ protests go global
Occupy D.C. demonstrators receive a Thanksgiving meal from volunteers at the New York Avenue Presbyterian Church in
“People’s Library” books fill a table at a news conference given by representatives of the
A painter paints an interpretation of the anti-corporate protest tent camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral, in central London. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
A performance artist is covered in fake blood during an anti-corporate protest performance at Occupy London. (Lefteris Pitarakis / Associated Press)
Occupy London protesters lift their hands to mark the passing of a deadline for them to vacate the area. (Andy Rain / EPA)
Police hold a demonstrator at Occupy Oakland early Monday as they moved to clear out the weeks-old encampment. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Police form a line at the Occupy Oakland protest site as a police helicopter flies overhead. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Police escort a demonstrator taken into custody at Occupy Oakland. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Police stand in position as authorities prepared to clear out the Occupy Oakland encampment. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Police take down a shelter at Occupy Oakland protest site. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Hundreds of protesters associated with Bank Transfer Day face off with police officers guarding a
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A demonstrator uses a video camera as he stands in a cloud of tear gas fired by police at the
Sheriff’s deputies advance on
An anarchy symbol is painted on the entrance to an office building at 1333 Broadway in Oakland following an
Demonstrators in the street flash peace signs at the
Protesters help an injured
Occupy Oakland protestors stand atop a big rig at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday. Thousands took to Oakland’s streets as part of a daylong general strike. (Noah Berger / Associated Press)
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A small group of
A broken window at a Chase bank in Oakland. Protesters teamed up with labor unions to picket banks, take over foreclosed homes and vacant buildings, and disrupt operations at the nation’s fifth-busiest port. (Paul Sakuma / Associated Press)
Demonstrators clash in Oakland. (Eric Thayer / Getty Images)
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A demonstrator with the Occupy movement marches Tuesday in Oakland. The group called for a general strike today, and planned to march on the city’s port later in the day. (Eric Thayerr / Getty Images)
Occupy Las Vegas members participate in a “zombie walk” on the Las Vegas Strip to protest what they consider greed and corruption among banking and business leaders in solidarity with other Occupy movements around the world. (Ethan Miller / Getty Images)
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The first snowstorm of the season is a test of the protesters’ resolve as they huddle in tents and prepare for winter with donated food and clothing. (John Minchillo / Associated Press)
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Protesters of the Occupy Berlin movement sit in front of the Reichstag, where the German parliament meets. (Markus Schreiber / Associated Press)
Philosopher Cornel West, right, and commentator Tavis Smiley embrace as they rally Occupy L.A. demonstrators on the steps of City Hall. (Robert Gauthier / Los Angeles Times)
Filmmaker Michael Moore addresses several hundred
Physicians, nurses, community groups and supporters of healthcare marched to call for an end of corporate greed in the health insurance industry. (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters yell as police move in to arrest those refusing to leave after Mayor Kasim Reed revoked his executive order allowing the Occupy Atlanta to camp out in Woodruff Park. (David Goldman / Associated Press)
Participants in the Occupy Atlanta protest movement take over Peachtree Street near Woodruff Park. About 40 to 50 people who refused to leave the park were arrested after several warnings. The group, an offshoot of the
Atlanta police carry away one of dozens of Occupy Atlanta protesters arrested at Woodruff Park early Wednesday morning. Before police moved in, protesters were warned a couple of times around midnight to vacate the park or risk arrest. (Curtis Compton / Atlanta Journal Constitution)
Occupy Atlanta protesters are arrested at Woodruff Park. About 40 to 50 people who refused to leave the park were arrested after several warnings. (Erik S. Lesser / EPA)
A protester holds a sign during an Occupy demonstration in San Francisco. Hundreds of San Francisco Bay Area clergy marched through downtown San Francisco in solidarity with the Occupy San Francisco protesters. (Justin Sullivan / Getty Images)
Occupy Oakland protesters huddle together after police used tear gas to disperse a large crowd. Many demonstrators were arrested. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters help a man injured after police used tear gas to disperse protesters Tuesday night in downtown Oakland, Calif. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters flee after police deploy tear gas to disperse a large crowd that gathered at 14th Street and Broadway in Oakland. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Occupy Oakland protesters yell at police stopping their path. (Darryl Bush / Associated Press)
Oakland police officers in riot gear line Frank H. Ogawa plaza near City Hall. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
An Oakland police officer pets a cat at an Occupy Oakland site. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
An American flag is left discarded as a remnant of the Occupy Oakland protests. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
The possessions of Occupy Oakland protesters are seen in Frank H. Ogawa plaza near City Hall. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
Police officers in Oakland, Calif., sift through possessions left by Occupy Oakland protesters near City Hall. (Ben Margot / Associated Press)
Police stand guard in
Police on horseback were brought in to help with crowd control in
“My pension is not the problem” reads one of the signs in the
A person holds a sign critical of
Protesters chant in front of a downtown Seattle hotel to protest the appearance of Republican presidential hopeful
A masked protester with a placard during a demonstration in Amsterdam. Tens of thousands gathered in cities across the world Saturday in protest marches modeled on New York’s
Protesters march in Brussels. The protest in the Belgian capital was part of
A protester looks up as a banner is raised during a march in Brussels. The banner reads: ‘We are 99 percent, We will not pay their debt’. (Yves Logghe / Associated Press)
People take part in an “Occupy” protest in Amsterdam, venting their anger against alleged corporate greed and government cutbacks. Protesters launched demonstrations around the globe, targettng 951 cities in 82 countries. (Marcel Antonisse / AFP/Getty Images)
A protester tries to open the door as security members and employers block the main entrance of a Zara clothing store during a demonstration in Barcelona. (Emilio Morenatti / Associated Press)
Demonstrators mass outside St. Paul’s Cathedral in London during a protest against the global financial system. A number of campaign organizations, including the direct-action group UK Uncut, say they will support an occupation of the heart of the capital’s financial center as part of a “global movement for real democracy” to highlight social and economic injustice. (Max Nash / EPA)
Cash machines are covered in posters outside St. Paul’s Cathedral during the “Occupy London” protest. (Dan Kitwood / Getty Images)
A protester scuffles with police during the “Occupy London” protest outside St. Paul’s Cathedral. Thousands of people are taking to the streets in cities across the world, inspired by the
A demonstrator dressed as Jesus Christ takes part in the “Occupy London” Stock Exchange demonstration. The
Italian police fired tear gas and water cannons as protesters in Rome turned a demonstration against corporate greed into a riot, smashing shop and bank windows, torching cars and hurling bottles. (Gregorio Borgia / Associated Press)
Protesters are pictured in tear gas during a demonstration in Rome. Tens of thousands took to the streets of the Italian capital for a march that turned violent, and equal numbers rallied in Madrid and Lisbon. (Filippo Monteforte / AFP/Getty Images)
A hand points to protesters marching through the smoke of flares during a demonstration in downtown Rome, which was placed under security lock-down. (Mario Laporta / AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters wave their hands in Puerta del Sol square in Madrid. People also took to the streets in Sydney, Hong Kong and Tokyo in the opening hours of the unprecedented global uprising. (Dominique Faget / AFP/Getty Images)
Demonstrators in front of the Portuguese Parliament in Lisbon hold signs and shout slogans at a rally inspired by the “Indignados” protest movement. (Joao Relvas / EPA)
A man holds up a sign as he joins fellow demonstrators marching near Toronto’s financial district. (Chris Young / Associated Press/The Canadian Press)
Syrians living in Greece gesture as they protest in central Athens’ Syntagma Square against the situation in their country. (Louisa Gouliamaki / AFP/Getty Images)
A protester wears self-made glasses with a dollar and a euro symbol at a demonstration against the global financial system in Munich. (Frank Leonhardt / EPA)
Swedish and international protesters hold banners as they take part in the “Occupy Stockholm” demonstration at Sergels torg Square. (Jonathan Nackstrand / AFP/Getty Images)
Protesters take part in a demonstration against the banking industry in Zurich. Several hundred demonstrators gathered in the city’s Paradeplatz, where both Swiss giant banking
Businessmen wait to cross Broadway, filled with protesters and police on Friday morning as
Police maintain order as
New York police officers stand by as
New York police arrested at least four people Wednesday as the Wall Street protest continued. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
A passer-by takes in the Wall Street occupation in Liberty Square on Wednesday morning. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Elizabeth Smith, right, walks through a tent encampment in Woodruff Park in Atlanta on Tuesday. (David Goldman / Associated Press)
Melissa Dramstad, right, speaks with Atlanta police Officer Keech Boyd at a tent encampment in Woodruff Park on Tuesday. (David Goldman / Associated Press)
A protester looks on as Capitol police walk past in the Hart Senate Office Building in
A protester shouts slogans outside the Hart Senate Office Building in
Rally signs are piled up in an encampment site for a group calling itself Occupy Maine in Monument Square in Portland, Maine. (Pat Wellenbach / Associated Press)
Rally signs are piled up in an encampment site for a group calling itself Occupy Maine in Monument Square in Portland, Maine. (Pat Wellenbach / Associated Press)
Savage, a 4-month-old pit bull, is kept back by protester David Huppert among the tents occupying Civic Center Plaza on Tuesday in San Diego. (Lenny Ignelzi / Associated Press)
Protesters with the
Protesters with the
Demonstrators with “Occupy Boston” march toward the police station where fellow demonstrators were brought after police arrested people sleeping in an expansion of the Occupy Boston tent village in Boston, in the early morning hours Tuesday. (Josh Reynolds / Associated Press)
Demonstrators hold a vigil on two overpasses above the 101 Freeway in downtown Los Angeles on the eve of the
Luciano Guadalupe holds a sign and a candle at the vigil. Corporate greed was a target of the protesters. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Cesar Luis, 5, joins his parents in the candlelight demonstration. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Demonstrators with the group Good Jobs L.A. fill one of the downtown overpasses. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
A motorist on the 101 Freeway gestures in solidarity with demonstrators on an overpass above. (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
As nighttime descends, demonstrators holding signs and candles join in a chant for “good jobs!” (Lawrence K. Ho / Los Angeles Times)
Some staged a sit-in while hundreds of others joined in a demonstration at 7th and Figueroa in downtown L.A. called “Refund California,” protesting Wall Street and big banks. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
“You’ve been served!” screamed protesters after taping a “Final Notice Past Due” sign on an ATM at a Chase Bank branch. The demonstrators began the rally at California Plaza and proceeded to march through downtown Los Angeles. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Demonstrators march through California Plaza carrying a likeness of
The “Refund California” protesters make their way down Figueroa Street. (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)
Holding a “check” from Wall Street made out to the “People of California” in the amount of $673 billion, 11 protesters stage a sit-in in a
One of the 11 protesters in the
Los Angeles City Councilman
Los Angeles City Council President
Shayne Eastin, 27, of Los Angeles protests at Los Angeles City Hall on Sunday, part of Occupy Los Angeles. Eastin is trying to find work. “I am here to protest the top 1% of the population who pay little taxes while others are out of work,” she said. Several hundred protesters set up camp in front of City Hall this weekend. (Gina Ferazzi / Los Angeles Times)
Tony Rodriguez, 25, of East Los Angeles smokes in his tent on the Los Angeles City Hall lawn Sunday. He arrived Saturday night and is part of Occupy Los Angeles, which is inspired by the anti-corporate Occupy Wall Street demonstrations in New York. Several hundred protesters set up camp in front of Los Angeles City Hall over thy weekend, saying they are there to stay. (Gary Friedman/Los Angeles Times)
Dancers from South Gate High School, including Rafael Campoy, perform on a float during the Trespass Parade in downtown Los Angeles on Sunday. The parade was part of Pacific Standard Time, a collaboration of Southern California cultural institutions celebrating the birth of the Los Angeles art scene. (Christina House / For The Times)
Occupy Wall Street began Day 13 with a march through the streets of Lower
Sometimes executives drop in on lunch breaks to talk politics and economics with the protesters, but often commuters barely take notice of them. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Protest posters for a variety of causes reflect the diverse goals of the group’s members. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
New York police make sure marchers stay on the sidewalks. Run-ins with the
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Some of those taking part in the occupation catch up on sleep as others march through the streets of Lower
A protester takes shelter under a plastic tarp. Rain was forecast for the coming days. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)
Protesters gather for a planning meeting. Their numbers vary as people come and go. Some who live nearby drop by for a few hours at a time; others stay around the clock. (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)