‘Occupy’ protests go global

“People’s Library” books fill a table at a news conference given by representatives of the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York. The books were among those carted away by sanitation workers on Nov. 15 when police raided and dismantled the Occupy Wall Street encampment in New York City. Activists want the city to reimburse them for over 2,000 missing books as well as those damaged when the camp was taken down.  (David Caruso / Associated Press)

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 Bank of America branch at the corner of 1st and Spring streets in downtown Los Angeles. Protesters were advised to take their money out of big banks and invest in smaller banks or credit unions instead.

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Full coverage: Occupy protests  (Genaro Molina / Los Angeles Times)

Occupy Oakland protesters claim a vacant building during a march downtown. Thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters took to Oakland’s streets as part of a daylong series of events, billed as a general strike, aimed at asserting the movement’s strength and shutting down commerce.  (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

A demonstrator uses a video camera as he stands in a cloud of tear gas fired by police at the Occupy Oakland demonstration. Police in riot gear clashed with protesters in Oakland in the early morning hours on Thursday, firing tear gas to disperse demonstrators lingering in the streets after a day of mostly peaceful rallies.  (Stephen Lam / Reuters)

Sheriff’s deputies advance on Occupy Oakland protesters early Thursday morning. Following a mainly peaceful daylong protest by thousands of anti-Wall Street demonstrators, several hundred rallied through the night with some painting graffiti, breaking windows and setting file to garbage cans.  (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

Occupy Oakland protesters attempt to put out a trash fire.  (Kimihiro Hoshino / AFP / Getty Images)

An anarchy symbol is painted on the entrance to an office building at 1333 Broadway in Oakland following an Occupy Oakland protest early Thursday morning.  (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

Demonstrators in the street flash peace signs at the Occupy Oakland demonstration.  (Stephen Lam / Reuters)

Protesters help an injured Occupy Oakland demonstrator after a police-fired projectile struck his leg.  (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

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)

Occupy Oakland protester Alfredo Coronado waves a flag atop a big rig at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday.  (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

Thousands of Occupy Oakland protesters march from downtown Oakland to the city’s port Wednesday.  (Jeff Chiu / Associated Press)

Occupy Oakland protesters stand atop a railroad scaffold at the Port of Oakland on Wednesday.  (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

A small group of Occupy Oakland protesters smash windows at a Wells Fargo bank branch.

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)

Occupy Oakland protesters rally in front of the State of California building. Oakland’s citywide general strike, a hastily planned and ambitious action, seeks to shut down the Port of Oakland.   (Ben Margot / Associated Press)

Demonstrators clash in Oakland.  (Eric Thayer / Getty Images)

An Occupy Oakland protester who gave her name as Nancy, right, scales a pole while hanging a banner.   (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

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)

An Occupy Wall Street protester braves a snowstorm in Zuccotti Park in New York.   (John Minchillo / Associated Press)

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)

An Occupy Wall Street supporter braves the elements standing in protest while the season’s first snow falls over Zuccotti Park.   (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)

An Occupy Wall Street protester holds a sign depicting President Obama laughing with various prominent politicians.   (John Minchillo / Associated Press)

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 Occupy Oakland protesters outside City Hall. Moore urged the protesters to continue demonstrating.   (Noah Berger / Associated Press)

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 Occupy Wall Street movement, had been in Woodruff Park for about three weeks.   (Erik S. Lesser / EPA)

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)

“Occupy Wall Street” protesters marched to Times Square, where hundreds of police were in place to contain them behind barricades. Mounted police were also brought in for crowd control.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

“Occupy Wall Street” protesters in Times Square.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Police stand guard in Times Square, where “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrators gathered.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

Police on horseback were brought in to help with crowd control in Times Square.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

“My pension is not the problem” reads one of the signs in the “Occupy Wall Street” protest in Times Square.   (Carolyn Cole / Los Angeles Times)

“Occupy Wall Street” participants gather in Washington Square.   (Emmanuel Dunand / AFP/Getty Images)

A person holds a sign critical of Bank of America during a demonstration on the National Mall. Activists gathered to celebrate the American civil rights movement and to rally for equal employment.   (Brendan Smialowski / Getty Images)

Protesters chant in front of a downtown Seattle hotel to protest the appearance of Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney. About 50 “Occupy Seattle” protesters made the walk of a few blocks from Westlake Park to the hotel where the former Massachusetts governor was holding a private fundraiser.   (Elaine Thompson / Associated Press)

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 “Occupy Wall Street” movement and sit-ins that began months ago in Spain.   (Marcel Antonisse / EPA)

Protesters march in Brussels. The protest in the Belgian capital was part of “Occupy Wall Street” demonstrations against capitalism and austerity measures that went global Saturday.   (Yves Logghe / Associated Press)

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)