Watching Wall Street: Archive

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Occupy Atlanta, the Mayor, and the Clergy →

Occupy Atlanta, the Mayor, and the Clergy Posted by Pastor Andy on October 26, 2011 Last Friday I was speaking at an event on hunger in Atlanta. Also at that event was the Director of Human Resources for the city of Atlanta. Her name is Mitzi and she is basically in charge of distributing federal funds to agencies that work with the homeless. We engaged in conversation about, what appeared...

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Lessons from Occupy Wall Street →

Now that the occupation has lasted more than a month, what have we learned? 1. We have learned that they are afraid. The top 1% knows that we know, and that we know that we know, that its stories of “trickle down” and “what’s good for wall street is good for main street” and “free markets” and “new economy” and all the rest is a...

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Occupy Atlanta | Rainbow PUSH leader calls for... →

Joe Beasley, the southern regional director of the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, on Tuesday called on Atlantans to oust Mayor Kasim Reed from office because of what he calls the mayor’s overreaction in his standoff with protesters occupying Woodruff Park. “I’m just really appalled to see this massive police presence, so we’re calling on the people of Atlanta to recall Mayor Reed for malfeasance in ...

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Occupy Atlanta Update - Tim Franzen

Earlier today Mayor Kasim Reed called a press conference in order to discuss the dire threat which he apparently thinks Occupy Atlanta represents. The Mayor along with other city officials has fabricated danger where none exists. Mayor Reed stated that the city spent over $100,000 dollars on increased police presence for Saturday alone. That money, which was wasted on surrounding our...

Oct 25th

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Oct 24th

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Mayor's office denies Occupy Atlanta ordered to... →

Occupy Atlanta leader Tim Franzen emerged from a meeting with the mayor several hours earlier Saturday and said a livid Reed had demanded that protesters who have occupied the park for several weeks clear out. “He was very angry, very upset,” said Franzen, who added that the mayor began “yelling right away” after they entered the mobile unit.

Oct 24th

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