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Cornel West arrested as OWS spreads to Harlem – Occupy Wall Street – Salon.com

22 Oct

Occupy Wall Street headed to Harlem Friday afternoon in a solidarity march that ended with the arrests of a few dozen protesters including Princeton professor Cornel West — just days after his arrest in Washington, D.C., at another demonstration. . . .

The march, which was planned by existing left-wing groups but was also endorsed Thursday by the general assembly at Zuccotti Park, focused on the NYPD’s practice of “stop and frisk.” That refers to the controversial – and, critics argue, unconstitutional — practice of officers stopping city residents on the street and searching them.

via Cornel West arrested as OWS spreads to Harlem – Occupy Wall Street – Salon.com.

Jesse Jackson embraces Washington occupation – Occupy Wall Street – Salon.com

18 Oct

“Our message is that this is a movement that is leader-less and leader-full,” said West, who was arrested Sunday for displaying a sign on the grounds of the Supreme Court. “We take very seriously the idea of lifting every voice and we listened very closely to the people who we met inside the racist criminal justice system.”

The emotional meeting in front of the Carl Moultrie Courthouse symbolized how divergent traditions in American protest have converged in the occupation movement.

via Jesse Jackson embraces Washington occupation – Occupy Wall Street – Salon.com.