Tag Archives: Occupy Wall Street

Harlem’s Margarette Purvis Talks NYC’s Hunger Problem

Posted on October 1, 2012 by | Leave a comment

Margarette Purvis, 39, is president and CEO of the Food Bank for New York City. She lives in Harlem, NY. Continue reading →

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NYPD brands Occupy Wall Street Harlem Couple Agitators

Posted on July 3, 2012 by | Leave a comment

A pair of  Occupy Wall Street lovebirds has been branded “professional agitators” by the NYPD, who have plastered their mugs on flyers the couple says look like wanted posters. Continue reading →

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Groups join Hands Across Harlem to reduce violence

Posted on March 1, 2012 by | 2 Comments

A coalition of groups from across the city is formulating an ambitious program to combat gang and gun violence in Harlem. Continue reading →

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HW Pick: What is Occupy?

Posted on February 20, 2012 by | Leave a comment

“There need be no blood-shed or violence, and there shall be none unless it be forced upon the national authority. The power confided to me will be used to hold, occupy, and possess the property and places belonging to the government, and to collect the duties and imposts; but beyond what may be necessary for these objects, there will be no invasion, no using of force against or among the people anywhere.” 

- Abraham Lincoln Inaugural Address 1861, prior to The Civil War.

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NYC Police Infiltrate Sharpton’s Organization Says HuffingtonPost

Posted on February 17, 2012 by | 2 Comments

The National Action Network (NAN) on 145th Street in Harlem is considering legal action against the New York Police Department in response to allegations that the department spied on the civil rights group and its leader, Rev. Al Sharpton.

The NYPD allegedly planted a confidential informant in NAN’s Harlem headquarters to report on any large-scale protests planned in response to the acquittal of the officers who massacred Sean Bell, an unarmed Black man whom police riddled with bullets and killed right before his wedding in November 2006, veteran police reporter and author Len Levitt reported on HuffingtonPost.com Feb. 13. Continue reading →

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Harlem Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez Arrested at Occupy Wall Street

Posted on November 17, 2011 by | Leave a comment

Out of all of the arrests at Occupy Wall Street, the arrest of Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez, perhaps, brought out the most opportunistic of folks.

As NBC-4 reported, Rodriguez, who represents northern Harlem, said he showed up at the park early in the morning to watch the evacuation and to make sure rights were not being violated. Continue reading →

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The Revolution Continues Worldwide, Worldwide, Baby In Harlem!

Posted on November 15, 2011 by | Leave a comment

On Thursday November 17th, the two month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement, we call upon the 99% to participate in a national day of direct action and celebration! Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street – Occupy Harlem

Posted on November 12, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Dear Residents of West142nd street,

I am writing to you today to inform and invite you of an event that will be taking place this Sunday, November 13th on our Street, 142nd West, between Convent and Amsterdam. The event will take place outside 477 West 142nd between the hours of 12 to 3 in the afternoon. Continue reading →

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Occupy Wall Street Commercial (video)

Posted on November 6, 2011 by | 1 Comment


Occupy Wall Street could be occupying your television this weekend. Continue reading →

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Harlemites Occupy Themselves With An 11-mile Walk to Wall Street

Posted on November 4, 2011 by | 1 Comment

Harlem and upper Manhattan leaders and residents are getting their walking shoes ready for an 11-mile walk to join the Occupy Wall Street movement in lower Manhattan. Continue reading →

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