Occupy Wall Street Blog 196 items | updated Jan 9 2012

We're rounding up the top #OWS Tweets each day. Today: the patriotism of dissent, the Bill of Rights and why free markets aren't the answer.

We round up the top Tweets from #OWS each day. Today: Occupy protesters in Iowa prepare to participate in state caucuses.

We round up the top Tweets from #OWS each day. Today: outrage over bonus season and concern over law enforcement use of subpeonas.

We're rounding up the day's top Tweets from #OWS. Today, Congress is the 1 percent, a living wage and some politically topical gingerbread.

We round up the top #OWS Tweets of the day, from courtrooms in Florida to vacations in the Caribbean, the Occupy movement has more on it's mind this holiday season than presents.

We round up the top #OWS Tweets of the day, from connections between protest movements to a look at corporate influence in politics.

We're rounding up the top #OWS Tweets of the day. Today: Teachers and nurses turn up the heat in New York City and call on protesters to join them in fighting Bloomberg's proposed school closures and Wall Street health care giant Cerberus.

We're rounding up the top #OWS Tweets of the day. Today: Arrests in NYC in an attempt to re-occupy, a bishop arrested in Boston and a call for common ground with the tea party.

In today's Top #OWS Tweets: Occupy marks its 3-month anniversary

Originally posted: 12/15/11

Link: http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-wall-street-hendrik-hertzberg-predicts-plans-for-primary-season-how-the-movement-can-maintain-momentum

Keith talks to Hendrik Hertzberg, senior editor and staff writer for The New Yorker, to assess Occupy plans for the 2012 primaries. Predicting that the next phase of Occupy will be political engagement, Hertzberg says, “They just can’t avoid making a few decisions here.”

In today's Top #OWS Tweets: Occupy marks its 3-month anniversary

Originally posted: 12/13/11

Link: hhttp://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-wall-street-molly-knefel-calls-out-nypd-for-targeting-tweeters

“Radio Dispatch” co-host and Occupy protester Molly Knefel gives her eyewitness account of the NYPD’s suppression of journalists at the Occupy Goldman Sachs event, including details of her brother John’s arrest. “Eight out of the 10 people in the paddy wagon with John had their phones out, or cameras out, or were live streaming and taking pictures and videos,” says Knefel.

Video streaming by Ustream

Tim Pool, who has been covering the Occupy Wall Street movement armed with a cell phone and a Ustream channel, joined us for a 30-minute, live video Q&A on Wednesday.

Also, be sure to catch up on all of Current's OWS coverage, from "Countdown with Keith Olbermann," "The Young Turks" and more, at current.com/occupy. 

We used questions from Twitter, Facebook and current.com for Tim about his experience on the ground at Zuccotti Park, his west coast trip this week to cover the ports shutdown, and what he thinks the future holds for citizen journalism.

Tim is profiled as part of Time's Person of the Year package, so here's your chance to find out why.

See a replay of the live event below. Advance to the 17:20 mark to see the beginning of the live chat. A cleaner edit removing the 17 minutes of empty chairs will be posted shortly.

We're rounding up the top #OWS tweets of the day. Today, West coast port closures continue in Oakland, rumors spread of meeting in Washington between Occupy leaders and progressives.

We're rounding up the top #OWS tweets of the day. Today, West coast port closures and wealth inequality.

Originally aired 12/9/11

http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-wall-street-hilary-shelton-on-koch-funded-efforts-to-suppress-the-vote

Keith and Hilary Shelton, senior vice president of the NAACP, discuss renewed efforts by the Koch brothers and the American Legislative Exchange Council to dampen turnout by voters more likely to support progressive causes on Election Day. According to Shelton, the Koch brothers’ attempts to underwrite disenfranchisement are “unprecedented.” He says, “it’s sad to see that rather than get people to support their agenda, rather than working with the American people under our democratic process, they would undercut the entire process by suppressing votes.” Shelton suggests joining the NAACP Stand for Freedom march and rally in New York on Saturday as a way to get involved.

We're rounding up the top tweets from #OWS each day. Today: Occupy protesters occupy a fake Occupy set, Bloomberg defends the NYPD and expectations for the coming year.

Originally posted: 12/08/11

Link: http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-newt-andy-kroll-gives-a-firsthand-account-of-protesters-taking-over-gingrichs-fundraiser

Andy Kroll, staff reporter for Mother Jones, describes what he saw when protesters in D.C. occupied GOP presidential candidate Newt Gingrich’s fundraiser at the Willard InterContinental Hotel. Although hotel security managed to push the protesters out, Kroll says the group made an impression: “When the protesters got in there, there was a sense of shock and you saw people sort of turn around at their little tables in their suits and dresses and pearls and sort of go, ‘Oh my God, who are these people?’”

Originally posted: 12/8/11

Link: http://current.com/shows/countdown/videos/occupy-dc-branden-lane-recounts-being-assaulted-with-an-umbrella-by-bill-oreilly

Branden Lane, an activist with Wisconsin Jobs Now and Take Back The Capitol, discusses his attempt to videotape Bill O’Reilly on Dec. 7 near the White House. O’Reilly made a statement on FOX News tonight that he was worried Lane “might have had a knife” and attempted to press charges. Lane doesn’t want this incident to take away from the real issue that brought him to Washington, saying, “There are many people around this country who are unemployed, who are underemployed, and they are ready to fight back.”