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by Aricka Flowers
11:39am
Fri Nov 4, 2011

Occupy Chicago Disrupts Gov. Walker's Speech (VIDEO)

Wisconsin Gov. Scott Walker (R) was in Chicago yesterday to give a speech at the Union League Club on his economic policies, but protesters had something else in mind for the collective bargaining busting governor.

Just as Walker approached the microphone to give his speech, protesters from Stand Up Chicago, Occupy Chicago, and labor unions disguised as guests at the breakfast event began using the human microphone system to read a message to Walker, following it up with chants of "Union busting is disgusting!"

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by Aricka Flowers
12:46pm
Thu Oct 6, 2011

LIVE: Wisconsinites Help Lead New Movement To Occupy D.C. (VIDEO)

A group of Wisconsin activists are helping lead the opening rally today on the latest stop of the occupation movement making its way across America, this time at Freedom Plaza in Washington D.C.

Thousands of Americans are converging on the nation's capital today as part of the October2011 movement, which is "a prolonged occupation that coincides with the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan and a new federal Fiscal Year that promises austerity in everything but weapons and war," according to a release. Many of the nation's long-term unemployed have pledged to take part in the occupation beginning today.

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