By Drew Grant 11/03/11 2:03pm

Occupy Wall Street

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Rev. Billy from the Church of Stop Shopping

Reverend Billy, Chris Hedges Arrested During OWS Protest of Goldman Sachs [Video]

Approximately 15 people associated with Occupy Wall Street were arrested around 1:00 p.m. this afternoon while protesting eight blocks away from Zuccotti Park, at the headquarters of Goldman Sachs.

One of those people happened to be the Reverend Billy Talen, an outspoken activist from The Church of Stop Shopping who spends a lot of time down at Occupy Wall Street. Another was The Nation’s Chris Hedges, who departed from The New York Times after they reprimanded him for speaking out against the Iraq War. So two out of five people arrested were high-profile leftist advocates? What are the chances?

(Very good, actually.) Read More

By Azi Paybarah 7/01/09 6:45pm

Mayoral Candidates Have the W.F.P. Questions for the W.F.P. Forum

Tomorrow, the Working Families Party is hosting the first forum with all three leading mayoral candidates: Michael Bloomberg, Tony Avella and Bill Thompson, who will answer questions from “W.F.P. members who are affected by the issues,” said a spokesman, Dan Levitan.

The forum organizers shared the questions with each the candidates yesterday, Levitan said, Read More