Saturday, November 19, 2011
Occupy Dallas is back with downtown protest march
DALLAS — Occupy Dallas protesters got close to the CityLights festivities downtown on Saturday.
About 100 people marched from their original camp at Pioneer Plaza to Main Street Garden Park, the site of an evening tree-lighting ceremony.
It's the first big Occupy Dallas demonstration since the city cleared out the group's campsite at a park near City Hall two days ago.
Demonstrators said that while the city took their camp away, they're still here and not going anywhere
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Shepard Fairey Joins Occupy! See What HOPE Has Become.. { check out new hope poster)
Shepard Fairey, the artist most known for his portrait of Barack Obama which went viral during the 2008 Presidential campaign, is using his art to shine a light on the Occupy movement. After seeing his new poster supporting the movement, above, and reading the accompanying excerpt on his website, obeygiant.com, we spoke with Shepard to discuss the movement as well as the picture in more detail.Check out our exclusive with Shepard:
I stopped by Occupy in New York after everybody was displaced from Zuccotti Park, I gave some stickers out and expressed my support.
"Occupy Dallas" projected onto Verizon bldg in NYC on Thursday night Brooklyn Bridge march
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