Just Like Old Times: Dozens Arrested During Occupy Wall Street Anniversary Protests [Occupy Wall Street]

Today is the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. The masses that shut down the Brooklyn Bridge and occupied Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park for months seem like a weird fever dream of drumming and chanting; the Dow reached its highest point in five years last week, as if to underscore OWS’ vanishment. But shit is still fucked up and bullshit. And for today at least, Occupy marches again: 1,000 protesters took to the street to mark the anniverary, with dozens of arrests this morning. There’s even reports of a cop punching a protester! More »