'Occupy Oakland' protesters, police standoff

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Thousands of 'Occupy Wall Street' protesters peacefully marched in the streets of Oakland on Wednesday picketing banks and disrupting operations at the nation's fifth-busiest port. Around 10:30 p.m. a group of a couple hundred protesters went into the Travelers Aid building to occupy it. For a while the crowd danced in the streets outside the building and used large dumpsters to block the road leading to the building on Telegraph and 16th, near Frank Ogawa Plaza and hung a banner saying, "Occupy Everything."abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8415827

BART cops defend release of driver that hit protester

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- BART police are responding to criticism about how they handled an accident involving a car and protesters. What BART calls 'standard procedure' seemed like favoritism to the protesters.

Cellphone video from Wednesday night shows marchers passing down Broadway at 11th Street and a Mercedes Benz trying to cross through them. It shows a protester jumping in front of the car, banging on the hood and then the driver hitting his gas, knocking down the one protester in front and another in back. Both were taken to the hospital. abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8417185

Journalist arrested while covering Oakland protest

OAKLAND, Calif. (KGO) -- Late Wednesday night, there were 101 people arrested and among them was freelance journalist Susie Cagle, whose father is a cartoonist for MSNBC. ABC7 caught up with her as she was released from jail.

Cagle said she thought she did everything she was supposed to. She stayed at Frank Ogawa Plaza, but she still ended up in jail. After being cited and released on Thursday afternoon, she now wants answers as to why she was arrested. abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?section=news/local/east_bay&id=8418546

Financial-Oct29 Wall Street Protest Targets Bank Headquarters

Occupy Wall Street protesters turn their attention to the New York headquarters of JP Morgan Chase bank.

The demonstrators are demanding fairer distribution of wealth after the government bailout of banks during the U.S. financial crisis.

They delivered their message in letters addressed to JP Morgan Chase boss Jamie Dimon.  

Elizabeth Warren's anger

There’s a lot of chatter today about this video of an unemployed man and Tea Party heckler calling Elizabeth Warren a “socialist whore” at a campaign event, all because she embraced Occupy Wall Street. But the really interesting thing here is what she took away from the episode, after spending some time thinking about it: www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/plum-line/post/elizabeth-warrens-anger/2011/03/03/gIQAdr7EjM_blog.html

Theme Song for Occupy Wall Street - Proud to be a Sucker for the Rich Man - by Entropy on Tap

his is the song, "Proud to be a Sucker for the Rich Man," from the album, Your Mother Made a Mistake, by the group ENTROPY ON TAP. It captures the essence of the economic struggle but still has a sense of humor.  www.youtube.com/watch?v=2S8DNC6aikA&feature=channel_video_title