On AlterNet: eviction

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "eviction"

Occupy DC Forcefully Evicted, Protesters Injured, Arrested, Under Pressure from Congress's Richest Member

Jefferson Morley, Salon. February 5, 2012.

What had started as a politically-tinged eviction of an entirely peaceful encampment had suddenly turned into an aggressive display of force by the National Park Police officers.

'It's All Political': Eviction and Arrests of Global Revolution Livestreamers Part of Pattern of Crackdowns on Alternative Living

Kristen Gwynne, AlterNet. January 4, 2012.

Released from jail after their arrest at a Brooklyn collective living space, livestreamers affiliated with Occupy Wall Street tell their stories.

The Next Frontier for Occupy: Protesters Take Over Vacant Homes, Rally to Protect Those Facing Eviction and Foreclosure

Tana Ganeva, AlterNet. December 6, 2011.

Occupiers rallied with homeowners facing foreclosure or eviction, interrupted housing auctions, protested at banks, and took over vacant properties to move homeless families in.

Occupy Our Homes: From the Streets to Foreclosed Homes, OWS Finds a New Frontier

Sarah Seltzer, AlterNet. December 5, 2011.

As occupiers prepare to take over foreclosed homes, an exciting new phase of action on behalf of the 99 percent begins.

Occupy Toronto Evicted; Police Show Protesters Respect

Judy Rebick, with Ezequiel Adamovsky, rabble.ca. November 24, 2011.

What Occupy Toronto protesters and police learned from each other when the encampment was shut down.

Police or Paramilitary Forces? The Militarization of American Law Enforcement

Amy Goodman, Stephen Graham, Nermeen Shaikh, Democracy Now!. November 16, 2011.

As police violently crack down on protests across the US, we look at the increasing influence of military technology on domestic police forces.

Tragedy Recorded on Video: Watch a Man Evicted From His Home

Garland McLaurin, American News Project. December 12, 2008.

On a cold December morning, ANP witnessed an increasingly common, but rarely documented, tragedy.