By John Zangas and Anne Meador Washington, DC– The National Park Service (NPS) has proposed rule changes that, if enacted, would limit the duration of protests at parks in the National Capital Region. The rule changes include time limits which could abolish protests such as the ongoing White House Peace […]
Occupy DC
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Washington DC Five years ago a small group of Occupy DC activists began a 24 hour protest outside a Bank of America (BoA) at the corner of Vermont & L Streets in downtown Washington DC. The “sleepful protest” wasn’t meant to last long. But it turned into a prolonged three […]
Mark “Bear” Parker, a mainstay of Occupy DC, passed away in McPherson Square on August 14. Police came around midnight to ask people who were sleeping in the park to leave, but found him unresponsive. He had been sitting on a park bench near the site where the kitchen was […]
On Tuesday, friends and acquaintances said goodbye to several recently departed Occupy DC activists during a memorial service held at Freedom Plaza. The friends honored in the memorial service were activists involved in the two Washington, DC encampments established during the Occupy movement, which took the country by storm during […]