After a dormant winter, the Ithaca-based Occupy movements returned with a day of marches to honor May Day, an international celebration of the labor movement.
Building on last fall’s Occupy Ithaca protests, local activists plan to hold a rally near the Commons on Tuesday to protest “unfair” tax policies that they say favor the top one percent of wage earners and corporations.
Four Cornellians participating in Occupy Wall Street were arrested Thursday morning in New York City as protests escalated in the city and across the country.
The Occupy movement at Cornell and across the country may still be disorganized and lack a defined goal, but it has brought a number of important issues into the political discourse of the country and the campus.
About 15 members of Occupy Cornell, Occupy Ithaca College and Occupy Ithaca protested the Work on Wall Street Conference at the Statler Hotel on Saturday.
In response to clashes between police and members of the “Occupy Wall Street” movement in Oakland, Calif., this week, a dozen Cornell students gathered for the second “Occupy Cornell” rally on Central Campus Wednesday.
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