Two reports from Raw Story. One on Occupy Oakland:
OAKLAND, Calif (Reuters) – Police forcibly evicted anti-Wall Street protesters from their camp in downtown Oakland early on Monday, setting the stage for possible showdowns with some demonstrators who vowed to dig in after marching through the streets.
Throngs of protesters headed back to Frank Ogawa Plaza in the late afternoon, regrouping hours after officers in riot gear cleared the area and arrested 33 people as they removed about 100 tents. But the police action avoided clashes that marked a previous attempt to shut down the encampment.
“This movement cannot end!” a speaker told the crowd as the march began outside a downtown library. Police largely stood back, and at one point even stopped traffic for the marchers, who authorities said could return to the plaza so long as they did not camp there.
And another on the eviction of Occupy Zurich:
ZURICH (Reuters) – Swiss police on Tuesday evicted anti-banker protesters from the Lindenhof, an ancient square in one of the oldest parts of Zurich, just hours after a similar move by police in New York against an anti-Wall Street demonstration.
The 50 or so protesters were given 20 minutes to leave the area where they first pitched tents a month ago, Zurich police said in a statement, adding 31 demonstrators were detained after peacefully resisting the order to move on.
It seems like Monday is a bad day to be standing up for Democracy and the 99%. Still, these are just setbacks. The occupiers are still here, just not in their former encampments. Moving people out of parks will not stop dissent.
