BP is Target of Protests
Looks like protesters are out in force today! Houston Chronicle reporting that protests in Houston today targeting BP are only one of several. Other locations being targeted are facilities in...
View ArticleOccupyHouston- Ten Arrests
What has previously been a a good relationship with the City and the Houston Police Department came to an end last night when ten were arrested. At approximately 11:00 PM, HPD arrested 10 Occupy...
View ArticleFreaky Friday: what we came here for
Welcome to the Team DFH Freaky Friday Music party. Because Team DFH operates more or less like a herd of cats, we’re here on Friday Nights, at roughly 9PM Eastern, to let our hair down, maybe light up...
View ArticleSOS for OccupyHouston
From the website: Houston Police officers are on site at Tranquility Park claiming once again that our tarps used to keep our belongings dry in the recent rain storm are tents and must be taken down....
View ArticleFree Speech and Houston
Fostered by my interest in the Occupy Wall Street movement and angered by the recent use of violent force to tear down the occupations expressed well by Professor Juan Cole in NYPD Attack on OWS and...
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Occupy Houston November 17th Day Of Action Rally (VIDEO)
The Occupy Houston November 17th Day Of Action was peaceful, successful, and effective. Both the protesters and the police were well behaved. The rally started in Market Square Park in Downtown...
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Using "Anything" for civil disobedience is a Felony in Texas. 6 Occupiers...
In Texas, a “criminal instrument” is “anything” used in a crime that the Texas government says is a criminal instrument. The six protesters covered by an inflatable tent in Texas yesterday were...
View Article#OccupyHouston Day 1
#Insolidarity with #OccupyWallStreet, #OccupyTogether, and the countless other #Occupy movements across the world.What do the powerless have left to do when the powerful have taken everything else away...
View ArticleOccupy Houston 10-6-11
Of all cities in the US, Houston is probably the city that you would vote as least likely to have a viable Occupy Wall Street type protest. This morning I was pleasantly surprised to see over 500...
View ArticleUpdated: Eight Arrests made at Occupy Houston protest
Developing StoryReports are coming in about arrests in Houston that mark a turn in the previously exceptionally good relationship in the OccupyHouston movement. They recently moved back to Hermann...
View ArticleSOS from OccupyHouston
OccupyHouston has posted the following on their site:Emergency GA ASAP (instead of tonight at 7pm) October 13th, 2011The police have just informed us that we are to be out of Hermann Square Plaza by...
View ArticleArrests at Occupy Houston for Jaywalking and Tarps
I wish I were joking.Last night, ten people were arrested at OccupyHouston. As this was a night raid, the quality of the camera footage is poor. Much of it was taken on cellphones.Occupy Houston has...
View ArticleOccupy Houston Divestment March
I spent four hours downtown for the Occupy Houston march on four banks, Bank Of America, Wells Fargo, JP Morgan Chase, and Amegy Bank. At each bank several people went in and cancelled or closed all...
View ArticleEric Cantor Gets Mic Checked in Houston#Occupy Houston
At the James A. Baker Institute for Public Policy at Rice University in Houston, graduate students boldly and courageously mic checked an invited guest, U.S. House Republican Majority Leader I trust...
View ArticleRifle toting man shot by HPD near Occupy Houston
Details just coming in. No one in Occupy Houston or Houston Police Department reported injured. Man aimed at many in Tranquility Park (irony) and shouted "Kill Me, Kill Me" at the police. Police shot...
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WTF? Texas & The Gulf move to the West Coast
And we on the West Coast are damn proud to have them!Occupiers in Texas plan to shut down the Port of Houston in solidarity with the December 12th West Coast Port Shut Down.Welcome Houston to the West...
View ArticleHouston Joins 80 US Cities Protesting Iran War
Houston joined 80 cities in the US protesting the march to war with Iran last Saturday. The protest in Houston took place at the corner of Westheimer & Post Oak, outside of the Galleria Mall....
View ArticleOccupy Kingwood – 30 Weeks Strong A Sustainable Form Of The Occupy Movement
Full Blog Post HEREWe’ve completed 30 consecutive weeks of Occupy Kingwood. What does this mean? We are closing in on our 52 consecutive weeks at the corner of Kingwood Drive and West Lake Houston...
View ArticleOccupy Arrests, Police Instigators?
Police admit to infiltrating Occupy Austin, may have acted as provocateursHOUSTON (KTRK) --When Occupy protesters chained themselves together with PVC pipes outside the Port of Houston in December,...
View ArticleHouston: It is illegal to feed homeless but country clubs get tax cuts
Only in Rick Perry's Texas and Annise Parker's Houston would it be illegal to feed the homeless while the River Oaks Country Clubs get whopping tax breaks. As if the River Oaks Country Club needs a tax...
View ArticleOccupy Houston: FBI is chided by judge for witholding sniper investigation...
During the FBI's efforts to protect corporate criminals they inadvertantly uncovered a sniper plot. But instead of pursuing this lead about conspiracy to commit murder they ignored it in lieu of...
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