NEW YORK?? Occupy organizers called for flash mobs, students strikes, rallies and musicals around the world to celebrate the anti-capitalist movement's two-month anniversary Thursday.
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"We call upon the 99% to participate in a national day of direct action and celebration," said OccupyWallSt.org, which bills itself as the online resource for the movement that began in New York City's financial center and has spread throughout the United States and the world.?
Events will culminate in a "musical" in downtown New York City ? complete with marching band and a gospel choir ? to "mark the two-month anniversary of the #occupy movement, and our commitment to shining light into our broken economic and political system," the organization said on its website.
Meanwhile in Dallas, police arrested up to 20 Occupy protesters as they cleared an encampment in a city park early early Thursday morning, NBC DFW reported, quoting organizers.
"Hundreds of police, many mounted on horseback, many more in riot gear surround Occupy Dallas," Occupy Dallas said in a post on its website early Thursday as the operation got underway.
"Occupy Dallas exists as more than a physical location," NBC DFW later quoted the group as saying in a press release. "We are not just a camp, but a movement. This is our (r)evolution. This is not an end, but a beginning."
Earlier, an attorney for Occupy Dallas said an agreement with the city was reached Wednesday that allowed protesters to stay at a campsite near City Hall four more weeks ? as long as they obeyed the law. At the time, protesters said they would keep their campsite clean so they don't get kicked out.
Story: NYC Occupy seeks rebound with rallyDallas Mayor Mike Rawlings has said public safety and health conditions are a "paramount concern."
The city last week alleged protesters violated an agreement allowing the campsite. It also noted reports of an alleged sexual assault of a child, the removal of a baby over possible endangerment and trespassing arrests.
Ustream star is born at Wall Street protestsSome of the latest developments in other Occupy protests:
NEW YORK
Occupy protest organizers promised Thursday would be their biggest event yet. A New York deputy mayor said officials were bracing for tens of thousands of people at various locations who could clog subways and bridges.
It was unclear Wednesday how reliable that estimate was. Previous protests in New York have consisted of several hundred people.
The encampment in Zuccotti Park, considered the epicenter of the global Occupy movement, was cleared out by police early Tuesday, leaving the movement in the nation's largest city without a permanent home. The day of marches was planned before the raid.
Some of the 200 or so protesters arrested in the raid were arraigned Wednesday, while dozens more arrested during an Oct. 1 march had court dates down the hall.
Protesters were also told they could retrieve belongings confiscated in the raid from a Manhattan sanitation garage. The mound of items ranged from books to tents to clothing.
WASHINGTON STATE
In 84-year-old woman has become a face of the national Occupy Wall Street movement after she was hit with pepper spray during a Seattle march.
A photo of Dorli Rainey with the chemical irritant dripping from her chin quickly went viral, becoming one of the most striking images from the protests that have taken place in cities across the globe.
Rainey has been active in Seattle's liberal politics for decades and once ran for mayor. She said Wednesday that she showed up at the downtown protest the previous day to show support.
Video: 84-year-old pepper sprayed at ?Occupy? Seattle (on this page)Police said demonstrators were blocking a downtown intersection.
Rainey was not among the six people arrested.
Mayor Mike McGinn is apologizing to some protesters who were pepper sprayed during a march and said he has spoken to Rainey.
NEVADA
In a city that celebrates behaving badly, Occupy Las Vegas protesters are touting civil obedience and government cooperation as anti-Wall Street efforts elsewhere have turned to violence and police confrontations.
Las Vegas demonstrators have sought approval from government leaders and police before protesting or setting up a camp site. They called off a protest during President Barack Obama's visit to Las Vegas last month because police asked them to do so. And they have created a system of protest rules that ban, among other things, law-breaking and hate signs.
A night of re-Occupation at Zuccotti ParkThe good behavior in Las Vegas and other Occupy efforts across Nevada is even more noteworthy because Nevadans may have the most cause to rage against the machine. The state tops the nation in foreclosures and unemployment and entire neighborhoods have been overtaken by vacant homes and storefronts.
But while protesters in other cities riot and rage, the Vegas group is hosting a series of free foreclosure mediation workshops for homeowners who are underwater on their mortgages.
Organizers insist their anti-greed message has a better chance of spreading if they aren't labeled violent anarchists.
PENNSYLVANIA
Philadelphia officials have told protesters camping out next to City Hall to leave because of the "imminent" start of a long-planned renovation project.
Mayor Michael Nutter's office said Wednesday the city has posted an official notice saying the $50 million renovation work at Dilworth Plaza is about to start following selection of a general contractor. Officials issued no deadline and said they would work with the protesters on finding another location for them.
PhotoBlog: Occupy Wall Street"This project's commencement is imminent," the statement said. "Accordingly, you should take this opportunity to vacate Dilworth Plaza and remove all of your personal belongings immediately."
The protesters have had hundreds of tents camped in the plaza for more than a month. The group has resisted the city's call to move to another plaza across the street to clear the way for the renovation.
SOUTH CAROLINA
Officers started arresting Occupy Columbia protesters Wednesday after Gov. Nikki Haley ordered them to leave the Statehouse grounds. The governor said the people who had been sleeping on the complex for more than a month had cost the state more than $17,000 in property damage and overtime for police.
About 20 people challenge the governor's order and they were arrested in the pouring rain without incident.
The governor said she tired of seeing mattresses, sleeping bags, storage bins and toilet paper on the grounds that house her offices, the state's legislative chambers, office buildings and Court of Appeals.
MASSACHUSETTS
A Boston judge has ordered the city not to remove protesters or their tents from a downtown encampment without court approval, except in an emergency such as fire, a medical issue or an outbreak of violence.
A temporary restraining order was issued after a hearing Wednesday on the protesters' lawsuit. Fuller arguments will be heard Dec. 1, and the judge orders the sides to hold a mediation session before then.
A lawyer for the demonstrators says they are concerned they will be forced out in the middle of the night as Occupy protesters were in New York City this week.
CALIFORNIA
San Francisco police began arresting students and anti-Wall Street protesters who stormed into a downtown Bank of America, sat down and began chanting.
More than 100 demonstrators stormed the bank Wednesday chanting, "Money for schools and education, not for banks and corporations."
Riot-clad officers began putting plastic cuffs on the demonstrators, who refused to leave the bank.
The bank protest occurred after ReFund California, a coalition of student groups and university employee unions, bused in protesters from UC Berkeley, the University of California, Merced and other schools to join San Francisco's Occupy demonstrators.
Occupy San Diego protesters have once again been rousted from a downtown plaza by police.
The San Diego Union-Tribune says nine people were arrested and a 10th was cited during the confrontation early Wednesday.
Officials say most arrests were for resisting or obstructing police.
Officers used bull horns to roust sleepers at the Civic Center Plaza. A police statement says tables, sleeping bags and other items were removed so the area could be cleaned up.
It is the latest confrontation in the city where 74 people were cited or jailed since the demonstrations began last month.
INDIANA
Occupy Indy protesters have been given 24-hours to clear out their camp on the Statehouse lawn.
In a letter delivered Wednesday, the Department of Administration ordered the handful of remaining protesters to clear out. The state gave protesters until Thursday afternoon to clear out and said protesters who try to stop them will be arrested.
Protesters said the order was not about their safety but about stifling their demonstration.
LONDON, England
Officials attached eviction notices to protest tents outside St. Paul's Cathedral on Wednesday. They are asking demonstrators to remove the camp by Thursday evening or face legal action.
The notices posted by the City of London Corporation said the encampment was "an unlawful obstruction" of a sidewalk, and asked protesters to take down "all tents and other structures."
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