Occupations and encampments on US soil are not new. Today On Letters &amp; Politics we'll be in conversation about the Bonus Army--when in 1932 45,000 World War One veterans occupied Washington DC.


Letters & Politics - The Bonus Army: The Original "Occupy" Movement

Early Monday morning, hundreds of heavily armed and armored riot police raided the Occupy Oakland encampment for the second time since it was established on October 15th. The raid succeeded in clearing the park of its inhabitants, as well as nearly 150 tents. But by late day, protesters had returned to Frank Ogawa Plaza––renamed after Oscar Grant––and were debating their next steps.

Occupy Oakland Raided; Protesters Return - The Pacifica Evening News, November 14

Comprehensive coverage of the latest from the Occupy movement: Student protests at the CSU trustees meeting; protesters in San Francisco Occupy a Bank of America branch; 10,000 rally at UC-Berkeley's Sproul Plaza; an Occupy Oakland protester is detained by ICE after committing civil disobedience; Seattle police pepper spray an 84-year-old; and more.

John Hamilton @ KPFA