Occupy Ideas

By Rob Eshman
Published on May 9, 2012

It’s May. The grunions are running and so are the members of Occupy L.A. They wriggle up from the cold and dark, plant their tushies on the warm ground and squirm about frantically, desperate to get something accomplished, until a massive tide sweeps them away.

Interfaith leaders condemn LAPD tactics in shutting down Occupy L.A.

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 30, 2011

Witnessing Occupy L.A.’s final night at City Hall

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 30, 2011

Occupy L.A. ends

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 30, 2011

Police and Los Angeles protesters skirmish, eviction delayed

Published on November 28, 2011

Police in riot gear held back on clearing out anti-Wall Street protesters who defied a deadline to abandon their 8-week-old encampment outside Los Angeles City Hall on Monday but opened streets for morning commuters before pulling back.

TIMELINE: Occupy L.A.‘s last stand?

By Ryan Torok
Published on November 28, 2011

Occupy L.A. Repurposes Sukkah

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 15, 2011

UCLA Protesters cause brief traffic closures in Westwood

By Jared Baker
Published on November 9, 2011

Opinion: Occupy Obama

By David Suissa
Published on November 9, 2011

From the start, something has annoyed me about the Occupy Wall Street movement. I’m not sure why it’s taken me so long to put my finger on it. Maybe, like much of the country, I’ve been caught up in the spontaneous fervor and social ideals of the movement. There’s something about people taking to the streets to protest injustice that seduces democracy lovers like myself — especially when you throw in colorful tents, clever slogans and drum circles.

Occupy L.A. raises more questions than it answers

By Jonah Lowenfeld
Published on November 2, 2011

From the very beginning of the Occupy Wall Street movement, people wanted to know why. Why did a group of protesters calling themselves “the 99 percent” take up residence in Zuccotti Park in Lower Manhattan on Sept. 17?

Rules For Dating Occupy Wall Street Protestors

By Tamara Shayne Kagel
Published on October 31, 2011

Opinion: How Occupy will end

Published on October 31, 2011

No one knows what difference Occupy Wall Street will turn out to make.

The Occupy movement hits Hollywood—at Fox Studios

By Danielle Berrin
Published on October 21, 2011

Jewish groups rally in sukkah at Occupy Los Angeles

By Ryan Torok
Published on October 19, 2011

As part of the Occupy Los Angeles movement, hundreds of Angelenos have been living in tents outside downtown’s City Hall for several weeks. On Oct. 16, Jewish groups rallied in a sukkah alongside these temporary shelters.

Why I went to Occupy L.A. instead of synagogue

Published on October 12, 2011

A little more than a month ago, I became a Bat Mitzvah. In Judaism, that means I am now an adult and have pledged to keep the traditions of my faith. And yet it was for those very reasons that I decided to spend Yom Kippur - the holiest day of the Jewish year - joining the protesters of Occupy L.A. instead of going to synagogue.