Creative Loafing Charlotte

Occupiers host their own Black Friday

• by Ana McKenzie
Cause nothing says America like consumerism - and protest
• Tags: News, Occupy, Wal-Mart, Macy's, Manhattan, Charlotte, Occupy Charlotte, Scottie Wingfield, Black Friday, Ana McKenzie

Local activists marching forward

Charlotte protesters change game plan after DNC

• by Ryan Pitkin
• Tags: News feature, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, DNC 2012, Social Justice Action Network, Roxana Bedezu, Michael Zytkow, Occupy, activist, protest

A night in DNC hell

Two weeks have passed, but the memory is still painfully fresh

• by Ryan Pitkin
• Tags: News feature, DNC, narrative, personal story, Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, DNC 2012, Mecklenburg County Jail, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, protest, Occupy Charlotte, Occupy

Forward thinkers: DNC upgrades activists' game

Revisiting Occupy Charlotte

• by Jason Cherkis
• Tags: DNC CL + HuffPost, Scottie Wingfield, Occupy, Occupy Charlotte, Frazier Park, Bank of America, Wells Fargo, Ben Carroll, Michael Zytkow, Huffington Post, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department

Music and conventions

This week's cover story has brought out a veritable playlist in my head

• by Mark Kemp
• Tags: Editor's Notes, Democratic National Convention, Chicago, Chicago Democratic National Convention 1968, Tlatelolco Square, 1968, Arab Spring, Occupy, smartphone, RNC, Republican National Convention, Rolling Stones, Prague Spring uprising, Cat Mother, All Night Newsboys, What I Did Last Summer, Graham Nash, Chicago, Phil Ochs, Where Were You in Chicago?, The Temptations, Ball of Confusion, Marvin Gaye, What's Going On?, "Trouble in Mind, Nina Simone, The Whole World is Watching, Chicago Transit Authority

Cover Story

Exploiting the DNC

Charlotte struts her stuff for a piece of the political pie

• by Ana McKenzie, Joanne Spataro, and John Grooms
• Tags: DNC News, DNC, Democratic National Convention, DNC 2012, diversity, Event Fantasies, Wadsworth Estate, Aisha Thomas, Amber Serenico, GOP, Republican, Barack Obama, Democrats, delegate, party, Charlotte 714, David Benham, Jason Benham, Malcolm Bailey, convention, Barack2012.org, Krystal Harrell, Darlene Murphy, Create Exposure, DNC Host Committee, Laurel Green, Councilman John Autry, Occupy, Occupy Charlotte, Eastland Mall, Charlotte City Council, agenda, Cover Story

Anonymous sends a message to the DNC

• by Ana McKenzie
The "hacktivist" group is coming to Charlotte (or is it already here?)
• Tags: News, Democratic National Convention 2012, Opinion, Democratic National Convention, DNC, DNC 2012, Anonymous, hacktivist, Charlotte, North Carolina, news trucks, marbles, Occupy, Occupiers, old city hall, extraordinary events, Ana McKenzie

Occupy Yourself

Originally written by the CL Staff, Dec. 7, 2011

• by Mark Kemp
• Tags: 25th Anniversary Issue, Occupy, Charlotte, Rhiannon Fionn, protest, revolution

Slideshow

They were loud, they were proud, they were the 99 percent

Though six were arrested, the hundreds of protesters who showed up outside of Bank of America's shareholder meeting remained relatively peaceful Wednesday

• by Ryan Pitkin
• Tags: News feature, Bank of America, shareholder, meeting, protest, Occupy, OccupyCharlotte, North Carolina, politics, foreclosure, police, Charlotte, Rainforest Action Network, uptown, Scottie Wingfield, Brian Moynihan, Slideshow

Inside the lion's den at Bank of America

One reporter's account of what went on in Wednesday's shareholder meeting

• by Rhiannon Fionn
• Tags: News feature, Brian Moynihan, Bank of America, shareholder, meeting, Charlotte, news, North Carolina, banking, protest, United Way, June McIntyre, mortgage, modification, loan, finance, OccupyCharlotte, Occupy

Occupy Charlotte stands up against Amendment One, DNC restrictions

The group will meet on Saturday at 1 p.m. to fight against Amendment One.

• by Joanne Spataro
• Tags: DNC News, DNC, Dan Murrey, DNC 2012, Charlotte, Occupy, Occupy Charlotte, news, protest, Host Committee, Mayor Anthony Foxx, Democratic National Convention

Obama's late payment to mortgage-fraud victims

• by Amy Goodman
• Tags: Breaking the Sound Barrier, Amy Goodman, Breaking the sound barrier, Barack Obama, Mortgage crisis, Mortgage fraud, Occupy wall street, OWS, Occupy, Eric schniederman, Moveon.org

Occupy Charlotte struggles with new camping ban

Police moved in Monday morning, but details of new city ordinances remain unclear

• by Rhiannon Fionn
• Tags: News feature, Occupy Charlotte, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department, Jeff Estes, City council, Ordinances, Protesting, Occupy, Charlotte, OccupyCLT, Rodney Monroe, Curt Walton, CMPD, Anthony Foxx

Why I chose to cover Occupy Charlotte from the inside out

• by Rhiannon Fionn
• Tags: Rhiannon's Canon, Occupy Charlotte, civic journalism, DemocracyPlace, NYC, Rhiannon Fionn, Occupy, OWS, Occupy Wall Street, journalism, Charlotte, NC

A look at Charlotte's Tea Party

Are local grassroots conservatives all that different from Occupy Charlotte?

• by Rhiannon Fionn
• Tags: News feature, Tea Party, Charlotte, politics, Occupy Charlotte, Rhiannon Fionn, Matthew Ridenhour, Occupy, OWS, Warren Cooksey, City Council, Charlotte, NC

UPDATED: Occupy Charlotte and Community Relations Committee share concerns about DNC ordinances

• by Rhiannon Fionn
Civil rights attorney George Daly accuses city of "letting fear run the agenda."
• Tags: News, Occupy, OccupyCLT, Occupy Charlotte, Community Relations Committee, CRC, stakeholders, conflict resolution, Willie Ratchford, Andy Silver, Deborah, J. Walker, Michael Zytkow, Harry Taylor, Scottie Wingfield, Bob Hagemann, city attorney, George Daly, civil rights lawyer, Janet Lama, Craig Glisson, Pat Taft, Beverly Foster, Steve Barker, search, seizure, Fourth Amendment, First Amendment, Roger Cardell, mediator, CMPD, Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police, city manager, Curt Walton, Rhiannon Fionn

'Occupy Charlotte: Restless,' a HuffPo video production

• by Rhiannon Fionn
Vic Suter offers a glimpse into a day-in-the-life of the Q.C.'s occupation.
• Tags: News, Occupy, Occupy Charlotte, OccupyCLT, Occupy DC, Vic Suter, Mark Kemp, Huffington Post, video, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Rhiannon Fionn, News, Day in the Life, Charlotte, NC, Occupy Restless, Creative Loafing Charlotte

Walkupy arrests: What really happened?

• by Rhiannon Fionn
Apparently they were banned from BofA's property, only they didn't know that.
• Tags: News, BofA, Bank of America, Charlotte, Occupy, OWS, Walkupy, arrests, Occupy Wall Street, Occupy Charlotte, OccupyCLT, Rhiannon Fionn, Grant Baldwin, Jason Dow, Garth Kiser, CMPD, Charlotte Mecklenburg Police Department, Sarah Handyside, Dylan Bozlee, Michael Zytkow, DNC, ordinances, city council, Scottie Wingfield

City Council briefed on changes to proposed DNC ordinances, including camping ban

• by Rhiannon Fionn
New drafts eliminate $500 fines and 24-hour notices to overnight demonstrators
• Tags: News, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, 2012, Occupy, Occupy Charlotte, OccupyCLT, ordinance, Curt Walton, Old City Hall, Scottie Wingfield, James L. Walker II, Robert Hagemann, First Ammendment, Rhiannon Fionn, News, permits, Charlotte

City Council gets another DNC ordinance preview

• by Rhiannon Fionn
Briefing at council workshop Tuesday.
• Tags: News, DNC, Democratic National Convention, Charlotte, ordinance, protesters, camping, Occupy, OccupyCLT, Occupy Charlotte, Rhiannon Fionn, News