NEW YORK — Union workers and Occupy Wall Street activists gave a rough welcome Wednesday to well-heeled Sotheby's clients as they arrived in limousines to attend an auction of contemporary art in New York.
Former U.S. labor secretary and University of California professor Robert Reich on Wednesday night said the ongoing "Occupy Wall Street" demonstration had already succeeded in changing the political discourse of the United States.
Thirteen members of the New York City Council on Thursday urged Mayor Michael Bloomberg to allow the "Occupy Wall Street" protesters to remain camped out at Zuccotti Park.
A video combining footage of United States government leaders and clips of the grassroots Occupy Wall Street movement in downtown New York City has gone viral, reposted across several accounts on YouTube.
The Vermont-based ice cream company Ben & Jerry's has announced its support for the ongoing "Occupy Wall Street" protest, making it the first corporation to publicly endorse the weeks-long demonstration.
