Occupy Wall Street Movement News Update of the Day: 24-year-old Iraq vet Scott Olsen, who has become "a figurehead of the Occupy Wall Street movement" since being hit in the head by an as-yet-unidentified police projectile, is awake and alert after being unconscious

Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: Following yesterday's dismantling by Oakland PD of the Occupy Oakland tent city erected outside City Hall two weeks ago, some 1,000 people attempted to reclaim the plaza and were met with fierce resistance from local authorities.

Dramatic video footage from last night's clashes show canisters of tear gas, among other projectiles, be

Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: At approximately 4:45 AM PT this morning, some 500 Oakland police officers in full riot gear entered Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of City Hall, and proceeded to dismantle the tent city erected by members of Occupy Oakland two weeks ago.

Protesters attempted to fend off the police with firecrackers, a fire extinguisher, and stolen police barriers, bu

We Shall Occupy of the Day: 92-year-old folk music icon Pete Seeger was joined by working class hero Arlo Guthrie and grandson Tao Rodriguez-Seeger in marching with hundreds of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators down to Columbus Circle, where they performed "This Little Light of Mine" with composer David Amram and singer-songwriter-storyt

Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: Lisa Simeone, host of NPR's World of Opera, has not been fired from her job as a result of her involvement with Occupy D.C. despite earlier reports claiming otherwi

Occupy Movement News Update of the Day: Feminist writer and activist Naomi Wolf was arrested last night while protesting with Occupy Wall Street members outside an event for New York gov. Andrew Cuomo hosted by The Huffington Post -- an online publication Wolf regularly contributes to.

According to the Associated Press, Wolf was w

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What You Need To Know:

-- In a recent interview with ABC News senior White House correspondent Jake Tapper, President Obama said the Occupy Wall Street protests are "not that different" from Tea Party protests in that both the left and the right "feel separated from their g