The Brooklyn Ink

[VIDEO] Workers’ Coops Seek Sustainability after Occupy

Two workers' cooperatives are occupying their time with their businesses, while still helping to promote the Occupy Wall Street movement and its message.

After Protest Arrest, Back in Court 13 Times – And Counting

New York City activist Christina Gonzalez talks about the sacrifices that go along with fighting for change, during her thirteenth scheduled hearing (for the same arrest), at Brooklyn's Kings County Criminal Court.

Grassroots Volunteers Hold Hurricane Sandy Relief Summit

Friday marked the beginning of the People’s Recovery, a three day summit in Brooklyn, dedicated to the continuation of grassroots relief efforts in areas hit hardest by Hurricane Sandy last October.   “It’s a crisis. [...]

The Anarchivists: Who Owns the Occupy Wall Street Narrative?

On Nov 15, NYPD officers raided Zuccotti Park, and the Occupy Wall Street movement lost its space. Now groups and institutions—including the Smithsonian’s Natural Museum of American History, NYU’s Tamiment Library and the New York Historical Society-- are working to enshrine the movement in the form of an archive. But who, in the end, will get to tell the definitive story?

Occupy Wall Street Repairs Foreclosed Brooklyn Home for Needy Family

After moving into a foreclosed East New York home a day earlier, Occupy Wall Street protestors began tackling the difficult task of repairing the house Wednesday, the New York Times reported. The Brooklyn home is in [...]

Activists and OWS Demand Funding for Disease Care On World AIDS Day

A World AIDS Day march tied to the Occupy Wall Street movement ended with police detaining and taking away at least eight protesters for blocking traffic in downtown Manhattan Thursday. The protesters, five of whom [...]

Hundreds Rally Against CUNY Tuition Hike

As the City University of New York’s (CUNY) Board of Trustees voted Monday to raise tuition, students and professors took to the streets in protest.  For nearly four hours, protesters rallied outside Baruch College, marched [...]

For Occupy Wall Street, the Honeymoon is Over

It's been one week since Occupy Wall Street was booted from Zuccotti Park in a pre-dawn raid. But there were already signs that the movement was growing unstable and fragmented.

Slideshow: Arrests at OWS “Day of Action”

Slideshow: OWS Day of Action