Police in Seattle “took the actions that they took” last night and “adjusted the forces necessary to be able to disperse the crowd,” according to Captain Chris Fowler. Police during a press briefing asserted an “unpermitted” march with anarchists or “anti-capitalist” demonstrators was allowed to march downtown from the east precinct of the city. The [...]

Early in the morning, on July 10, a SWAT team from the Seattle police department raided an apartment where organizers from the Occupy movement have been living. A warrant shown to the four people that were sleeping in the apartment at the time indicated the police were looking for “anarchist materials” and the raid was [...]

12:00 AM ET Thanks for following Firedoglake’s coverage of May Day. Here’s a Twitter list you can follow if you want to track any additional evening action. This blog is now closed for the night. 11:55 PM ET Occupy PDX protesters scuffle with police in Portland, Oregon while a foreclosed home is reclaimed…Three arrested during [...]

4:50 PM ET This live blog is closed down now. Updates on May Day action resume at The Dissenter here with Dustin Slaughter taking over. 4:33 PM ET From earlier, Tom Morello leads “Guitar Army” in march to Union Square in New York. Concert is now happening. 4:30 PM ET Riot police, bicycle cops breaking [...]

Dustin M. Slaughter of the David and Goliath Project has been invited to blog here at The Dissenter throughout May Day. Slaughter has done some great work covering the Occupy movement through social media and blogging since the early days of Occupy. As mentioned, we will be doing shifts so we can cover as much of the [...]