Noga TarnopolskySeptember 26, 2012 06:22

RAMALLAH — A year ago, a flag-festooned Ramallah awaited the UN General Assembly meeting amid hopes that Palestine would be recognized as a sovereign observer nation, a status also held by the Vatican. But today, as Palestinian President Mahmoud Abbas again prepares to address the grand annual meeting, everyone here seems to have forgotten all about those heady days. Instead, they have turned their attention, Occupy-style, on their own leaders.

Voices from Occupy in New York

Priyanka BoghaniSeptember 17, 2012 18:44

The Occupy Wall Street movement, which celebrated its first anniversary by staging protests near Wall Street in New York City, has taken activists from many disparate groups under its umbrella, but some common themes and shared frustrations emerged as GlobalPost talked to protesters on the street.

Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City (PHOTOS)

Priyanka BoghaniSeptember 17, 2012 16:24

Hundreds came out in New York City on Monday to join the Occupy Wall Street protest, as it marked its first anniversary.

Occupy Wall Street keeps protests alive in New York City on first anniversary (PHOTOS)

Priyanka BoghaniSeptember 17, 2012 15:43

Most of the protesters seemed disillusioned by the current political status quo, too, saying that President Barack Obama was only slightly better than Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney.

Occupy Wall Street marks first anniversary in New York City (PHOTOS)

Priyanka BoghaniSeptember 17, 2012 14:41

Hundreds came out in New York City to join the Occupy Wall Street protest, as it marked its first anniversary.

Israel stunned by wave of self-immolations

Noga TarnopolskyJuly 29, 2012 06:00

JERUSALEM — The second half of July has exposed Israelis to a new and horrifying phenomenon: desperate but mainstream citizens choosing, again and again, to end it all through fire. The idea of a man ostentatiously setting himself aflame is so alien here that many Israelis, and it would appear their entire government, have found themselves helpless and unsure how to react.

Occupy movement deflating in Hong Kong

Benjamin CarlsonJuly 17, 2012 10:16

HONG KONG — In a city with more Rolls Royces per capita than anywhere on Earth, you would think the Occupy movement would have no trouble gaining traction. Yet after nine months, Hong Kong’s dwindling band of Occupy protesters, who have claimed a strip of plaza under HSBC’s headquarters, acknowledge that they have had a marginal impact on the consciousness of the city.

Emily LodishJuly 16, 2012 16:54

Occupy Hong Kong hangs in there

The end of Occupy Hong Kong may not be far off, but it's worth taking a look at why it has outlasted other Occupy Asia movements.

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Occupy Hong Kong at the headquarters of HSBC bank, July 16, 2012. (Philippe Lopez/AFP/Getty Images)

Occupy Hong Kong made headlines today, nine months after its heyday, because global bank HSBC, under whose building they've been camping out, has finally had it. But Hong Kong isn't the only place in Asia where Occupy is still kicking. Here's a round-up from the region, as part of GlobalPost's ongoing coverage, Occupy World.

Israel: self-immolation sends shock through protests (VIDEO)

Noga TarnopolskyJuly 15, 2012 11:41

TEL AVIV — During Tel Aviv's protests last night, a man read out a letter outlining his discontents, doused himself with fuel and set himself alight. The man, Moshe Silman, 57, of Haifa, who was well known in the activist community, is in a medically induced coma with burns on 94 percent of his body. Doctors announced today that he has "low chances" of survival, and in an irony many have struggled to describe, a shortage of burn unit beds is keeping him for now, many hours after the self-immolation, in a standard ER. The lack of hospital beds was one of the protest movement's earliest grievances.

Shareholder Spring: Investor anger takes on Occupy hue

Barry NeildMay 11, 2012 06:00

LONDON — Ten weeks after officials dismantled a tented camp of Occupy protesters outside the London stock exchange and St. Paul’s Cathedral, one of their causes has been picked up by an unlikely new campaign group: shareholders. Investors in the UK rarely rock the boat. But the past few weeks have seen them stage something of a revolt as simmering discontent over executive pay and poor dividends finally comes to a boil.