Polly Kellogg

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Polly Kellogg has worked at St. Cloud State University and is now retired and lives in Minneapolis. (Photo by Joah Colby-Milbrath)

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Paranoia about Occupy is what's expensive

By Polly Kellogg

Hennepin Co. Sheriff has sent out a second press release on the costs of policing the encampment complete with lists of incidents they say arose from the  camp. During the first two weeks of the completely peaceful protest there was a ridiculous amount of police visibility, as they have admitted. The incidents listed are typical downtown events: someone drunk, someone diabetic.

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Last weekend at OccupyMN

By Polly Kellogg

Friday evening there were a couple hundred people at the People’s Plaza for a lively anti-war rally—big banners under a big moon. Occupiers made a mock tent to tease about the law against tents. The police say tents can’t be put on the ground, so they propped theirs on chairs.

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OccupyMN wins the prize for being organized!?

By Polly Kellogg, Polly Kellogg on TCDP

Thursday I spent the day making signs to protest the new Hennepin County ban on signs at OccupyMN, which starts Friday. I arrived at 1 pm and thankfully found two women in their 80’s who were great at sign making. One is a WAMM member who uses a walker which carries a sign, “Dissent is Patriotic” and an American flag.

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Occupy MN — I can't stay away

By Polly Kellogg, Polly Kellogg on TCDP

I can’t stay away from Occupy MN’s People’s Plaza. I just retired from my job, and I found an occupation. After 25 years of teaching social justice, I am smiling constantly when I visit this living social justice community.

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FREE SPEECH ZONE | Provocateurs, police and rocks-in-a-box at OccupyMN

By Polly Kellogg, Free Speech Zone

Hennepin County has started a PR campaign against Occupy MN. Attached is a defamatory press release sent out today at 4:30 pm by the Sheriff’s office.

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