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March 22, 2012

Occupy Wall Street Library Confiscated in Union Square

Filed under: Libraries — Tags: , , , — Bookblurb @ 4:56 pm

These are the remaining books left in the Occupy Wall Street Library following a police action last night.

By Jason Boog

At 7 p.m. yesterday, the Occupy Wall Street librarians posted a picture of the newly rebuilt Occupy Wall Street Library in New York City’s Union Square Park. By 10 p.m., police had cleared out most of the library–leaving behind the books in the picture (embedded above).

Below, we’ve created a chronological collection of tweets from activists showing what happened to the library. The librarians tweeted a new chant today: “People got sold out, Books got thrown out!”

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