Activist philosopher Cornel West joined the Occupy Wall Street protest on its 11th day to applaud the “sweet spirit in this place” and denounce “corporate plutocrats who squeeze the democratic juices out of this country.” Also, the Guardian is reconstructing Anthony Bologna's pepper-spraying of protesters and seeks video or eyewitness accounts.

On his first book tour stop out of the U.S., several hundred rowdy protesters greeted Dick Cheney in Vancouver, forcing those attending the event to be hauled over them by police. The protests came a week after Human Rights Watch urged Canada to arrest Cheney, calling the visit "a rare opportunity to remedy (the) shameful failure" of the U.S. to do so.

"We do this not just for catharsis or out of our own anger at the (Cheney) policies...but also out of a sense of responsibility to international law and historical justice. An injury to one is truly an injury to all."