[New York Post] Funds raised for the Occupy Wall Street protest approach $300,000.
As the date of the protest approached, organizers solicited contributions through the protest's Web site, Holograms For Freedom.
But Abdul-Rauf rarely speaks to the media now, and even as the anniversary of the protest approached -- at a time when the country is dealing with and debating many of the very issues he raised -- little is known about what he's doing now.
As the one-year anniversary of the Egyptian protests approaches, many protesters are planning to return to Tahrir Square in force on Jan . 25
It seems the government is trying to appease both their sentiments and those of the red-shirts, as a series of anniversaries of last year's protests approaches.
As Sunday's protests approached, tamarrod campaigners were often seen on main thoroughfares, sometimes stopping cars with huge signs reading "Leave!" and collecting signatures.
Last week, as the 20th anniversary of the military crackdown on the Tiananmen Square protests approached, the government blocked a host of Internet services, including Twitter, Microsoft's live.com and Flickr, a photo-sharing site, though by Monday evening, these sites had become available again.
Morocco's post-protest approach, for example, to, "wed [democracy and development] together so that each is advanced by way of the other," can serve a good model for reform (albeit still on a small scale).
The monument was later pulled down by the government, to deny the opposition a rallying point, but protesters have vowed to reoccupy the area as the first anniversary of their protest movement approaches.
12.59pm BST An eyewitness report from Thessaloniki: Teacher Dude (@teacherdude) Tempers flared when riot police prevented protest march approaching Golden Dawn offices in Thessaloniki, no trouble though.
