| 15-M |
May 15 Movement (Spain) |
| ACLU |
American Civil Liberties Union |
| ACT UP |
AIDS Coalition to Unleash Power |
| AFL-CIO |
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations |
| AFSCME |
American Federation of State, County, and Municipal Employees |
| CCTV |
closed circuit television |
| CEO |
chief executive officer |
| CI |
critical infrastructure |
| CoC |
committees of correspondence |
| CPD |
Chicago Police Department |
| CUNY |
City University of New York |
| CWA |
Communication Workers of America |
| DAWG |
Direct Action Working Group |
| DC37 |
District Council 37 of AFSCME |
| DHS |
Department of Homeland Security |
| DNC |
Democratic National Convention |
| DPS |
Department of Public Safety |
| EGT |
Export Grain Terminal |
| FBI |
Federal Bureau of Investigation |
| G8 |
Group of Eight Industrialized Nations |
| GA |
general assembly |
| ILWU |
International Longshore and Warehouse Union |
| IMF |
International Monetary Fund |
| IWJ |
Immigrant Worker Justice Working Group |
| LIUNA |
Laborers International Union of North America |
| LWC |
Laundry Workers Center |
| MRG |
Movement Resource Group |
| NATO |
North Atlantic Treaty Organization |
| NLG |
National Lawyers Guild |
| NNU |
National Nurses United |
| NYABC |
New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts |
| NYCC |
New York Communities for Change |
| NYCGA |
New York City General Assembly |
| NYPD |
New York City Police Department |
| NYSE |
New York Stock Exchange |
| OC |
Occupy Chicago |
| OO |
Occupy Oakland |
| OPD |
Oakland Police Department |
| OSDC |
Occupy Student Debt Campaign |
| OWS |
Occupy Wall Street |
| POC |
People of Color Working Group |
| PSC |
Professional Staff Congress |
| RNC |
Republican National Convention |
| RWDSU |
Retail, Wholesale, and Department Store Union |
| SDS |
Students for a Democratic Society |
| SEIU |
Service Employees International Union |
| SMS |
short message service |
| SWAT |
special weapons and tactics |
| SYRIZA |
Coalition of the Radical Left (Greece) |
| TARP |
Troubled Asset Relief Program |
| TARU |
Technical Assistance Response Unit |
| TWU |
Transit Workers Union |
| UAW |
United Auto Workers |
| UC |
University of California |
| UFT |
United Federation of Teachers |
| USW |
United Steelworkers |