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Good Morning!
Longwood Gardens. August, 2011 © joanneleon
“Poverty is the worst form of violence.”
-- Mahatma Gandhi
News
Some messages and pictures via Twitter from protesters at #OCCUPYWALLSTREET and #TAKEWALLSTREET in lower Manhattan.
@uneverte Katie O'Brien
by queerninja
#takewallstreet #occupywallst #generalassembly a successful sleep in at zucotti square police and news vans watching us yfrog.com/18a0ycj
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@johnleesandiego John Lee
by anonsteel
RT @AnonSikko: wow, my grandmother said she is following the #occupywallstreet #takewallstreet twitter feed. says it reminds her of the 60s
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@miaaculpa miaaculpa
by TheEthicalHuman
LOL @ free twitter class at 9am but if your reading this you don't need one LOL via Rose #takewallstreet
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@Anonymoustemp Anonymous
by obsiris
9.Is it a coincidence that many people in the heart of the protest have had trouble getting mobile and internet signals?#occupywallstreet
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@MatthewBrowning Matthew Browning
by daniela_aum
If every one of those #NYC cops took down JUST ONE corrupt #Fraudclosure Banker, We'd be better off- How about it Bloomie? #OccupyWallstreet
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Trouble Across The River: "Occupy Wall Street" Protests Launched in NYC
Today, unknown to many people including myself, was the launch of a three day long protest called "Occupy Wall Street" the event is apparently affiliated with the 99% movement whose core tenant is that the Top 1% of the wealthy in America have essentially rigged the economy for their benefit at the expense of the bottom 99% I want to also stress it is difficult to understand who or what is exactly behind this protest/movement because of the strategy known as "leaderless resistance." The group Anonymous is also believed to be involved.
Hundreds of protesters descend to 'Occupy Wall Street'
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) -- Hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets of Manhattan's financial district on Saturday in a largely peaceful protest aimed at drawing attention to the role powerful financial interests played in wreaking havoc on America's economy.
Modeled on the "Arab Spring" uprisings that swept through Egypt, Tunisia, Syria and other countries this year, Occupy Wall Street is a "leaderless resistance movement" orchestrated through Twitter, Facebook and other social media tools. The Twitter hashtags #OccupyWallStreet and #TakeWallStreet lit up Saturday with coordination messages and solidarity tweets.
Protesters invade NYC Financial District
NEW YORK — More than 1,000 demonstrators descended on New York City's Financial District on Saturday for what could be a days-long protest of what they said was corporate greed favoring the rich at the expense of ordinary people.
The rally, dubbed #OccupyWallStreet on social networks such as Twitter and Facebook where word was spread, spurred the New York Police Department to lock down Wall Street near the New York Stock Exchange and Federal Hall, local media reported.
Police set up checkpoints to allow only those who could prove they lived or worked on Wall Street to enter, the New York Daily News reported.
Pictures posted on Twitter and elsewhere showed police and barricades around the famous bronze Charging Bull statue on lower Broadway at the north end of Bowling Green park.