Occupy Wall Street roundup, Day 29

Demonstrators in Times Square during general assembly following The Occupation Party. (TheOther99/Yfrog)

Demonstrators in Times Square during general assembly following The Occupation Party. (TheOther99/Yfrog)

There is a developing situation in Times Square. Live stream here. This post will be updated at the bottom with any major events. In other news:

• Today, Occupy Wall Street went global:

  Linking up with the Occupy Wall Street protests that began in New York, tens of thousands of people around the world took to the streets Saturday to reiterate their anger at the global financial system, corporate greed and government cutbacks.

  Rallies were held in more than 900 cities in Europe, Africa and Asia, as well as in the United States, with some of the largest occurring in Europe. The demonstration in Rome turned violent, but crowds elsewhere were largely peaceful.

  "Tens of thousands" seems like a wild underestimation, given that media reported 150,000 in just Rome. We collected some pictures from protests around the world. The Guardian has more pictures.

• Apropos:
  
• Video of the violence in Rome:
• Amazing video of the demonstration in Madrid:
• Video of the arrests at a Citibank branch in New York today:
• Funny Tumblr: We Are the 1 Precent
• A protester who was hit by police yesterday may himself face charges. As a reminder, here is the protester in question:
• Some conservatives infiltrated Occupy Wall Street pretty deeply:

  The Occupy Wall Street protests have been going on for a month. And it seems the FBI and NYPD have had help tracking protesters' moves thanks to a conservative computer security expert who gained access to one of the group's internal mailing lists, and then handed over information on the group's plans to the authorities as well as corporations targeted by protesters.

  Since the Occupy Wall Street protest began on September 17, New York security consultant Thomas Ryan has been waging a campaign to infiltrate and discredit the movement. Ryan says he's done contract work for the U.S. Army and he brags on his blog that he leads "a team called Black Cell, a team of the most-highly trained and capable physical, threat and cyber security professionals in the world." But over the past few weeks, he and his computer security buddies have been spending time covertly attending Occupy Wall Street meetings, monitoring organizers' social media accounts, and hanging out with protesters in Lower Manhattan.

Some Occupy Wall Street resources:

• For over 60 articles a day on Occupy Wall Street, follow the Daily Kos Occupy Wall Street group and Occupy Wall Street tag.
• Follow live streams from dozens of Occupy events at Occupy Streams.
• Send a letter to a member of the 1% at Occupy the Board Room.
• Take part in an Occupy event near you by using our list and map of local solidarity groups.

5:22 PM PT: The New York Daily News reports that dozens of protesters have been arrested in Times Square.

5:31 PM PT: New York Daily News:

From our reporters: NYPD confirms 71 protesters arrested in Times Square.

5:43 PM PT: Further clarification is that 71 protesters were arrested in New York City total today, with 42 taking place in Times Square.

6:28 PM PT: The confrontation in Times Square has been diffused and ended without any further arrests.