Today, hundreds of mostly young people marched from lower Broadway to Union Square as part of Occupy Wall Street. It was a loud, energetic, even boisterous, but peaceful crowd chanting „we are the 99% — and so are you!“ and „join us!“ Thousands of shoppers in SOHO and tourists and New Yorkers were snapping photos and waving thumbs up. Cab drivers were honking in rhythm with the drummers. Troy Davis was present via signs, as people refused to resign ourselves to his execution.
About 2:30 pm, the NYPD grabbed people from the march one by one, and then staged a mass arrest, pulling out the orange plastic nets and pepper spray, reminiscent of the police state atmosphere they created in 2004 at the Republican National Convention where George W. was crowned again.
This is outrageous! You can see more here, incuding live feed from Zuccotti Park, where people are feeding themselves and the homeless, playing music, talking to tourists, and working to free their arrested friends, with the help of the National Lawyers Guild.
Come down and visit the Occupy Wall Street encampment at Zuccotti Park, Broadway & Liberty (directly south east of the WTC site).
In 10 days, it will be 10 years since the Bush regime began its bombing and invasion of Afghanistan; an illegitimate, unjust, immoral targeting of one of the poorest countries on earth.
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