Occupy Wall Street on todays LA Times Front Page! Download Link here

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Occupy Wall Street protesters driven by varying goals
Almost two weeks into an anti-greed sit-in, the 'leaderless resistance movement' is at a crossroads.
http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-wall-street-protest-20110930,0,6859500.story


Reporting from New York—
Michael Moore and Susan Sarandon have dropped in. A seasoned diplomat dispenses free advice. Supporters send everything from boxes of food and clothes to Whole Foods gift cards. They even have their own app, for the legions of fans following them on iPhones and Androids.

Nearly two weeks into a sit-in at a park in Manhattan's financial district, the "leaderless resistance movement" calling itself Occupy Wall Street is at a crossroads. The number of protesters on scene so far tops out at a few hundred, tiny by Athens or Cairo standards. But the traction they have gained from run-ins with police, a live feed from their encampment and celebrity visits is upping expectations. How about some specific demands, a long-term strategy, maybe even … office space?

So far the group, which generally defines itself as anti-greed, has none of those. "At a certain point, there's a valid criticism in people asking, 'What are you doing here?'" protester Chris Biemer, 23, said on Wednesday, Day 11 of the demonstration. In an exchange that illuminated one of the dilemmas that any movement for change faces in trying to sustain momentum, Biemer and protester Victoria Sobel made it clear they had different visions for Occupy Wall Street. Biemer, who recently moved to New York from Florida with a degree in business administration, says that ideally the group should team up with a nonprofit organization and get office space.

"It's possible to stay here for months or longer, but at some point we're going to become a fixture," he said of their home in Zuccotti Park, a privately owned, publicly accessible plaza dotted with trees and flower beds about midway between the Stock Exchange and the former World Trade Center site.

Front page d/l here in PDF http://www.latimes.com/includes/sectionfronts/A1.pdf
Please download the PDF and share that link even post a comment on the article. The M$M is finally giving some coverage and we need to crack that door open as wide as possible!

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1. That's all I was asking, and I got my ass handed to me for daring to do so.

The LAT asks the very same questions that I asked, and it's good news?

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2. Maybe we can get this to be the most downloaded and commented on page in Times history!

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3. Photos from the LA Times

Occupy Wall Street began Day 13 with a march through the streets of Lower Manhattan around the time the opening bell rings at the stock exchange.



Sometimes executives drop in on lunch breaks to talk politics and economics with the protesters, but often commuters barely take notice of them.



Protest posters for a variety of causes reflect the diverse goals of the group's members.




New York police make sure marchers stay on the sidewalks. Run-ins with the NYPD have given some traction to the ongoing protest.
That is when Tony Bologna is not Macing them!




Erika Ries of Philadelphia gets a new haircut between demonstrations after seven days of living in Manhattan's Liberty Square.




Some of those taking part in the occupation catch up on sleep as others march through the streets of Lower Manhattan.




A protester takes shelter under a plastic tarp. Rain was forecast for the coming days.




Protesters gather for a planning meeting. Their numbers vary as people come and go. Some who live nearby drop by for a few hours at a time; others stay around the clock.

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4. the 'reporting' is sadly biased...poor journalism.

-There are several thousand there today, not several hundred.

-They have offered 'specifics'.

- The article makes it seem like they're troublemakers (e.g "what are you doing here")

And so on.

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5. Good observation!

And I agree: the "several hundred" rhetoric is proving an effective propaganda ploy. They need to do a headcount every week or so, make it real tough for the media without getting a firestorm of criticism.

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6. Evening Kick

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7. The link to the PDF will be the current days page so go here to get a copy

http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21646789/A1%281%29.pdf