Occupy Wall St. All Day, All Week! livestream and photos (pic heavy)

[sabrina 1]

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

Today is Constitution Day! A good day for protesting!

They are playing an MLK speech on the right to protest!

Looks like a documentary. Keith Olbermann recording now talking about the corruption in government.

Footage was shown of past historical demonstrations.

Keith: Where is the outrage to come from? From You!

Saying they will be there 'all day, all week'



I'm not sure if this is what they are watching right now.

Back to live stream.

Let's Wake'm Up! All Day! All Week!



Some Anonymous masks in the crowd.

They had a message from Anonymous earlier. They asked the police 'whose side will you be on'?



Reports that police are closing off some streets.



Getting support from other countries:

IN MADRID, SPAIN - CITIZENS SUPPORTING DEMONSTRATERS ENCAMPED AT WALL STREET

Meanwhile there are other countries whose citizens have joined in the protest primarily Spain, demonstraters in Madrid are attempting to take peaceful action to the streets.

madridforyou Madrid For You
20 Minutos Madrid Centenares de personas 'toman la bolsa' en España en apoyo a la acampada frente a Wall Street:...bit.ly/oNGKuE

TRANSLATON

madridforyou Madrid For You
20 Madrid Minutes Hundreds of people ' they take stock-market ' in Spain in support to the encamped one in front of Wall s$street: …

Thank you Spain!



Good question!



"Police are reduced to protecting 'bullshit'"?








And people surrounding the Wall St. Bull



They were chanting 'Wall Street is our Street!



Speaker: "We're going to make Wall St. our Tahrir Square"

Message from Anonymous saying they will occupy Wall St. for 'months'!

It's Global!

http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

This channel will feature live streams from global non violent revolution spreading across the globe, with the first broadcasts from Wall Street Occupation in NYC that will start on Saturday, September 17, 2011. The channel will also feature live stream from solidarity protests and events in Spain, Greece, France, Belgium, Iceland and other places around the gblobe

Live Video Reports and Content about the Global Revolution which started with the North African Spring, and is extending to every country around the World.

About time the people went Global. Corporations have been doing it for decades!






Wouldn't it be great if those blockades were to keep out the Wall Street Crooks instead of their victims?



Why you no in jail

Good question!

Nice music on livestream right now! http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution

Anonymous
A fight between powerful corporations and the people has started. Whose side are you on? #occupywallstreet
2 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

[sabrina 1]

1. Wow, great Keith Olbermann Special Comment being played right now.

Urging people to 'rise up'. Saying we are at a tipping point right, the window of time is short and we need to take advantage of it now.

[malaise]

2. Yep that was a great special comment

Great music as well

[Firebrand Gary]

4. I cannot wait to see Kieth on Monday. If not sooner....

[sabrina 1]

8. I wonder if he'll go to the demonstrations?

This would be a great thing for him to cover since the rest of the media probably won't.

[fasttense]

89. Help the protesters, send them food.

Published 2011-09-13 03:27:57 UTC by chris

"Several people have asked: if I can't make it to New York City for the occupation, but still want to help, what can I do?

One of many answers is to support those who are at the occupation on Wall Street by calling various delivery places in the area and having food sent to the site. Not only will you be providing food to hungry people, you will also be supporting local establishments as opposed to corporate chains. A list has been compiled of several pizzerias, health food places, and delis around the occupation area from which you can call and order food. The list can be found at here: https://docs.google.com/document/d/11aEYlrHbWsYw9UFLmnR3V62NRdN0EtN5aVFJs_YXbg8/edit?hl=en_US&pli=1#

Finally, for those who ARE able to make it to the occupation, there will be food available that we will have bought through your generous donations. However, we'd also like to ask that people bring a little bit of food themselves, enough that can theoretically be shared with at least three people. Not only will it help us hold out for longer, it will go a long way in helping you get to know each other a little better as well."

https://occupywallst.org/

Sorry to interrupt but I thought more people would see this if I put it near the top.

[sabrina 1]

93. That's good information and it means they are planning to stay

Thank you for the list :-)

[Hissyspit]

9. MORE PHOTOS:

A protestor demonstrates near Wall Street against banks and corporations in New York September 17, 2011. (Reuters)





Demonstrators rally on Wall Street in lower Manhattan. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg





Police officers guard a bull statue at Bowling Green park. Photographer: Ramin Talaie/Bloomberg





Demonstrators gather in front of a police barricade to call for the occupation of Wall Street, Saturday, Sept. 17, 2011, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)









Protestors demonstrate near Wall Street against banks and corporations in New York September 17, 2011. (Reuters)





Protestors demonstrate near Wall Street against banks and corporations in New York September 17, 2011. (Reuters)





A protestor attempts to give a New York Police Department officer a flower during a demonstration near Wall Street in New York September 17, 2011. The protestors were demonstrating against banks and corporations. (Reuters)





A protestor holds a sign near Wall Street during a demonstration in New York September 17, 2011. The protestors were demonstrating against banks and corporations.





A protestor demonstrates near Wall Street against banks and corporations in New York September 17, 2011. (Reuters)





A protestor demonstrates near Wall Street against banks and corporations in New York September 17, 2011. (Reuters)





https://occupywallst.org/

[sabrina 1]

11. Oh those are fantastic pictures, thank you Hissyspit. I especially like

this one:



Reminds me of George Carlin = 'It's bullshit, I tell you, it's all bullshit'! Lol!

Thank you so much for posting these.

[Cerridwen]

16. The location of the flower in the 8th one down is...cute. The look on the cop's

face...not so much.

[sabrina 1]

18. Lol, yes, I loved that. Wonder if it was intentional?

[midnight]

110. Thanks for sharing these too...

[sabrina 1]

20. Protestors put 'Foreclosed' sign with US Flag

on flagpole.

Wall St. Protesters Shinny Up Flagpole, and Police Aren’t Amused

Officers strapped on their own harnesses and hard hats, and one, Shawn Soler, 32, leaned a ladder against Ms. Corbin’s pole and climbed up. He spent several minutes talking to Ms. Corbin, gesturing with his hands, occasionally nodding and shrugging and patting the pole with his gloved hand. Finally, Ms. Corbin lowered herself onto the ladder, unclipped her harness and climbed down to be handcuffed and placed in a police van.

The other climber, identified by organizers as Cy Waggoner, climbed down mostly by himself, using a ladder for the last 10 feet, and was similarly arrested. Onlookers cheered. The van drove away.

Police arrest protestor Cy Waggoner one of the flagpole shimmiers. They are going to remove the 'foreclosed' sign as soon as a crane arrives, according to the article.

[Coexist]

39. I'm not there, but my older kids are!

they drove from Florida. So proud of them

[cheapdate]

55. Proud of them all. n/t

[sabrina 1]

79. I hope they take pictures.

Good for them, to drive all the way from Florida!! You should be proud of them! :-)

[Coexist]

91. she did and video...

I'll post it here

[butterfly77]

67. Are any people protesting...

in front of fox they need to be in there in the mornings for fox and friends...

[sabrina 1]

80. Good idea, they are looking for suggestions on the organizing site.

That sounds like an excellent idea.

[EFerrari]

3. K&R

[Firebrand Gary]

5. K&R +1000

[Kaleko]

6. I'll be kicking this thread.

Thanks for the pics!

[Arctic Dave]

7. K&R

[Fire Walk With Me]

10. K&R!

[Cerridwen]

12. An article in one of these threads (damn, now I gotta go find it), equated

the Day of Rage with Vietnam. Setup for 'dirty hippie' comparisons?

I found it interesting they didn't equate it with the various Days of Rage in North Africa and the Middle East (yep, still protests of various nature going on in Middle East even if not getting much coverage in US).

[sabrina 1]

13. I don't think that will work this time. This is about something

all Americans care about. Wish they all cared about our wars, but they don't really. But they do care about the loss of jobs and the money given to Wall St. rather than helping the people.

I do not doubt there will be huge efforts to make the protestors look scary and threatening though.

[Cerridwen]

14. I was just getting ready to edit with the link. I'll put here instead.

It was in a reply by spanone link

Some referred to it as the United States Day of Rage, an apparent reference to a series of disruptive protests against the Vietnam War held in Chicago in 1969.

Ooooo, a twofer. They got to throw in Chicago, too. That looks like a divide and conquer.

I'm way too paranoid.

I hope you are correct. I'm not sure how the reaction will go if it becomes violent.

I'd like to see a national, general strike start coming out of this.

[sabrina 1]

17. Day of Rage was used for the N.African

uprisings, (and Iraqis called their protests 'a day of rage also) and they had every reason to be enraged. But here, people may not see that connnection. A good reporter, (do we have any left?) would make that clear.

I hope it doesn't turn violent, but if they disrupt Wall St's business, it is likely to, not from the protestors though.

[dotymed]

28. It will be a miracle if it makes the MSM..

Too bad. God that is a defeatist thing to say. Maybe if we send enough e-mails to MSN, it will be reported...?

[sabrina 1]

30. I saw a few people on twitter asking reporters why they are not

there. They may be but the MSM doesn't work on the weekend! Al Jazeera is covering it though so the world is getting to see it.

Maybe they will be shamed into covering it eventually. It's early though, so we'll see. If it does last into the work week, I think they will have to cover it.

[jwirr]

36. I watched Chicago 1968 on TV and this is nothing like it. Number one

the police are better trained. Number two the demonstrators are organized and know what they are doing. This is much more like Egypt.

[Cerridwen]

50. First tweet I've seen using 'hippies'

st1d
Just announced: Police WILL be removing hippies at 10pm EST (1 hour from now) #USDOR #occupywallstreet #Sept17 #takewallstreet #tcot
18:02:58 via: web

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I'm in and out of twitter so I may have missed more.

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I found a quote: (sorry for source)

"This is all just a waste of time,"..."These are a bunch of kids playing cat and mouse. ... It's just going to create more problems and more traffic in the city."

Egypt, Jan 25, 2011

---------------

Just found another. This one adds 'drugs'

SonnyRose33
#attackwatch : Hippies starting to look tired...drugs might be wearing off... #USDOR #occupywallstreet #Sept17 #takewallstreet #tcot
18:12:55 via: web


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I thought this was an interesting point:

MyFlyingCloud
whatever anyone's opinion on #occupywallstreet #takewallstreet it is rather curious that media that breaks in 4 nonsense is silent, 100%
18:25:10 via: TweetDeck

[malaise]

15. Which side are you on???

Love it!!

[sabrina 1]

19. Can't update OP anymore, but wanted to add this tweet

to the police barricade photo:

@hbastidas
H. Bastidas
RT @Rainmanpdx: police should be arresting ThePeople inside WallStreet, not the protestors outside. #occupywallstreet nyti.ms/paSLb5

[Bryn]

21. No Way the Media can avoid this even if they tried, they can try

until their faces turn blue. The Wall Street protest in New York City is attention catching for the whole world. Let's see if some billionaires will try to distract attention from it by causing something else to happen?

[sabrina 1]

24. Our media is not reporting it so far, but Al Jazeera is.

and people are noticing:

@liesbethg
Liesbeth Groenendijk

There is something going on at Wall Street, hardly any coverage of it in US media. Watch Al Jazeera #OccupyWallStreet tinyurl.com/6k4n53u
7 minutes ago via web

......


@cyoungIII
Charles Young

Where's the media @ on #occupywallstreet ?? #droppedtheball
10 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

[Matariki]

81. whoa. Twitter is "over capacity"

can't get on the site to view those tags.

[nadinbrzezinski]

29. CNN is really, REALLY quiet

[sabrina 1]

34. Yes, but someone on Twitter says they have 'mentioned' it.

Apparently CNN compared it to the Arab Spring. Can't verify that as I have not been watching tv though.

[AzDar]

22. K & R

:kick:

[Lucian]

23. K&R

[sabrina 1]

25. From Anonymous on the manipulation of the hashtag #occupywallstreet

@YourAnonNews
Anonymous

Tweeter manipulates and hide #occupywallstreet as a TT. You can see the evolution of this trend around the world here: trendsmap.com/topic/%23occup…
7 hours ago via TweetDeck

[sabrina 1]

26. British press not reporting it either?

@bc_tmh
Tim Hardy

Is it my imagination or has none of the UK press - not even the Guardian - bothered to cover #occupywallstreet ?

......

@jgulden
Josiah Gulden

Frustrated and disturbed (to say the least) by the complete lack of media coverage of #OccupyWallstreet... talk about crony capitalism!
5 minutes ago via Twitter for iPhone

But NPR is looking for people to interview, so they will be covering. They have a request on Twitter, can't find it now, but at least someone here is interested.

[butterfly77]

68. They are all rightwingers.

don't you ever see how many appear on Fox and are all over our media since Obama was elected?

[ohheckyeah]

27. K&R n/t

[Octafish]

31. Y U No In Jail.

Sums up our national situation.

Thank you, sabrina 1. Thank you.

[Enthusiast]

86. That would be my sign choice.....nt

[kentuck]

32. This is cool as hell !!

I love it !!!!!

[sabrina 1]

33. Solidarity from British students:

@anticutsspace
anticutsspace

youtu.be/MmudJafnQh0 a message from British students to #occupywallstreet
Media not displayed.

[TBF]

35. Thanks for the pictures - solidarity! nt

[lonestarnot]

37. K & R!

[sabrina 1]

38. Past dusk in NY and reports that Riot Cops are arriving!

@Layalzebub
Layal Rabat

Riot cops are on their way. CONFIRMED #TakeWallStreet & #OccupyWallStreet #Sep17 STAY STRONG! STAY TOGETHER!
58 seconds ago via web

[sabrina 1]

40. Didn't see it, but apparently CNN's Lemon Show?

playing down the numbers and claiming the protestors have no 'real goal'.

What they are doing is holding a General Assembly right now to set the goals and get input from the people. Democracy, stranger than fiction to our MSM stenographers.

Tweeters asking 'why':

@mkmiller63
Malinda Miller

@julpepitone That report you did with Don Lemon...Why do you both belittle what is trying to be accomplished at #occupywallstreet
11 minutes ago via web

Watch Al Jazeera, don't know why anyone bothers with the US MSM anymore. They are OWNED by Wall St. Thankfully there is other media that can be seen around the world, so they MSM is pretty much being left behind.

[sabrina 1]

43. Protestors blocking 'red carpet' event on Wall St. and riot

police on horseback have arrived, according to tweeters.

Al Jazeera stream is following events also. Nothing much on US MSM.

http://stream.aljazeera.com/story/us-protesters-rally-occupywallstreet

What started as an online campaign has translated into action on the ground, with protest organisers calling for thousands of people to "occupy Wall Street" on Saturday.

"On the 17th of September, we want to see 20,000 people flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months," organisers wrote on the www.occupywallst.org website.

"Like our brothers and sisters in Egypt, Greece, Spain, and Iceland, we plan to use the revolutionary Arab Spring tactic of mass occupation to restore democracy in America. We also encourage the use of nonviolence to achieve our ends and maximize the safety of all participants."

The leaderless movement includes hacktivist group Anonymous among the protesters. The group released a video online calling on people to take to the streets on September 17.

I think they exceeded their goal so far.

[Joe Fields]

48. I do so wish I could be there. This is the exact message that needs to be sent.

GET MONEY OUT OF GOVERNMENT

[deminks]

41. The revolution will not be televised -- but it will be tagged.

One of my favorite tweets of the day.

#TakeWallStreet/#OccupyWallStreet are trending rapidly, globally.

[pacalo]

42. K&R. Put people before corporations' greed.

[sabrina 1]

44. Awful, it has to stop. I don't know why we waited so long.

That first picture, the despair the woman feels is obvious even without seeing her face.

This is a crime, thanks for the photos.

The Wall St protestors' Assembly is asking for goals for this new movement, these photos make me think that one of them should be to stop Foreclosures, NOW. They are not necessary and not helping. There ARE ways to help people stay in their homes.

[pacalo]

45. They rented the house & were evicted due to being short $100.

In a sense, they were victims of corporate greed which has trickled down to subhuman landlords.

Look at the hurt on the little girl's face. Her name is Olivia.

This is not the America I grew up knowing.

[sabrina 1]

46. The greed is pernicious and may be the only thing that has 'trickled

down'. For $100 dollars! A country that doesn't take care of its most vulnerable citizens cannot claim to be the 'greatest' as we so arrogantly continue to do. Those children will never forget. I hope it they have found a place to live.

[Enthusiast]

87. Exactly. This is a crime.

And there is no justice.

[socialist_n_TN]

47. A couple of questions and a comment.........

Did they get their 20k people today? And are they intent on staying? Because that's what it will take. Wisconsin's protests started relatively small, just hundreds of people and grew to thousands. These types of things build if they go on long enough.

And my comment: SOLIDARITY!

[sabrina 1]

51. I don't think there is an official count yet, but twitter comments

are claiming 50,000. I have no idea if that is true or not. I believe they are planning to stay overnight tonight and the organizers are saying they will be there all of next week. Anonymous says 'months'.

They are setting goals in NYC tonight in an assembly they are holding. I have the link somewhere to the organizers' website, will post it when I find it again. Hopefully it will be updated.

Okay, here is the organizing site https://occupywallst.org/ As you can see on the sidebar at the top, they are asking people for suggestions as to how to go forward, what goals they should have.

The photo below is from tonight where they protested at a Red Carpet event. But the main focus of today's event was to set their goals. I am hoping they will update their page tomorrow and I agree, they do have to stay there but if they do, it will get nasty, I am sure.

[OhioChick]

49. K&R n/t

[Cerridwen]

52. Has anyone looked to see if the protests in Spain and Italy are being covered

in Spain and Italy?

I'm off to google for a while but if anyone says articles from protests around the world, this might be a good place to collect them.

[sabrina 1]

53. I thought the stream I linked to in the OP was covering them?

In the tweet below there is a link that might lead to some coverage of Global protests, I haven't checked it yet though. Sorry, just checked and it is blocked here, at least for me.

Tweeters from other parts of the world are sending solidarity tweets to Americans. I especially love that Egyptians are supporting us:

@maddiet5
Maddie Charles

With you in spirit from Australia #occupywallstreet - #globalrevolution live on
livestre.am/PlNN

......

@LamiaHassan
Lamia Hassan

Egyptians at #occupywallstreet today via twitpic.com/6mg4b4 via @EgyptEagle

Can't access his link either. Frustrating!

[Cerridwen]

54. I was just wondering if their media was doing much the same as ours.

I'm still googling around.

I did find a protest of 50,000 in Poland. Europe trade union protest draws 50,000 in Poland

Technically not part of #occupywallstreet but still about peoples' rights.

[Cerridwen]

57. dhs reports protests planned in Madrid, Milan, London and Paris.

Protests also are planned for financial districts in Madrid, Milan, London and Paris, according to a bulletin from the National Cybersecurity and Communications Integration Center obtained by Bloomberg News. The NCCIC is part of the Department of Homeland Security. Chris Ortman, an agency spokesman, confirmed the bulletin's authenticity.

From SFGate Business Report

I keep seeing reports in business sections.

edit to fix link

[sabrina 1]

60. Thank you, I found some more on the organizer's site.

Sorry, lost the info on foreign solidarity protests.

Here's the link to the organizers https://occupywallst.org/. It looks like it has been very well organized, and they are planning on more than just this weekend. Eg, they are asking for help with feeding the protesters.

It's the weekend so many of the major news organizations are not working, eg, RT, I thought they might have some coverage, but so far, I don't see anything from them either.

[Cerridwen]

64. I've seen a few scroll past in twitter.

I was bemused that homeland security was tracking the protests.

[sabrina 1]

65. Here's something that might help regarding other countries

plans for today. But a lot of it is in various languages so I can't understand them. Also, they are plans, so don't know if they were actually carried out:

September 17th EVERYWHERE! Global Actions Against Banks and Banksters[]/b]

[me b zola]

56. K&R

[MissDeeds]

58. Huge K&R

:applause: :woohoo: :patriot:

[NJCher]

59. top story on the news tonight

I'm watching local news WCBS news at 11 p.m.


Cher

[sabrina 1]

61. Where is that, sorry I'm not familiar with it.

Is it in NY?

[sabrina 1]

62. The media is asking for stories now:

@jackhutton
jack hutton

RT @AJStream: On Wall Street? Taking part in #occupywallstreet? We want to know—tell us your story cc: @CNN @anderson #p2 @msnbc

Looks like people are staying and planning to sleep on Wall St, but police haven't let them if they will be arrested yet.

@Maradoesthelaw
Mara
crowd of about 500 or so sleeping in zucotti. Police wont let them know if they can stay or not. They r holding strong #occupywallstreet

[sabrina 1]

66. Good news from the NYPD.

@jeffrae
Jeff Rae

NYPD and the owners of Zuccotti Park (it's privately owned) are allowing us to spend the night #occupyWallStreet #takewallst

Also, several tweets have said that they have talked to cops and said to them 'I get the feeling you would rather be on our side' and some of them 'nodded'! :applause:

Another tweet said a female cop said 'I would be with you if I was not in uniform'!

Cops are people too, and they have wives and husbands who are teachers and union members and don't like what's happening in this country either.

[sabrina 1]

69. Police are cutting power, according to tweets, so protesters

can't use their electronic devices when they run out of power. Calls for 'runners' to go somewhere else and recharge phones, laptops etc.

Live feed from Paris here. Can't really tell what I'm watching but they are chanting what sound like slogans. it must be early morning there now. http://antibanks.takethesquare.net/

Edit to say they are carrying signs. One in English but it is upside down. They have bullhorns and are still chanting. Very early in the morning there. Someone is speaking and they are cheering now.

[BeHereNow]

71. Hey! Sabrina! That link deserves its own thread!

GLOBAL listings of protests!
BHN:thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup: :thumbsup:

[sabrina 1]

73. Do you feel like posting it BeHereNow?

I will rec it if you feel up to it. :-)

I figured out that what is showing there was recorded earlier today in Paris. So little media coverage so far, it's hard to get info. But there are supposed to be coordinated demonstrations around the world. I guess we'll hear about them tomorrow.

[StarsInHerHair]

107. ah, they need solar chargers! they're out there just needs 2 b implemented

[McCamy Taylor]

63. Go America!

[sabrina 1]

70. Yikes! Undercover cop wearing Anonymous mask?

maceWiindu Warning: dude in gray sweatshirt with Guy Fawkes mask was talking on police walkie #occupywallstreet #takewallstreet
48 seconds ago · reply · retweet ·

That training on how to spot agitators and undercover cops seems to be working.

[Dragonfli]

72. K&R I wish I was well enough to join the occupation. I may gather as much medication as I can and to

make it anyway.

[sabrina 1]

74. Dragonfli, I am so sorry you are not well.

:hug:

I can't be there in NY right now either, but if this lasts for months as they plan, I will try to go also. I really hope you can join. No one deserves to be there more :-)

[Dragonfli]

76. Thanks for the kind words, my illness is progeressing as expected, no better no worse.

I am doing surprisingly well without the needed treatments in fact
(maybe lack of health care will help me in the end, the treatment IS a strong poison).

I still have to find a dog-sitter, but if I can, I expect I can find a way there.
Maybe we will bump into each other.

[sabrina 1]

82. Would love to meet up with you.

If I do get there it wouldn't be until December. I hope they are still there by then. Meantime though they are planning other demonstrations in other cities, so hopefully there will be one here in So Cal that I can go to.

It's a disgrace that you do not have HC. I don't have words for the absolute cruelty of our system.

Take care and if you do get to go to NY, PM me. :hug:

[Javaman]

75. Will they still be there for the opening bell on monday? nt

[sabrina 1]

77. I think they plan to be there according to the organizing site. And

I saw this on twitter also:

@How2Democracy
How2Democracy

@AmVoicesPAC #occupywallstreet Calling to support this protest in every city Monday morning with sit-ins at all City Halls. #takecityhall

Shot of people sleeping tonight on the street.

Also, heard on the live feed that they hope to disrupt business on Wall St. during the week.

[burrowowl]

78. K&R!!!!!

[AtheistCrusader]

83. I love your sig picture.

Is there a larger version?

[sabrina 1]

84. I don't think so, but I got it here:

https://occupywallst.org/!

Maybe you can make it bigger?

I am watching the live feed and the protesters are still awake! The 'city that never sleeps'.

Over 2,000 people still viewing the feed. It's 3.30 AM in NYC.

[AtheistCrusader]

85. I found a higher res version. Thanks.

[Shining Jack]

88. K&R

Wow, that's something. Thanks Sabrina! :yourock:

[rhett o rick]

90. Are they still there? It's 9:00 am there. nm

[sabrina 1]

94. Yes, many of them the slept there last night. They got permission to sleep

in a privately owned park. They are probably getting breakfast right now.

[rhett o rick]

100. How many? I cant seem to get any information. nm

[sabrina 1]

103. About 300 slept in the park, from most of the reports (social media)

I've seen. Also from the videos and photos that seems to be about right.

I have seen numbers all over the place for the protest yesterday, but nothing confirmed. They range from 50,000 to 1,000.

I think it was probably closer to 1,000 than the higher numbers. That would mean they did not reach their goal of 20,000. So, I hope they have a core of people who can stay there and that the numbers grow as word gets out. On twitter I saw a lot of people asking 'what is occupywallstreet' having seen it trending but they had not heard of it. Many said they would have been there had they known.

They have the right idea and I really hope they manage to create a movement and get more and more people there each weekend. They should reach out to the unemployed, the Unions etc.

[rhett o rick]

104. It's a start. There is another scheduled for Oct 6. nm

[tcaudilllg]

105. This is a start, but it lacks organization

Needs to be co-opted by unions and others. Make use of significant dates.

Looking forward to the confrontation with Wall St. tomorrow! Be brave and show us who these people really are! Try to make contact with the suits!

Is there a line open for people to donate to legal defense?

[sabrina 1]

106. I agree that connnecting with the Unions and the Uemployed eg

(there are organizations for the unemployed) and most importantly as they were most affected by Wall St. corruption, the foreclosed-on should be a priority. But people can contact those groups themselves and see if they are interested. This was really just a beginning, to meet and plan for the 'occupation'. So, hopefully they did get some good ideas and the numbers will grow.

I was not there, sorry if I gave that impression, too far away unfortunately or I would have been, but I do wish them well tomorrow. They don't need huge numbers tomorrow. And as I understand it, they have trained people for this kind of confrontation over the past few weeks. I doubt they will get anywhere close to the Wall St. Gamblers though, if this weekend is any example. The police presence was huge and they had blocked off any way that the protesters could get close to them.

Wrt to donations, they have an official site https://occupywallst.org/ I haven't seen any requests for money for those arrested, but they do have a lot of information on what do once that happens.

They also have info on how to donate food and which restaurants will deliver to them.

The owner of the park they slept in last night, has now said he wants them out by today, so I do not know where they will go tonight.

[rhett o rick]

101. And yes, thank you very much for keeping us up to date. nm

[KoKo]

92. Thanks Sabrina and others for Pic's and Updates....! K&R..

[davidwparker]

95. K&R

[amborin]

96. K&R

[a2liberal]

97. K&R (n/t)

[suffragette]

98. Thanks for the report and the updates

http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5jwB_zy0tcSXCUegKjGvlfkRmt7UA?docId=CNG.77b84336cea698f00a40b5ac55207970.de1
Among the group was Javier Dorado, a law professor from Spain who compared the protesters with the mass "indignant" demonstrations in his country against high unemployment, welfare cuts and corruption.
"This is a global phenomenon that is taking place in Europe and many countries," Dorado said.
The protest came as the United States struggles to overcome an economic crisis marked by a huge budget deficit that has triggered cuts in the public service sector while unemployment hovers stubbornly above nine percent.

[sabrina 1]

102. Hi suffragette,

thanks for the link. There has been so little coverage of this it's hard to find any news other than on the social media so far.

I read that Spain's protesters never went home, they are there every day.

This weekend is meant to be a beginning, I hope it gathers momentum as time goes by. But the media isn't going to help, obviously.

[lsewpershad]

99. LOL

Protecting bullshit. Funny but so true.

[Quantess]

108. Good for them!

[midnight]

109. Thanks for sharing the pics.