Some protesters planned to travel to other cities to organize similar events. John Hildebrand, a protester in New York from Norman, Oklahoma, hoped to mount a protest there after returning home on Tuesday. Websites and Facebook pages with names like Occupy Melbourne and Occupy Montreal have also sprung up to plan the demonstrations for October Australia too is under the same bind of freedom because of monetary policy and corporate greed.
Show your support for Occupy Wall Street! Occupy Australia!!! Meanwhile, hundreds of demonstrators marched from a tent city on a grassy plot in downtown Boston to the Statehouse to call for an end of corporate influence of government. The Boston demonstrators decorated their tents with hand-written signs reading, 'Fight the rich, not their wars' and 'Human need, not corporate greed. Some stood on the sidewalk holding up signs, engaging in debate with passers-by and waving at honking cars.
One man yelled 'Go home! Another man made an obscene gesture. Change on the cards? A placard in New York - and, right, 'the 99' defend the nation against the wealthiest 1 per cent. They have internalized slogans that capture emotions but are too often unrelated to solutions. And that is a lost opportunity. The unifying idea has been drawing attention to "the 99," not offering a concrete policy agenda.
And if a ragtag band of youthful protesters can help bring a dose of accountability and equity to our financial system, more power to them. Nor did I imagine that I'd be kettled in an area where, ostensibly, protesters and witnesses were allowed to go. Sharing a quiet moment: A group of demonstrators in New York take some time out to meditate. In Los Angeles, demonstrators hoping to get TV coverage gathered in front of the courthouse where Michael Jackson's doctor is on trial on manslaughter charges.
We all should have our fair share. We all vote, pay taxes. Tax the rich. Meanwhile, more than people turned out for Occupy Seattle on Saturday, with protesters waving signs and mingling peacefully with police. LA state of mind: It was mainly the young who took to the streets to voice their opinion. The demonstrators, however, are only beginning to coalesce and they acknowledge that they need to clarify their goals. CBS2 Videos. Giants New York Giants. Jets New York Jets. Yanks New York Yankees.
Mets New York Mets. Knicks New York Knicks. Nets New Jersey Nets. Rangers New York Rangers. Best Of. Precautions, like barricading roads to keep cars out of rising waters, are being taken to prevent similar damage.
Colin Powell, who was born in Harlem and became the first Black U. This march of the undead was meant to demonstrate the soullessness of Wall Street that is, ahem, eating the American middle class alive.
Another reason was to bring a lighter side to the protest, which was anything but fun this weekend when protesters were arrested during a march on the Brooklyn Bridge.
The Village Voice caught up with a Zombie officiando named Matt in Zucotti Park who put the zombie protesters in their proper sociopolitical context :. Romero, all of his movies have been sociopolitical commentary ranging from sexism and racism in the '50s, commercialism in the '60s and '70s with Dawn of the Dead, then right up to imperialism and military escalation with Day of the Dead.
So I think it's really poignant to me, although people maybe see it as a little bit silly.
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