From www.occupywallst.org:
Thousands Flood the Streets of Global Financial Centers, Capitol Cities and Small Towns to “Occupy Together”
Against Wall Street Mid-Town Manhattan Jammed as Marches Converge in Times Square
New York, NY — After triumphing in a standoff with the city over the continued protest of Wall Street at Liberty Square in Manhattan’s financial district, the Occupy Wall Street movement has spread world wide today with demonstrations in over 1,500 cities globally and over 100 US cities from coast to coast. In New York, thousands marched in various protests by trade unions, students, environmentalists, and community groups. As occupiers flocked to Washington Square Park, two dozen participants were arrested at a nearby Citibank while attempting to withdraw their accounts from the global banking giant.
“I am occupying Wall Street because it is my future, my generations’ future, that is at stake,” said Linnea Palmer Paton, 23, a student at New York University. “Inspired by the peaceful occupation of Tarhir Square in Cairo, tonight we are are coming together in Times Square to show the world that the power of the people is an unstoppable force of global change. Today, we are fighting back against the dictators of our country – the Wall Street banks – and we are winning.”
A.K.: Tom Hayden has a provocative perspective in this clip from Keith Olbermann’s Countdown. About Occupy Los Angeles, he says he counted about 250 tents, jammed up on the lawn right next to City Hall. So you have this beautiful City Hall, he says, and there’s “a circle of shame around the center of power.”
