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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAt Least 1,000 Climate Change Protesters Are About To "Flood" Wall Street
http://gothamist.com/2014/09/22/flood_wall_street_protest.phpOn the heels of the massive, largely peaceful People's Climate March, a smaller group of activists has gathered in Lower Manhattan this morning to participate in direct action civil disobedience. With the goal of "stopping capitalism" and "ending the climate crisis," protesters are expected to "Flood Wall Street" in the coming hours. "The economy of the 1% is destroying the planet, flooding our homes, and wrecking our communities," the protesters' website declares.
This could get interesting, as police are prepared to quickly stifle any disruptions in the heavily fortified area around the Stock Exchange. One area worker says Wall Street is "already under lockdown. I had to walk two blocks out of my way to get to work." Protesters are currently massing in Battery Park. We'll update this post as the march gets underway; you can also follow along with Gothamist reporter Christopher Robbins on Twitter and the #FloodWallStreet Twitter hashtag.
oldandhappy
(6,719 posts)NFL, car accidents, civil disobedience. But the peaceful multitudes, ha ha ha.
riversedge
(70,244 posts)YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)There are a lot of articles from yesterday and early today saying this was "to happen."
This is the only one I saw providing "as-it-happens" coverage.
I'll be surprised if this makes much of a blip outside certain circles. I'm glad the activists are at least making an effort, though.
billhicks76
(5,082 posts)Probably doing whatever she was doing while Ferguson was going on.
Octafish
(55,745 posts)Unless it's Regulators, Wall Street don't care.
deutsey
(20,166 posts)YvonneCa
(10,117 posts)...of course.
daleanime
(17,796 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)Enthusiast
(50,983 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)deutsey
(20,166 posts)3.44pm ET
The protesters are getting ready to move from their position to enter Wall Street proper, apparently timed to the 4pm close of the stock exchange. Whose streets? Our streets! the crowd chants.
Police are moving some barricades to allow the crowd to move.
http://www.theguardian.com/environment/live/2014/sep/22/climate-change-activists-wall-street-protest