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deutsey

(20,166 posts)
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 11:12 AM Sep 2014

At Least 1,000 Climate Change Protesters Are About To "Flood" Wall Street

http://gothamist.com/2014/09/22/flood_wall_street_protest.php

On 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.
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At Least 1,000 Climate Change Protesters Are About To "Flood" Wall Street (Original Post) deutsey Sep 2014 OP
well, this will get coverage! oldandhappy Sep 2014 #1
I think you are right. riversedge Sep 2014 #3
Sadly you are probably right. n/t YvonneCa Sep 2014 #4
I had to dig to find this deutsey Sep 2014 #6
Where's Hillary? billhicks76 Sep 2014 #10
What are they flooding Wall Street with? Octafish Sep 2014 #2
I think police have orders to shoot any regulators on-sight deutsey Sep 2014 #8
FOX Business covering it... YvonneCa Sep 2014 #5
kick, kick, kick..... daleanime Sep 2014 #7
LiveStream link available here deutsey Sep 2014 #9
Thanks, deutsey! Enthusiast Sep 2014 #11
Here's another link: deutsey Sep 2014 #12
Protesters moving from their position to enter Wall Street (3:44 p.m.) deutsey Sep 2014 #13

oldandhappy

(6,719 posts)
1. well, this will get coverage!
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 11:15 AM
Sep 2014

NFL, car accidents, civil disobedience. But the peaceful multitudes, ha ha ha.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
6. I had to dig to find this
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 11:28 AM
Sep 2014

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.

deutsey

(20,166 posts)
13. Protesters moving from their position to enter Wall Street (3:44 p.m.)
Mon Sep 22, 2014, 03:49 PM
Sep 2014

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

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