Watch Live: Occupy “Day of Action” Continues, 240+ Arrested UPDATE: At least 175 people have been arrested on Wednesday’s “Day of Action,” which celebrated the two-month anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. After a morning of marches and tense stand-offs with the NYPD, the protesters took the march towards Union Square. Estimates are always tricky, but there are as few as a couple thousand and as many 5,000 people marching with the crowd. Tim Pool from We Are the Other 99, who has pretty much been streaming live without stopping since Monday night/Tuesday morning’s police raid, is up and running again. He’s building to legend status: </noscript></noscript> Mayor Michael Bloomberg is making sure New Yorkers and the world know the protesters are at fault for all the violence we’ve seen. “Bloomberg and Police Commissioner Raymond W. Kelly said that five of the protesters arrested on Thursday have been charged with felony assault and that seven police officers were injured,” the New York Times reported in its live blog. More images from Wednesday’s “Day of Action”: </noscript> One of the more tense moments of the day came just before 2 pm ET, when NYPD officers barricaded protesters in Zuccotti Park while they went after one particular OWS member. Reports indicate he kicked a police barricade and this was the police response. Check this out: </noscript> </noscript> </noscript> </noscript></noscript> The movement heads to Foley Square at 5 pm ET. EARLIER WEDNESDAY: “The blood of the martyrs is the seed of the Church” –Tertullian The Mayor Bloomberg-ordered NYPD raid of Occupy Wall Street‘s home base at Zuccotti Park only served to embolden and enliven the protesters. And today is a Day of Action for the movement, which celebrates the two-month anniversary of the beginning of #OWS and includes a march on Wall Street. Thousands of people have shown up to Lower Manhattan to join the protest. Police have erected barricades, the assembled media is having a tough time gaining access, and we have no clue whether this will remain peaceful or turn ugly. The arrests have started. One report from the NYPD says 175 people have been arrested so far on this Day of Action. You can see some of those arrests, as well as the NYPD using its LRAD sonic weapon here: </noscript></noscript> The must-follow @ericweinrib took this shot of some of those arrested: If you’re stuck in your office or sitting safely in the confines of your home, but you want to see what’s going down anyway, there are plenty of live streaming options. Watch it here: Tim from We Are the Other 99, who has pretty much been streaming live without stopping since Monday night/Tuesday morning’s police raid, is up and running again: </noscript></noscript> Occupy Wall Street Media Team: </noscript> The Other 99 Channel 2: </noscript> Global Revolution is up and running as well: </noscript> CBS News has a live aerial view: </noscript> S’MORE #OWS STORIES TO KEEP YOU OCCUPIED: • Start Spreadin’ “The Raid on Zuccotti Park” • 84-Year-Old Woman Pepper Sprayed By Seattle Police at Occupy Protests • Judge Rules in Favor of City to Keep OWS From Camping • Ali Velshi’s Fat Evil Twin Drops Anti-Gay F-Bomb at OWS • Holy Terror: Legendary Comic Artist Frank Miller Goes Bananas on #OWS Protesters • Brutality: Watch Riot Police Rough Up Occupy Cal Protesters on Berkeley Campus • Oakland Officer Shoots Cameraman with Rubber Bullet for Seemingly No Reason • Faceoff: Occupy Wall Street vs. Tea Party • Bayhem: Oakland Anarchy Mars Peaceful Protests • Starting to See a Pattern? Occupy Tulsa Protesters Pepper Sprayed, Arrested • On Rights: Former USAF Airwoman Gives Portland Police Important Civics Lesson • Right of Way: Mercedes Strikes 2 Occupy Oakland Protesters • Lowlifes, Homeless and Colbert Co-Opting Occupy Wall Street? • What I Learned from the Occupation: Lose the Fear • Iraq Vet Wounded by Oakland Police Projectile Upgraded to “Fair” Condition • War Pigs: Police in Riot Gear Bust Up Occupy Oakland Protests • OWS: An Idea to Keep Big Banks Occupied • Marine to NYPD: “Why Y’all Gearing Up Like This is War?” • Banksy Shows Support for Occupy London Protests with Custom Monopoly Sculpture • Fallon and BriWi Slow Jam the #OWS News • Where Occupy Wall Street Headlines Come From • Operation Fox Hunt: Anonymous Threatens to Take Down Fox News • Buncha Bologna: Pepper-Spraying NYPD Officer Loses Just 10 Days Vacation • Jon Stewart on Hypocrisy of Republican Revolution Rhetoric • MTV Goes OWS: Watch Previews for “True Life: I’m Occupying Wall Street” • 11 Occupy Wall St. Spin-offs You May Have Missed • [VIDEO] Rest Easy, World: Half of the Baldwin Brothers Make a Visit to OWS • Close Your Citibank Account, Go Directly to Jail • NYPD and OWS Protesters Clash After Cleanup Postponed • Here’s Why “Occupy” Protesters Picked Specific Fight with Wall St. Bankers • Gee, Wonder Why Fox News Declined to Air This Interview with Occupy Wall St. Protester • Wicked Cold: Riot Police Clash with Occupy Boston Camp • Puppet Interview Crews and More Kanye West News From Occupy Wall Street • Nightstickin’: NYPD Officer to Start “Occupy Hospitals” • What Would George Carlin Think of Occupy Wall Street? • CAPTION IT: Kanye West Occupies Wall Street…for Minutes • Police Tackle Peaceful Cafe Worker at “Occupy Wall Street” • NYPD Officer in Hot Bologna After Second Pepper Spray Video Surfaces • Jon Stewart Finally Breaks Down Occupy Wall Street • Geraldo Meets Occupy Wall Street Protesters Amid Chants of “Fox News Lies!” • Inconceivable! Princess Bride Bossman Checks in with Occupy Wall Street Protests • Radiohead Hoaxster Comes Clean, Wanted to Raise Awareness for Occupy Wall Street
stan chaz 17.11.11 @ 12:30 pm You do not need to be religious to understand -and embrace- the idea that “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” But in their blind greed and schemes, the 1% has forgotten and closed their eyes to what the word “society” should really mean. Because of Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots, we are finally talking less about CUTS and more about BLEEDING. Instead of demanding more budget cuts -to be borne by the middle class and poor- we are FINALLY focusing on the shameful bleeding that the poor and middle class has endured for all too long. Instead of talking about even more cuts in the taxes of millionaires…we are now talking about fairness and justice – about an economy and a political system that is run for the rich, and by the rich. Instead of talking about LESS government, we are talking about a government that WORKS FOR ALL OF US, not just a favored few. Thank you OWS, for reminding us that people -ordinary working people- really DO matter, and for helping open our eyes to what’s really going on in this country. Thank you OWS, for standing up for the workers, and for those looking for work, and for those that will graduate or come back from war …and find no work. Thank you OWS, for standing your ground, for enduring illegal beatings and arrests – non-violently. Thank you OWS, from all of us who can’t be there in person, from all of us who are working two and three jobs just to keep up, from all of us struggling to raise our children, or caring for our elderly, or just trying to live with some dignity…..while the rich become richer and more powerful, at our expense. The 1% are running this economy. Indeed, they’re running it right into the ground – with their get rich schemes, their shipping of jobs overseas, their tax evasions, and their cuts in social programs. You inspire and motivate us OWS. You strengthen us, and give us hope. And we’re damn PROUD OF YOU! This land IS our land! AND WE WANT IT BACK! We want our FUTURE back! But it’s much more than mere words…. it’s much more than just politics….. it’s your freakin’ LIFE, and how you want to live it, and how you WILL live it. The time has come to choose….to risk…and to act. If not now…then when? If not you, then….who? You DO have the power my friend. Don’t let your dreams die.