Occupy Wall Street National Day of Action: Live Updates From Downtown Manhattan

Village Voice ^ | 11/17/11 | Steven Thrasher

[M. Thatcher]

Today is November 17, the two month anniversary since Occupy Wall Street began. Protestors have declared today to be an International Day of Action, calling for people to "occupy their block," to "shut down Wall Street" starting at 7:00 AM, and to "occupy the subway" starting at 3:00 PM. We have been hearing that protestors, and the NYPD, will be amassing all over the city today, and will be live blogging dispatches from our own Village Voice staff writers Rosie Gray (@_rosiegray) and Nick Pinto (@macfathom), as well as photographer C.S. Muncy (@CSMuncyPhoto), who are on the scene through out lower Manhattan.

5:15 AM: From the anchor desk here in downtown Brooklyn, we hear a helicopter that sounds like it is heading towards Manhattan. Nick sends two pictures: this one appears to be on an NYPD roll call, just north of the Wall Street bull:

[NMEwithin]

This one is right down in the action:

http://www.ustream.tv/theother99

[Eagle of Liberty]

Guy on ustream says that crowd was bigger an hour ago with more push back. Not so much right now.

Business guy said, “You guys are just here to be here.” Funny. “What are you guys fighting. Others fought for women’s rights or blacks rights, what are you fighting for?”

9:30am no delay in opening bell.

[JakeS]

Rephrase your question without using terms like newbie and I will consider answering it.

[Eagle of Liberty]

That repeating crap and those wiggling fingers kill me.

[b4its2late]

IMHO, your post is dead on balls accurate.

[who knows what evil?]

Enjoy the wind and rain, you commie b*stards...

[Sooth2222]

CNBC sound “off” but Jim Cramer is on the floor of the NYSE. He looks amazingly calm. Dow off a bit. So much for storming the Bastille today.

[NMEwithin]

So now what? of course Wall Street is business as usual and this "movement" has accomplished nothing.

I am predicting this thing is going to devolve in to chaos and violence in about an hour.

[spokeshave]

Line at Starbucks full of protestors! lol

Carl Marx on wannabe revolutionaries:

If they were going to take over the railway station....they would buy platform tickets

History repeating

excellent background music to accompany history repeating while waiting for history to repeat on U-Tube

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bE_1tCasi_Q

[bvw]

Answer or not but no real Freeper is a prig or a priss. Your reaction marked you clearly as a nooby.

[buschbaby]

global rev was interviewing a ‘family’ - parents and two little kids. Asked what the sign said. One side says, “Please don’t mace our kids”, when asked what other side says the father didn’t want to show it but quickly flipped it over, all I could read was “Wall St. sh*ts”.... they did not want to show the dirty side to the camera. Such upstanding parental roll models.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

That’s what drove the Manson ‘Family’ as well. There is a lot of rhetoric coming from the OWS-ers that are eerily familiar. Especially the use of the word ‘pigs’.

[Eagle of Liberty]

so what did the banking industry do that was illegal, newbie? and why wasn’t anyone prosecuted?

Well, I am not a newbie and I will agree that the mutual corruption among some businesses, some politicians and some banks has got to end. For the record, we are not living in a capitalistic society. Things right now are much closer to a fascistic society with all of the government regulation that currently exists.

For the question of why wasn't anyone prosecuted? Look who is in charge of the Federal Justice Dept.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Guy on Ustream channel 2 claims around 500-600 with about 40 arrests.

[spokeshave]

all over in 175 post...LOL

[ladyvet]

On one of their “chats” they think they are the reason the market is moving down at the moment.

[RushIsMyTeddyBear]

That repeating crap and those wiggling fingers kill me.
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“Twinkles”. LOL!

[Eagle of Liberty]

Middle America backlash coming

You are correct there. Just wait until the Super Committee is a failure.

[snarkytart]

LOL

Hardly anybody.

I see in their chat here: http://www.livestream.com/occupynyc

they are saying having the opening day bell ring late is a BIG accomplishment.
How so? It still rang and business as usual.

[Eagle of Liberty]

Chant right now:

“Show me what a police state looks like”

“This is what a police state looks like”