Occupying the Rockaways

Posted on December 7, 2012 by Deanna Del Ciello at 1:32 am

Occupy Sandy from Deanna Del Ciello on Vimeo.

Hurricane Sandy, the shocking storm that made landfall last month and left half of Manhattan and other New York and New Jersey areas in the dark for more than a week, turned the Rockaways into an unrecognizable ruin. Instead of being a place of repose, the Rockaways now appear as if from a scene out of a post-apocalyptic movie, or something reminiscent of a third world country.

The boardwalk is gone. In its place are cars piled on top of cars, the groups of which are littered down sidewalks. A layer of sand several inches thick coats the roads. Buildings have burnt down, leaving mounds of rubble behind. Residents stand for hours in line, waiting to get their share of food and clothing donations.

But although residents lack basic necessities, there is one resource in abundance in the Rockaways: volunteers. Continue reading →

To Be Continued..

Posted on December 6, 2012 by Briana Neuberger at 1:35 am

Bain Capital stands in Zuccotti Park on the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Photo by Briana Lionetti

I would tell future JRN 320 students to not listen to the rumors. I was honestly so scared before entering this class and looking back I can’t remember a day that I was actually scared. (Well, except when Final Cut lost my project).

I think students need to know that you’re not an easy grader and you tell it like it is. You’re not here to hold our hand like other professors do in this University. I would also tell future students that it’s okay to get a bad grade- and just pick yourself back up after receiving a grade that maybe came off as “mean.” It feels like the end of the world, but it’s not. I pinky promise.

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Occupy Wall Street marks one year with protests, arrests

Posted on September 20, 2012 by wasim.ahmad at 12:59 am

A good job by all from the Occupy Wall Street protests – I was really pleased to see the images from everyone. I was even more pleased by the effort everyone who went put forth. I’ll get to looking at them more in detail this weekend, but in case anyone was interested, here were a couple of mine from the day.

I have many more photos of the students in action, and I’ll be posting them to the blog as well, so keep an eye out.

: NYPD Officer Eddie Perez waits for Occupy Wall Street protestors to arrive near the New York Stock Exchange the morning of Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. In the calm before the storm of thousands of demonstrators, police set up checkpoints and barricades in the area to prevent protestors from getting near the NYSE building. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Bishop George E. Packard leads a group of Occupy Wall Street protestors and media to the New York Stock Exchange the morning of Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. He was arrested early on in the day near barricades police had set up around the NYSE. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: A man who identified himself as Tim Eastman is arrested by NYPD Detective Larsen outside gates on Broadway blocking the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. In the calm before the storm of thousands of demonstrators, police set up checkpoints and barricades in the area to prevent protestors from getting near the NYSE building. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: NYPD officers make an arrest at Pine Street and Nassau Street near the New York Stock Exchange the morning of Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. In the calm before the storm of thousands of demonstrators, police set up checkpoints and barricades in the area to prevent protestors from getting near the NYSE building, causing them to instead pile up against the gates and officers in the area. Many of those arrested stepped out into the street and were grabbed by police officers. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: NYPD officers line Broadway near the New York Stock Exchange, following a group of Occupy Wall Street protestors as they marched toward the iconic Wall Street bull on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Occupy Wall Street protestor Peter Scott is arrested by NYPD officers after stepping out onto Broadway during a rally near Zuccotti Park on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Occupy Wall Street protestor Chris Phillips is arrested by NYPD near Zuccotti Park on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Phillips was shouting “I am innocent” repeatedly as officers pulled him toward a van holding other detained protestors. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Occupy Wall Street Protestor Lauren DiGioia Occupy paints a sign at Manhattan’s Bowling Green on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. When she was finished, the sign would read “Left wing, right wing, cut that chatter – corporations own the government, votes don’t matter.” The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Occupy Wall Street Protestor Michael Kink, from Strong For All (suit, left) and Charles Jenkins, of the Transportation Workers Union (blue, right) rally a crowd at Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. “Behind us is ground Zero,” Jenkins said. “There were no CEOs running into the buildings.” on Sept. 11, 2001. He added that it was the transportation workers that ran in to save lives. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Occupy Wall Street Protestor Lauren DiGioia dances past NYPD police officers on Pine Street near the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. She made it a point to note that she wasn’t on the street, as she has been no stranger to arrest in throughout the movement, she said. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: NYPD Detective McCarthy blocks the street from Occupy Wall Street protestors marching on William Street near the New York Stock Exchange on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Employees from the Chase Bank building stand above the crowd and watch. In the calm before the storm of thousands of demonstrators, police set up checkpoints and barricades in the area to prevent protestors from getting near the NYSE building. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Occupy Wall Street protestors chant, sing and dance at Zuccotti Park on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Edward “Teddy” Hall, 26, of New York City, leads a group in a Hindu song as police moved in to Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park late Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Police stayed mostly on the sidelines as protestors milled about the park in the evening, and as Hall wrapped up his song, the police wrapped up an arrest before moving out. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Zuccotti Park security stopped protestors from erecting tents in Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park late Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. In this instance, the offending tent was scooped up from the ground and portrayed as a blanket. Police stayed mostly on the sidelines as protestors milled about the park in the evening. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Police stayed mostly on the sidelines as protestors milled about Zuccotti Park in the evening late Monday evening, Sept. 17, 2012, but they occasionally went in and singled out protestors for arrest when the situation got out of hand. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

: Anthony Robledo, of Queens, dances in celebration after police backed out of Zuccotti Park after an arrest – at least for a short while – late Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Police stayed mostly on the sidelines as protestors milled about Zuccotti Park in the evening late Monday evening, Sept. 17, 2012, but they occasionally went in and singled out protestors for arrest when the situation got out of hand. The Occupy Wall Street movement marked its one year anniversary on Sept. 17, and organizers planned a day of protests and rallies, all centered around the movement’s birthplace of Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan. Photo by Wasim Ahmad/Stony Brook University School of Journalism

“Be Sexy, Be Cute, Take Off Your Riot Suit!” OWS One Year

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Briana Neuberger at 11:01 pm

: Officers arrest a protestor on the cross street of Pine and Nassau in NYC.

: A protestor who said his name was Teddy Hall sings a Native American song with a group of people in the middle of Zuccotti Park.

: Nick Rosenbaum, 28, from NYC stands watch as an “street medic” at Zuccotti Park on the one year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Protestors at Zuccotti Park light an American flag on fire in attempts to cause a reaction. Security asked them to put it out and they immediately did. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: A man who calls himself Jesus Marijuana was yelling at the police officers that lined the streets of the Occupy Wall Street Movement in NYC on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Police try to control the march at the Occupy Wall Street on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Police arrest a young woman after she refused to stand up at Zuccotti Park. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Reverend Billy Talen leads a group of Protestors outside the National Museum of American Indians at the Occupy Wall Street one year anniversary on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Police go in for an arrest at the cross section of Pine and Nassau in NYC at the Occupy Wall Street one year anniversary. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: A baby holds an umbrella that says, “Bust Big Banks” at Zuccotti Park during the Occupy Wall Street anniversary on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Lady Liberty makes her way down a street during the one year Occupy Wall Street movement on September 17th, 2012 in NYC. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: NYC Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez speaks to a crowd in Zuccotti Park during the Occupy Wall Street Movement on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Bain Capital and his bodyguard stand in Zuccotti park during the Occupy Wall Street one year anniversary on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Police line the streets during the Occupy Wall Street movement on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

: Police block the streets of NYC during the Occupy Wall Street one year anniversary on September 17th, 2012. Photo by Briana Neuberger

Happy Birthday Occupy Wall Street

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Jessica Stallone at 8:00 pm

Anna Roblin, an Occupy Wall Street protester, yells out while being arrested on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. Photo by Jessica Stallone.

Occupy Wall Street protester Victoria Chirafisi watches the police assemble across the street in the financial district of New York City on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Photo by Jessica Stallone

Occupy Wall Street protesters rally on the streets as one man incites the crowd on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. Photo by Jessica Stallone

On the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, police were heavily patrolling the financial district of New York. More than 180 arrests were reported on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Photo by Jessica Stallone

Occupy Wall Street protesters for the Code Pink organization threw bras in the air to symbolize the American economy as “going bust” on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. Photo by Jessica Stallone

The occupy Wall Street protester held her signs high, asking for the American people to show courage and reclaim the streets. She stood before a highly policed street in front of the Wall Street Bull on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. Photo by Jessica Stallone

Beth Whitney, 45, a representative of the Arts and Labor organization, marched with fellow Occupy Wall Street protesters along the streets surrounding the financial district of Wall Street on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. Photo by Jessica Stallone

Occupy Wall Street protesters dauntlessly walk past police during a march in the financial district of New York on Sept. 17th, 2012. Photo by Jessica Stallone

Protesters gathered in Zuccotti park to hear Nellie Hester Bailey, a human rights activist, urge her fellow protesters to continue to fight for their causes on Sept. 17th, 2012, the anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. Photo by Jessica Stallone

Sept. 17 Marked the One Year Anniversary of Occupy Wall Street

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Nick Batson at 7:41 pm

: A protestors holds up a sign during the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street on Sept. 17, 2012. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: Michael Kink, Esq. speaks to a group of protestors in Zuccotti Park. Sept. 17, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: A protestor holds up a sign in the Financial District of Manhattan yesterday at an Occupy Wall Street protest yesterday. Sept. 17, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of the protest movement. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: An elderly woman is loaded into the back of a bus after being arrested for blocking an intersection at an Occupy Wall Street protest on Sept. 17, 2012. Sept. 17 marked the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.

: New York City Police gather on Wall Street yesterday morning in anticipation of an Occupy Wall Street protest. Sept. 17, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of the protest movement. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: Protestors gathered in Zuccotti Park yesterday for an Occupy Wall Street protest. Sept. 17, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: Security guards line the perimeter of Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, 2012 during an Occupy Wall Street protest. Zuccotti Park was surrounded with barricades to prevent massive groups of protestors from descending on the park. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: A man filming the Occupy Wall Street protest on Sept. 17, 2012 is arrested on Broadway. Sept. 17, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of the protest movement that swept across the world. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: NYPD police officers gather outside of a barricade near the New York Stock Exchange early on Sept. 17, 2012. The NYSE was barricaded off in preparation of an Occupy Wall Street protest. Sept. 17 marked the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: NYPD police officers on motorcycles line up near the New York Stock Exchange on Sept. 17, 2012 in preparation for an Occupy Wall Street protest. Sept. 17 marked the one year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street. (Photo by Nick Batson)

: Protestors blocked the intersection of Ceder Street and Broadway at yesterday’s Occupy Wall Street protest. Sept. 17, 2012 marked the one year anniversary of the protest movement that began on Wall Street and spread across the globe. (Photo by Nick Batson)

Occupy Wall Street: alive and strong a year later

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Nelson Oliveira at 4:14 pm

Occupy Wall Street protestors flocked into Manhattan’s financial district on Monday, Sept. 17, to celebrate the movement’s one-year anniversary.

The New York Police Department was extremely well prepared. Police formed human walls, set up metal barriers and put up flood lights around Zuccotti Park. According to media reports, almost 200 demonstrators were arrested on Monday.

The so-called 99 percenters still made their voices heard on Monday as they marched through the streets around Zuccotti Park with signs and chants that aimed to condemn what they said was an unfair economic system.

A year after the first protestors occupied Wall Street and the Zuccotti Park, many critics have said the movement is continuously weakening. Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein disagreed as she gave a speech at Zuccotti Park on Monday to show her support to the movement.

“The drivers of the [Occupy] Wall Street movement are only getting bigger,” she said. “Why are people here? Because they’re in debt, because they lost their homes, they lost their jobs, they’re college students, they’re young people who are watching their climate melt down. Those issues are just getting worse. Occupy is not going away and we’re not going to stop until we reclaim our democracy.”

Protestors also held several official meetings and drum circles during the celebration. Zuccotti stayed open all night, but very few people stayed late and the drummers had to stop paying at 10 p.m. because of a community’s noise ordinance.

The next official event, GlobalNoise, is a worldwide casserole march – people marching with pots and pans – that is schedule to take place on Oct. 13.

: Scores of Occupy Wall Street protesters meet up for a General Assembly at Zuccotti Park in New York on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The movement marked its first anniversary with marches, music, meetings, workshops and a film festival between Saturday, Sept. 15, and Monday, Sept. 17. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: Occupy Wall Street protestor march through Broadway Street in Manhattan on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The marches were met with a heavy police presence that spread through a large part of the lower Manhattan financial district. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: Police arrest an Occupy Wall Street protestor near the corner of Nassau and Pine Streets in Manhattan on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Almost 200 people were arrested that day, according to media reports. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: Jerica Jurado, a 22-year-old student from Chicago, holds a piece of cloth filled with ice against her face at Zuccotti Park in Manhattan on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Jurado said a police officer pushed her and her friend to a sidewalk during an Occupy Wall Street demonstration and he ended up hitting her in the face. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: A mass of Occupy Wall Street demonstrators marches through Broadway St. in the lower Manhattan financial district on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. People of all ages joined the protests to celebrate the movement’s one-year anniversary. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: Barry Knight, 44, of Massachusetts, holds a sign with a quote from Thomas Jefferson during the first anniversary of Occupy Wall Street at Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park on Monday, Sept. 17. Knight said Occupy Wall Street is not going anywhere and it is going to get bigger. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: Green Party presidential candidate Jill Stein talks to a volunteer lawyer who was providing free legal presentation to arrested protestors during the Occupy Wall Street’s one-year anniversary on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012, in New York. Stein said the Occupy movement is not going to end until “we reclaim our democracy.” Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: Teddy Hall, 26, sings a Hindi song at Zuccotti Park in New York during the Occupy Wall Street first year anniversary on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. Katie Balloons (left), who has been part of the movement since its beginning last year, said Occupy is not just a message to the U.S., but for the whole world. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

: Protesters gather around the Occupy Wall Street’s drum circle at Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park on Monday, Sept. 17, 2012. The music went on for hours until it stopped at 10 p.m. due to a neighborhood noise ordinance. Photo by Nelson Oliveira.

The Return of Occupy Wall Street

Posted on September 18, 2012 by Gavin Stern at 3:55 pm

: A woman hides her face at the Occupy Wall Street rally at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, 2012. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: David Intrator (left) of New York asks another protestor at the Sept. 17, 2012 Occupy Wall Street protests to leave Zuccotti Park for carrying an anti-Semitic sign. “It’s not who we are,” Intrator said. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: Amy Saumders of Toronto signs the “ball of debt” at the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, 2012. Saumders said she signed the ball because her college debt exceeds $9,000. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: An Occupy Wall Street protestor writes on the sidewalk in front of the National Museum of the American Indian on Sept. 17, 2012 unaware that police are approaching. The man was detained by police. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: A family attempts to avoid the Occupy Wall Street protests at Bowling Green by walking over the steps of the National Museum of the American Indian on Sept 17, 2012. The police officer prevented the family from bypassing the protest site. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: A couple embraces during in the Sept. 17, 2012 Occupy Wall Street protests near the Bowling Green subway station. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: New York Police Department officers block Occupy Wall Street protestors from their planned “storming of Wall Street,” scheduled for 10 a.m. on Sept. 17, 2012. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: The Sept. 17, 2012 Occupy Wall Street protests included several large props, including a caricature of the Statue of Liberty. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: Brent Lengel (left) and John Murdock (right) of New York perform their “lesser of two evils” skit at the Occupy Wall Street protests in Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17, 2012. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: Michael Kink, Esq. addresses Occupy Wall Street protestors at Zuccotti Park on Sept 17. Photo by Gavin Stern.

: Charles Jenkins, director of the Transit Union Workers Local 100, rallies for union jobs at the Occupy Wall Street protestors at Zuccotti Park on Sept 17, 2012. Photo by Gavin Stern.

Occupy Wall Street Returns – One Year Anniversary

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Michael Cusanelli at 9:17 pm

NYPD Officer Perez waits at a police motorcade near Wall Street on the morning of Sept. 17th, 2012, exactly one year since the Occupy movement began in New York City. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protester C.J. Phillips of New York was one of thousands of members of the “99 percent” who gathered across the street from Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012 for the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protesters surrounded the Federal Hall National Memorial on the corner of Pine and Nassau streets on Sept. 17th, 2012 for the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protesters wave an upside-down flag to symbolize the corruption of capitalism on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protesters marched up and down Broadway and through the Financial District on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protester Osama Arsheh, from California cried out to bystanders while being detained by police on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protester Chris Phillips screamed “I am innocent!” as police detain him in the Financial District. Thousands of protesters gathered at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012 to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement in New York. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protester David Intrator played the saxophone while fellow protesters marched down Broadway on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protester Dan Shockley makes an announcement to a crowd of protesters in Battery Park on Sept. 17th, 2012 for the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Shockley and his wife helped to create a 7-foot sack called the Debt Balloon to symbolize the plight of the 99 percent. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protest leader Michael Kink, Esq. makes an announcement to a crowd of protesters at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012. Thousands of protesters gathered in the Financial District on Monday to commemorate the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protest leader Charles Jenkins speaks to a crowd of protesters gathered at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement. Jenkins told the crowd that the NYPD need to realize that they are part of the 99 percent and are being manipulated by the rich and privileged. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Wall Street protest leader Nellie Hester Bailey speaks to a crowd of protesters gathered at Zuccotti Park on Sept. 17th, 2012, the one year anniversary of the Occupy movement in New York. Bailey is a human-rights activist and leader of the Occupy Harlem movement, which seeks to end the NYPD’s “stop and frisk” policy. Many of those opposed to the policy feel it is a way for the NYPD to target minorities, especially blacks and Latinos. Photo by Michael Cusanelli

Occupy Movement Regains Momentum on One-Year Anniversary

Posted on September 17, 2012 by Philly Bubaris at 8:52 pm

Monday, Sept. 17, marked the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement. The head of the movement posted the plans for this anniversary weekend on the occupy site, making it easy for the New York Police Department to find out where the protesters would be and when. The plan was to meet at 7:00 a.m. The occupiers were to assemble in the streets surrounding the New York Stock Exchange and disrupt the flow of traffic. But, by the time the occupiers arrived, police in riot gear and multiple police horses blockaded all of Wall Street. Zuccotti Park was also barricaded and police vehicles lined the streets.

Still, protesters marched on, creating trouble for those trying to get to work and causing police to create barricades around sidewalks as well. Some rioters chanted, “When education is under attack what do we do? Stand up! Fight back!” Others stuck to chanting the motto of the OWS movement: “We are the 99 percent!”

At about 8:00 a.m., occupiers tried to breach into the stock exchange and push past police, but they were stopped. Occupiers were trapped on the sidewalks and many of those who stepped off were handcuffed and taken away. The movement continues throughout the day as protestors split up and spread themselves throughout the financial district. As of 7:35 p.m. Monday, 180 people were arrested, according to the Washington Post. As the protests continue, the number of arrests continues to increase.

Occupiers plan to spend Sept. 18 through the 22nd hosting a free week of education courses. They are calling it “Free University Week.” Occupiers will “advocate for education as a human right and demonstrate our ability to implement free education for all,” according to the information on the website.

: Episcopal Bishop George Packard, left, communicates information about the upcoming march on Wall Street to occupiers gathered across the street from Zuccotti Park at approximately 7:30 a.m. Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

: Hundreds of occupiers marched towards the New York Stock Exchange with hopes of breaching the police blockade. Many people protested holding signs while chanting, “We are the 99 percent!” Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

: New York City police officers try to keep the streets clear of occupiers during their march on Wall Street. Police arrested protesters without hesitation if they were disrupting the flow of traffic. Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

: David Intrator, involved with OWS since the beginning, played saxophone on the street for other occupiers. He said he believes his music empowers protestors to keep fighting. Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

: A group of student protestors bound together and sat in the street to prevent the flow of traffic on the corner of Liberty St. and William St. As they sat they chanted, “When education is under attack, what do we do? Stand up, fight back!” Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

: A group of bankers observe protestors sitting in the street from the balcony of the Chase bank on the corner of Liberty St. and William St. Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

: An unidentified occupier chants as he stands in the street trying to disrupt traffic as an act of civil disobedience on the corner of Liberty St. and William St. Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

: A police officer arrests a protestor in a wheel chair who parked her chair in the road and began chanting, “All day, all week, occupy Wall Street!” The unidentified woman holds her cuffs up to photographers. Hundreds gathered on Monday, Sept. 17 to celebrate the one-year anniversary of the Occupy Wall Street movement and to try to regain momentum lost since the crusade began. Photo by Philly Bubaris.

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