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Occupy Wall Street activists plan protest
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September 16, 2012, Sunday
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OCCUPY Wall Street marks its first anniversary tomorrow, and, in a bid to rejuvenate a movement that has failed to sustain momentum after sparking a national conversation about economic inequality last fall, activists plan once again to descend on New York's financial district.
The group, which popularized the phrase "We are the 99 percent," will attempt to surround the New York Stock Exchange and disrupt morning rush hour in the financial district, said a movement spokeswoman.
Tomorrow's planned protests will cap a weekend of Occupy Wall Street seminars, music and demonstrations in New York, said Linnea Paton, 24, an OWS spokeswoman. Demonstrations are also planned in other US cities, other OWS organizers said.
The grass-roots movement caught the world by surprise last fall with a spontaneous encampment in lower Manhattan that soon spread to cities across North America and Europe.
Occupy Wall Street briefly revived a long-dormant spirit of US social activism, and drew enduring attention to economic injustice.
But the movement's colorful cast of theatrical demonstrators struggled through last winter to sustain the momentum that first drew attention to its patchwork of economic grievances - including corporate malfeasance on Wall Street, crippling student debt and aggressive bank foreclosures on American homes.
Today, organizers plan to provide live music, including a Foley Square concert featuring Tom Morello, guitarist for the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
At 7am tomorrow, some protesters will try to surround the NYSE, while others will engage in a loosely choreographed series of "sit-ins" at intersections throughout the financial district, according to OWS's website.
The tactics are designed to undermine New York police efforts to contain protesters on the narrow, winding streets of the financial district.
Last year's demonstrations featured the spectacle of activists breaking into sudden dashes down one narrow street or another, pursued by visibly frustrated police and television reporters tripping down cobblestone streets.
Chief New York Police Department spokesman Paul Brown confirmed that no OWS demonstration permit applications were submitted, but said police will be prepared for demonstrations.
"We accommodate peaceful protests and make arrests for unlawful activity," he said.
The group, which popularized the phrase "We are the 99 percent," will attempt to surround the New York Stock Exchange and disrupt morning rush hour in the financial district, said a movement spokeswoman.
Tomorrow's planned protests will cap a weekend of Occupy Wall Street seminars, music and demonstrations in New York, said Linnea Paton, 24, an OWS spokeswoman. Demonstrations are also planned in other US cities, other OWS organizers said.
The grass-roots movement caught the world by surprise last fall with a spontaneous encampment in lower Manhattan that soon spread to cities across North America and Europe.
Occupy Wall Street briefly revived a long-dormant spirit of US social activism, and drew enduring attention to economic injustice.
But the movement's colorful cast of theatrical demonstrators struggled through last winter to sustain the momentum that first drew attention to its patchwork of economic grievances - including corporate malfeasance on Wall Street, crippling student debt and aggressive bank foreclosures on American homes.
Today, organizers plan to provide live music, including a Foley Square concert featuring Tom Morello, guitarist for the rock band Rage Against the Machine.
At 7am tomorrow, some protesters will try to surround the NYSE, while others will engage in a loosely choreographed series of "sit-ins" at intersections throughout the financial district, according to OWS's website.
The tactics are designed to undermine New York police efforts to contain protesters on the narrow, winding streets of the financial district.
Last year's demonstrations featured the spectacle of activists breaking into sudden dashes down one narrow street or another, pursued by visibly frustrated police and television reporters tripping down cobblestone streets.
Chief New York Police Department spokesman Paul Brown confirmed that no OWS demonstration permit applications were submitted, but said police will be prepared for demonstrations.
"We accommodate peaceful protests and make arrests for unlawful activity," he said.
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