Tomorrow: Occupy Wall Street Vows To Shut Down NYSE And Occupy MTA, Brooklyn Bridge

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Tomorrow: Occupy Wall Street Vows To Shut Down NYSE And Occupy MTA, Brooklyn Bridge
http://gothamist.com/2011/11/16/tomorrow_occupy_wall_street_to_shut.php

Tomorrow is the two-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street's presence in Lower Manhattan. Despite the loss of its permanent encampment, the movement has ambitious direct action events planned for tomorrow, including a 7:00 a.m. march to shut down the New York Stock Exchange, a 3 p.m. occupation of 16 central subway stations, and a "Festival of Lights" march at 5 p.m. beginning at Foley Square and ending on the Brooklyn Bridge.

According to one of the organizers of the march to the NYSE, which begins at Liberty Square, Mayor Bloomberg's eviction may have galvanized more support for the movement than existed before. "It really upped the ante," Sandra Nurse tells us. "We're expecting a huge turnout and there's a lot of people mobilizing from other occupations who will join us."

Are they taking steps to prepare for a potential violent reaction from the NYPD, because they're directing their focus on one of the most heavily fortified structures in Manhattan? "We're anticipating a really strong police presence, but people will have an opportunity to march along the route under safer circumstances…there's always a risk inherent in civil disobedience." As for whether or not the "People's Bell" that will be rung in lieu of the exchange bell is real or just a metaphor, Nurse says, "It's a real bell. It's not the Liberty Bell or anything, but we will ring a bell."

For Occupy the Subway, demonstrators plan to stand outside the 16 different subway hubs and use the people's mic to have victims of the financial crisis from each borough of the city tell their stories. Afterwards, they will then take their message underground, speaking in the trains, and distributing comics that depict those stories, along with the details of the 5:00 rally at Foley Square. The MTA's Aaron Donovan tells us, "We will be monitoring conditions and working closely with the NYPD to maintain a safe and secure environment for our riders."


Thursday
November 17th
International Day of Action
http://occupywallst.org/action/november-17th/
New York City
BREAKFAST: Shut Down Wall Street - 7:00 a.m.
LUNCH: Occupy The Subways - 3:00 p.m.
DINNER: Take The Square - 5:00 p.m.

[The_Casual_Observer]

1. People are going to get hurt by those storm trooper bastards.

[Kaleko]

2. Yes.

And still the brave ones will go.

[Fire Walk With Me]

3. War wounds, an honorable price to pay to restore The Constitution and Bill of Rights.

[piratefish08]

6. HOW much force they will use is the question. As much as they want, I guess........

"President Barack Obama's spokesman is suggesting the president believes it's up to New York and other municipalities to decide how much force to use in dealing with Occupy Wall Street demonstrations."

(bad link - looking for good link) boston.com

not WHETHER to use force. HOW MUCH force.

[Fire Walk With Me]

4. Do not view it through the ugliness of the 1%'s response; view it as a glorious homage to the

human spirit, to unity and unification in the face of ugliness, of people being willing to MAKE a better world, not merely discuss it.

They are heroes to me, I've only been sitting at my computer all of this time. Tomorrow will be glorious, just glorious. A human triumph, a further rebuttal of the 1%!

[Desertrose]

5. Well said!!!!

Me too!

[MedleyMisty]

7. Same here

If I were in Oakland or New York or a student at UC, you can bet that I would not be at the computer. I would be out there.

And if my city ever decides to rise up, I will be out on our streets. But as it is - our mayor is smart and is just letting our Occupy hang out, so without state violence to radicalize them and get more people to join there's not much going on here.

Of course - next year the Democratic Convention will be here. And I do plan to be there. And our cops are getting training in riot control now in preparation. I guess though - they're nice to our Occupy and I've heard reports that some of them are happy to see our occupiers, so that bodes well for the convention. For our guys. Of course I imagine they will be bringing in police from other places as well.