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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsCNN: Massive crowds marching through New York
"Many thousands"
"It's a much broader coalition ((than OWS))."
etherealtruth
(22,165 posts)Ykcutnek
(1,305 posts)Bluenorthwest
(45,319 posts)but I wish I was in New York City.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)I was at that demo, at least the one that started at Foley Square and then when a group came from uptown, we all joined them and swarmed around the Brooklyn Bridge and then up Broadway a few blocks and then over Canal St. to the West Side Highway. For the most part while I was participating the NYPD stood to the side and watched but I believe NYPD stopped the crowd after a few blocks on the highway. I moved back down to Canal St and watched for a while. I was amazed that the people just kept on coming. Then I finally went home. I couldn't risk arrest or anything happening to me but as a white person it was important to be there. I understand that a reporter got pepper sprayed. Maybe that was why two young black women came running in the opposite direction on the highway yelling RUN! After so many years wondering why people weren't taking to the streets for soo many reasons, it was exhilarating to be part of it.
johnnyreb
(915 posts)Jackpine Radical
(45,274 posts)johnnyreb
(915 posts)tularetom
(23,664 posts)It might turn out to be very effective.
This country basically exists on consumer spending and anything that hurts that will get the attention of the 1%.
bettyellen
(47,209 posts)brooklynite
(94,513 posts)GreatGazoo
(3,937 posts)LiberalElite
(14,691 posts)morningfog
(18,115 posts)johnnyreb
(915 posts)bullwinkle428
(20,629 posts)(as reported by L. O'Donnell at the top of his show, a few minutes ago)
Despite that...HUGE K&R.
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)panader0
(25,816 posts)progressoid
(49,988 posts)SoapBox
(18,791 posts)They all vote.
But I'm not hopeful.
ChisolmTrailDem
(9,463 posts)johnnyreb
(915 posts)johnnyreb
(915 posts)saltpepperdoor
(18 posts)sees it as flat out stupid for protesters to unexpectedly block the flow of traffic? Not just because they could get injured, but more so that they have no idea who they are stopping- imagine (for instance) if you were racing to a hospital because your child was in desperate need of an EpiPen and you ran into grid locked streets. Just an example, and a thought.
kcass1954
(1,819 posts)MadDAsHell
(2,067 posts)Response to saltpepperdoor (Reply #23)
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JimDandy
(7,318 posts)RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)Now I wanted to say something about the fact that we have lived over these last two or three summers with agony and we have seen our cities going up in flames. And I would be the first to say that I am still committed to militant, powerful, massive, non-violence as the most potent weapon in grappling with the problem from a direct action point of view. Im absolutely convinced that a riot merely intensifies the fears of the white community while relieving the guilt. And I feel that we must always work with an effective, powerful weapon and method that brings about tangible results. But it is not enough for me to stand before you tonight and condemn riots. It would be morally irresponsible for me to do that without, at the same time, condemning the contingent, intolerable conditions that exist in our society. These conditions are the things that cause individuals to feel that they have no other alternative than to engage in violent rebellions to get attention. And I must say tonight that a riot is the language of the unheard. And what is it America has failed to hear? It has failed to hear that the plight of the negro poor has worsened over the last twelve or fifteen years. It has failed to hear that the promises of freedom and justice have not been met. And it has failed to hear that large segments of white society are more concerned about tranquility and the status quo than about justice and humanity. -MLK
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BrotherIvan
(9,126 posts)Please make it an OP!!!! I am so tired of reading this "be good boys and girls" while people are being murdered.
RedCappedBandit
(5,514 posts)I never really make threads, but I went ahead and did so. More people should read what the man had to say.
Here ya go: http://www.democraticunderground.com/10025920455
Pacifist Patriot
(24,653 posts)it might help to read this. http://www.rifuture.org/in-defense-of-blocking-the-highway.html
and view this. http://www.democraticunderground.com/1017230315
KamaAina
(78,249 posts)malaise
(268,960 posts)I never thought I'd live to see this day - demonstrations across America.