"Occupy Wall Street" Protest Has International Support; Setting Up for Long Haul

[marmar]

"Occupy Wall Street" Protest Has International Support; Setting Up for Long Haul


It's Day 5 of the occupation of Wall Street and the activists have settled in for a while.

Their camp in Zuccotti Park, formerly Liberty Plaza Park, shouting distance from Goldman Sachs bankers, is fully stocked with blankets, a kitchen, a medic table, and even a childcare center. A couple hundred people (hard to get a count as people milling in and out also included local folks on their lunch break and some curious construction workers from the World Trade Center site) are hanging out in the park, chatting, napping, chanting, talking to reporters or trying to recruit passersby.

"We've got everything to sustain us for months," Lily, working at the medical table, told me. She's an EMT, and she said that they have a full committee of people with some sort of medical background to be prepared for emergencies, as well as all sorts of medical supplies, some donated and some bought with money that Lily said was being donated from all over the world.

"So far we've given out lots of Band-Aids, because everyone has blisters, lots of cough drops because nobody has a voice," she said. ............(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.alternet.org/newsandviews/article/669889/%22occupy_wall_street%22_protest_has_international_support%3B_setting_up_for_long_haul/

[salin]

1. was just watching the live stream - looks like a nice turnout

for those without the link: http://www.livestream.com/globalrevolution it's a little choppy and the audio is off, but it gives a good sense of the morning's happenings.