Guardian UK: Occupy Wall Street: the protesters speak

[marmar]

Occupy Wall Street: the protesters speak
The anti-capitalist protesters who have set up camp in lower Manhattan are becoming a fixture of the area


Casey O'Neill had no regrets. He had travelled thousands of miles across the country – and gave up a well-paying job as a data manager in California – to sleep rough in a downtown Manhattan public square, enduring rain and increasingly chilly nights. Police keep a close eye on him every day.

But O'Neill was happy to be part of the "Occupy Wall Street" protests that have transformed New York's Zuccotti Park from a spot where Wall Streeters grab a lunchtime sandwich into an informal camp of revolutionaries, socialists, anarchists and quite a lot of the just-plain-annoyed.

"Regrets? No. God, no," said O'Neill, 34. "It is a little scary for sure. Somebody had to make a stand to do this. It is kind of amazing right now." O'Neill is even happy to sleep on the park's concrete benches. "It's OK, actually," he said.

O'Neill is part of an encampment in the square that looks ramshackle but in fact is highly organised, and looks rapidly on the way to becoming a fixture of downtown Manhattan life – if the police let the protesters stay there. ..........(more)

The complete piece is at: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/blog/2011/sep/21/occupy-wall-street-protests

[butterfly77]

1. K&R..

[Tsiyu]

2. As stocks dive

(and the media search valiently for one teabagger - anywhere - with a set of vocal cords, so they can pretend to cover American protests.)

More power to the protesters. We should tell everyone we know, via MyFace or Tweetums or whatever, that these protests are taking place. Bring it up at the grocery store and at work and just spread the word.

Thank goodness for the world media.

[nadinbrzezinski]

3. Yup, beginning...

Hey at least this time something like Hair

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7dyl0j3WU6Y

[swilton]

4. Thank God for the Guardian!

Way to go!