Occupy FAU plans on protesting in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street on Thursday, but what they’ll do remains a mystery. On Thursday Nov. 17, Occupy Wall Street (OWS) plans on gathering at the New York Trading Floor, 16 subway stations and Foley Square.
“Occupy Wall Street was raided in New York, they’re going to have a day of shutting down Wall Street so we’re doing a protest in solidarity with that,” Occupy FAU organizer Gonzalo Vizcardo told the UP. “There will be a march in Miami as well at 4 [p.m.], so our protest is at 12 [p.m.].”
The UP asked Vizcardo what Occupy FAU had planned, but he said, “It’s a national day of action, we don’t have control over what happens.”
OWS protesters will descend upon Wall Street at 7 a.m to swap stories about “economic injustice,” according to their website. They’ll do the same at major subway stations throughout NYC’s five boroughs in the afternoon. In the evening, they’ll be at Foley Square (across from City Hall) “demanding jobs to rebuild this country’s infrastructure and economy.”
George Soros • Nov 18, 2011 at 11:48 pm
Go crawl back inside that hole you crawled out of. I believe it was called… YOUR MOTHER!
stan chaz • Nov 17, 2011 at 12:03 pm
You do not need to be religious to understand -and embrace- the idea that “Whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.” But in their blind greed and schemes, the 1% has forgotten and closed their eyes to what the word “society” should really mean. Because of Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots, we are finally talking less about CUTS and more about BLEEDING. Instead of demanding more budget cuts -to be borne by the middle class and poor- we are FINALLY focusing on the shameful bleeding that the poor and middle class has endured for all too long. Instead of talking about even more millionaire tax we’re now talking about fairness and justice – about an economy and a political system that is run for the rich, and by the rich. Instead of talking about LESS government, we are talking about a government that WORKS FOR ALL OF US, not just a favored few. Thank you OWS, for reminding us that people -ordinary working people- really DO matter, and for helping open our eyes to what’s really going on in this country. Thank you OWS, for standing up for the workers, and for those looking for work, and for those that will graduate or come back from war …and find no work. Thank you OWS, for standing your ground, for enduring illegal beatings and arrests – non-violently. Thank you OWS, from all of us who can’t be there in person, from all of us who are working two and three jobs just to keep up, from all of us struggling to raise our children, or caring for our elderly, or just trying to live with some dignity…..while the rich become richer and more powerful, at our expense. The 1% are running this economy. Indeed, they’re running it right into the ground – with their get rich schemes, their shipping of jobs overseas, their tax evasions, and their cuts in social programs. You inspire and motivate us OWS. You strengthen us, and give us hope. And we’re PROUD OF YOU! This land IS our land! AND WE WANT IT BACK! We want our FUTURE back! But it’s much more than mere words…. it’s much more than just politics….. it’s your LIFE, and how you want to live it, and how you WILL live it. The time has come to choose….to risk…and to act. If not now…then when? If not you, then….who? You DO have the power my friend. Don’t let your dreams die
Gonzalo Vizcardo • Nov 16, 2011 at 8:56 pm
I told your reporter “Occupy Wall Street WAS raided in New York”, (on the early morning of the 15th) not “will be” raided, fyi.