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Wednesday, November 16, 2011

Wall Street Occupiers Return After Forcible Eviction

Importantly, the Occupiers of Wall Street have elected to return to Liberty Square and re-establish what we might call their domain. Below is a statement from their web site. The irrepressible energy and might of this movement is wonderful and ever so encouraging. It is the social unrest which many had predicted, but orderly unrest, characterized by non-violent dissent and civil disobedience with the accent on "civil."

Long live the Occupiers of America -- we the people!


via OccupyWallSt.org --


From Tuesday evening, November 15, 2011:


Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement Persevere

The feeling here at Liberty Square tonight is the feeling of a movement that is rising, building, and making headway.

Following the 1:00 am eviction of Liberty Square early this morning and a long day of legal wrangling, the park was reoccupied late this afternoon. This evening, just after 7:00 pm, the first General Assembly at the re-occupied park began. Using our 'people's mic', we declared together:

"They showed us their power. And we're showing them ours."
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