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A Lap Around Occupy Wall Street

Monday, October 10, 2011

On October 8, 2011, I visited the heart of the Occupy Wall Street movement in Zuccotti Park, New York City. The occupiers have renamed the area in the Financial District, Liberty Plaza. In this video, you can see the wide variety of occupiers - young, old, students, labor, families, and all kinds of persuasions. The occupiers have established a unique, radical protest movement, one that provides food, medical aid, legal assistance, education, entertainment, and much more. The General Assembly meets twice per day to discuss items proffered by sub-committees.

Check out the remarkable scene on that sunny day in the video below, and learn more about the movement here.

A Voice from Occupy Wall StreetMy Initial Foray Into Occupy Wall Street
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Shaun Randol is the Founder and Editor in Chief of The Mantle. He is also an Associate Fellow at the World Policy Institute in New York City, and a member of the National Book Critics Circle.