October 8, 2011

Okay, it’s Friday, it’s not raining outside or out of my ass and we all know what that means...Occupy Wall Street! Finally!

The outside of Zuccotti Park which has been renamed, Liberty Square by the protesters.

Inside you won't find any trouble makers, just peaceful discussions on how to make things better in this world.

Here people are sending the message of Occupy Wall Street out on laptops in a makeshift work center in the middle of the park.

Nice to see people talking rather than texting for a change.

There's lots of signs that people have made with their personal thoughts about what Occupy Wall Street is all about. Here's two people working on a couple of them.

Change! And she's not panhandling either. Here's some more signs, they don't need captions, they speak for themselves.

There's a free food line in the park. If you live in New York and would like to contribute, you can bring food down to the park. You can also contribute with donations via their website which is listed at the bottom of this post.

Volunteers help to prepare and serve the food.

There's several information booths, I thought I'd go up and say hi to this volunteer behind the booth.

His name is Aaron and he's from West Virginia. I asked him what he would say is going on down here and he told me the idea is to spread information and raise awareness of the unfair conditions that are happening.

Here's Andrea who's helping to spread the word.

This is Tanner who came from Delaware. He's been here over a week and plans to stay in the park through the winter.

Collette's sign reads: "Welcome To Your New Society." It does feel like a new city inside of this park. It's hard to explain unless you come here, but it gives you a feeling of hope that people want to change things and not just sit on their ass and continue to take shit from the greedy and morally corrupt people in charge of Wall Street and beyond.

On the perimeter of the park, a woman dances with a glow in the dark hula hoop.

And the band plays on. To be continued.

Occupy Wall Street
Liberty Square (A.K.A. Zuccotti Park)
Corner of Liberty St. and Broadway
877-881-3020

Further reading: CNN, New York Times and BBC News.

Well big limousine long shiny and black,
You don't look ahead you don't look back.
How many times can you get up after you've been hit?
Well I swear if I could spare the spit,
I'd lay one on your shiny chrome,
And send you on your way back home.

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