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Link to video.
Rumor has it we had 25, 000 plus in the streets of lower Manhattan yesterday. Not just Ed. people: multiple public sector unions and some privates and assorted progressive contingents.
Hey... it felt good. Very cathartic. Trekking thru the canyons of lower Manhattan waving one's fist at the shrines and icons of evildoer-dom. Like waving a crucifix at Dracula.
But sheezzzz. I'm tired today.
Heres a video link: ( Hedge Fund DEMs alert: contains graphic images)
http://www.ny1.com/content/top_stories/138980/marchers-... Thousands of New Yorkers marched in Lower Manhattan Thursday evening to protest the city's proposed budget cuts, which include layoffs of 4,100 teachers, and to say that Wall Street and corporate America should pay more taxes.
More than 60 groups organized the rallies from Wall Street to Water Street, which culminated with a final rally in Battery Park.
Union leaders and the Reverend Al Sharpton led one procession.
"I wanted to march today with the teachers, with union workers, to say to Wall Street that the battle has to come to you. You recovered, you have now given out more bonuses than many of our schools have budgets for," said Sharpton.
"When we're being prepared for layoffs and our children are being threatened with harm, it's very simple. The mayor needs to make the choice to use the surplus that belongs to the City of New York and to stop playing political games with children's futures," said Michael Mulgrew, president of the United Federation of Teachers.
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