The Signs of #OccupyWallStreet

[Hissyspit]

http://hyperallergic.com/36431/signs-of-occupy-wall-street/

The Signs of #OccupyWallStreet

by Hrag Vartanian on September 26, 2011

On Friday and Saturday night I traveling to the Occupy Wall Street action in lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to document the signs created by the protesters and their supporters. I was impressed that this small island of protest had quickly created a library and an art station for protesters to share their thoughts with the media and the world. There was also a “vibe wall” where people could post their thoughts online using an iPad.

I came across two Brooklyn performance artists I know. One was acting as a legal advisor for the protesters and other seemed to be hanging out and helping any way he could. The mood was healthy and accepting, and it felt natural to walk around. Only the wall of police surrounding the park gave you a sense that something threatened this symbolic action in the heart of the world’s financial center.

It’s easy to be cynical about people trying something new but I prefer not to be.



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[cutlassmama]

1. LOVED looking at the signs. So many were right on.

[aquart]

2. Zucotti Park?

That corrupt fixer asshole GOT A PARK? The DA was so desperate to get an indictment I had a detective dogging me, wooing me, for two weeks. But I couldn't swear Zucotti was the name. (I was offered money to give false testimony at a public hearing on the West Side rail yards that Trump wound up with.)

[dixiegrrrrl]

3. Sadly, one of the books pictured in the Free library collection on the photo page

is about how to invest in the stock market.

[peacetalksforall]

4. Can someone please tell me something? I was 100% occupied on Saturday and

didn't follow the confrontation. I don't understand why the police went after the protesters - I have not pieced anything together. They didn't seem to be protecting the street observers, no police cars were overturned, no broken glass. no looters. Did the protesters do something to provoke this?

Thanks. Trying to catch up.