Sunday
Oct022011
US Feature: A Beginner's Guide to "Occupy Wall Street" (Schneider)
Sunday, October 2, 2011 at 8:38Raw video from Associated Press of the march and arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge
On Saturday, the 15th day of "Occupy Wall Street", New York City police arrested more than 700 protesters for blocking traffic lanes as they tried to march across the Brooklyn Bridge. The march had started in the afternoon from the protesters' camp in Zuccotti Park (Liberty Square) in downtown Manhattan, near the former World Trade Center. Demonstrators have vowed to stay at the park through the winter.
As "Occupy Wall Street" not only continues but grows, Nathan Schneider of The Nation offers a Beginners' Guide to the movement....