But you don’t have to take my word for it – these look like pretty full streets and I gather this is still going on as I type at about 6:00 PM.
Number estimates differ but the expertise of union support meant permits, and the largest march yet for the Occupy movement.
Boston had its own march, which this time included nurses, students, and others and Occupy Boston is now supported by a formal vote of endorsement from the Boston Labor Counsel.
When I asked some of those encamped in Dewey Square how long they planned to stay, the answer was, “As long as it takes.”
I noticed that the Occupy Boston facebook page is now over 10,000 strong, so there are lots of folks who are interested, and supportive, and going to Occupy Boston’s wiki or website to check on what is needed, and what is scheduled.
Fox and the Wall St Journal, huh?
Who would have thunk?
“The real problem is that Wall Street can’t pay their fair share because they are over regulated and hurting. First off, I want to point out the irony of these idiotic protesters. They really should be going to Washington. That’s where they’re squeezing Wall Street and basically taking money out of the welfare state which these protesters want to grow…..Bankers have been beat up so much.” Charlie Gaspirino, Fox Senior Correspondent
“I”m going to have to re-think working for Rupert Murdoch. I didn’t realize he was a greedy capitalist, hehe. Listening to those commentaries by those young people it’s sort of an indictment of our education system isn’t it? That these kids just don’t understand how the world works. What’s going on here is, I think it’s a frustration on the left of the fact that Obama’s policies haven’t worked.” Steve Moore, Wall St Journal
At first it sounded like a Stephen Colbert segment and then I realized they’re serious!
As Al Jazeera is not beholden to Rupert Murdoch or US corporate interests, they seem to be doing some serious and thorough journalism on the Occupy movement