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Occupy Wall St’s Nov. 17 Global Day of Action: photo page (part two)

(PART ONE)

Photo page part two of Occupy Wall Street’s Nov. 17 Global Day of Action:

After protesters broke free of the standoff with police over getting in or out of Zuccotti park, the occupiers marched more than two miles to Union Square for the student protest rally. The NYPD marched beside the protesters in the street keeping them on the sidewalk. At Union Square, hundreds met in solidarity for students and educators. After a round of speakers and mic checks through Union Square, the students took to the streets and completely stopped traffic. Lookouts ran ahead to see what streets the police had barricaded to control the direction of the protesters who were trying to get to the next spot of protest — Foley Square.

An estimated 30,000 people convened in Foley Square. A sea of protesters each with different signs and reasons to participate in OWS’s Global Day of Action crowded the park and surrounding sidewalks. A long police-barricaded path was created for protesters marching to the Brooklyn Bridge. This time OWS community supporters helped with NYPD to keep protesters on the legal footpath bridge.

On the Brooklyn Bridge, a slide of projections appeared unexpectedly on the Verizon Wireless building overlooking the bridge. An image of “99%” flashed on the building, along with a mic check, in which the projection had the occupiers on the Bridge sing Happy Birthday to the two-month-old Occupy Wall Street movement.

Some protesters, tired with miles in their soles, took the subway home. Many of them stayed — in true fashion — and attended the General Assembly after the long day of protests.

Nov. 15’s eviction was just a step in the evolution of this movement, as many signs read, “you can’t evict an idea.”

 

(all photographs by Tanya Moutzalias | photo editor gcmag.org)

A makeshift drum line marches to Union Square.
OWS protesters march more than two miles from Zuccotti Park to Union Square with NYPD police following along the sidewalk's edge.
Union Square, OWS student protest
"WE'RE BACK" OWS protesters at Union Square Nov. 17
A man sits and reads "The Master Game" inside a Barnes & Noble overlooking Union Square and OWS's student protest on Nov. 17, Global Day of Action
The People's Library found a temporary spot occupying the sidewalk outside of Barnes & Noble in Union Square. The books of OWS's People's Library were thrown into a Dumpster when NYPD officials evicted Zuccotti Park protesters. The remaining books were carried around by protesters during Nov. 17's OWS national day of action.
OWS People's Library books include an occupy-made newspaper, Dan Brown's "Deception Point," "The American Crucible," and an economics book.
Student protesters take over the street outside of Union square, completely blocking traffic.
Student protesters take over the street and block all traffic, even leaving a sign leaned up against an old beat-up Honda with different colored panels.
Occupiers took their message to the subways as part of a planned protest of Nov. 17 Global Day of Action.
An estimated 30,000 people convened in Foley square.

Lauren Sara (last name withheld), cries during a song sung by senior citizens over the microphone during Occupy Wall Street's rally at Foley Square during OWS Nov. 17 Global Day of Action. "I'm just so moved by the collection of people I couldn't help crying," said Lauren Sara, a musician/rapper from Brooklyn.

Foley Square march to the Brooklyn Bridge
An NYPD officer on horseback takes a photo of OWS protesters marching from Foley Square to the Brooklyn Bridge as they snap photos of him, while another police officer tells the protesters to keep moving.
On the Brooklyn Bridge, a slide of projections appeared unexpectedly on the Verizon Wireless building overlooking the Bridge. The image of "99%" flashed on the building, along with a mic check, in which the projection had the occupiers on the Bridge sing Happy Birthday to the two-month-old Occupy Wall Street movement.
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