One of the organisers was interviewed in a “man on the street” segment…guess who it was! Lisa Fithian, well entrenched with Code Pink and other radical destruction groups… One of her mantras is “we do not come to help or rebuild but to destroy”, New Orleans… http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lisa_Fithian
By Daniel Massey
October 5, 2011
It began last week with the executive board of Transport Workers Union Local 100 throwing its support behind the Occupy Wall Street movement. Since then, a steady stream of labor, student and advocacy groups have jumped on the bandwagon, adding their stamps of approval to a protest that has captured the nation’s attention.
On Wednesday afternoon, that support will have its coming out as thousands of New Yorkers march from Foley Square to Zuccotti Park, the plaza that has served as the hub of the Wall Street “occupation” since mid-September.
Unionized teachers, janitors, health care, transit and communications workers will join advocates for the homeless and immigrants and students from across the city (who are walking out of classes) in a surge that could provide a boost to a fledgling movement that has widely exceeded the expectations of most observers.
“I’m just looking at it as the possibility for the movement to shift into a higher gear,” said Mary Brosnahan, executive director of the Coalition for the Homeless. “The taking over of Zuccotti Park has really captured the attention and imagination of America, and we want to get behind that in a tangible way.”
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