Hot Off the Press: The Occupied Wall Street Journal
enlarge Credit: Ian Murphy’s cell phone LIBERTY SQUARE, NY–despite the early morning rain, morale is high. A reported 100,000 copies of The Occupied Wall Street Journal have just arrived. The young occupiers are busy handing out the four page broadsheet to curious passersby and the protest tourists, who linger on the outskirts of Zuccotti Park, snapping photos of signs and the occasional blue-haired hippie. “The Revolution Begins at Home” reads a headline. “Learning from the World” reads another piece about Americans taking lessons from the spontaneous Arab Spring. In anticipation of an Oct 5th student walkouts and union marches, a caption reads, “New York Unites!” The rained on, camping crowd of about 200 has swelled to a respectable 400–or so–with a march planned for 3 pm, which is said will attract more. Some clothes are wet. Most clothes are wet. Everything is a little wet. Still. I’m told protesters could benefit from blankets, jackets, tarps. Anything to keep people warm and dry tonight, and into the coming…weeks? The on-sight media people — the only media to be found today, aside from freelancers — are in need of large external storage devices. They’re recording a lot of data. The first aid people say they need non latex gloves, roller gauze, medical tape and general supplies. Food is adequate, but storage containers would help organize the supplies and keep the damn pigeons off my bread. And I need Vicodin. Send Vicodin. Now. EDITOR’S NOTE: We sent New York occupiers some pizzas yesterday. And by “we” I mean you guys. We raised over $4000 yesterday (Friday) to feed the ground swell of solidarity demonstrations. If you want to send these guys a slice all amounts are welcome and appreciated!
Hot Off the Press: The Occupied Wall Street Journal
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