16 September 2011

Wall Street Protesters Vow to Occupy Lower Manhattan for Months | #NCCIC #occupywallstreet #NYC

Sept. 16 (Bloomberg) -- Wall Street firms will be the target of a nonviolent demonstration in which organizers say they want 20,000 people to participate with tents, kitchens and "peaceful barricades."

Dubbed "#OccupyWallStreet," the goal of the protest in lower Manhattan is to get President Barack Obama to establish a commission to end "the influence money has over our representatives in Washington," according to the website of Adbusters, a group promoting the demonstration. Organizers plan to start on Sept. 17 and want participants to "occupy" the area for "a few months," according to the website.

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