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Strock at Occupy Wall Street
Gazette columnist Carl Strock dropped in on the Occupy Wall Street festivities in lower Manhattan on Saturday and returned with these photos. Posted on October 17, 2011.
Yes, the power of the dollar to stifle free expression.
Wall Street, like a needle in our veins. The suit and tie are meant to be ironic and are worn here like a costume. The fellow on the left was offering “Free Empathy.”
Ladies of a certain age entertained with their own “Occupy Wall Street” song.
Down on stocks and bonds, of all things.
These two guys had traveled from Montana, with their dog, to take part in the occupation.
Need a job? Goldman Sachs is looking for buccaneers, this fellow announces.
Meditating for peace.
A young woman not shy about her charms did a spontaneous bump-and-grind to some spontaneous chanting of “Occupy Wall Street.”
