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Photos/Videos-Boston Activists Protest Wall Street Bailout In NYC |
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by Michael Borkson
Email: nosanctions (nospam) yahoo.com (unverified!) |
05 Apr 2009
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NYC-April 4, 2009: About 1000 activists marched on the 41st anniversary of Martin Luther King's assassination, to protest the US government's trillion dollar bailout of the banks and CEOs. This was part of 2 days , April 3-4 , of protests in NYC, coordinated mostly by the Bail Out The People and United For Peace movements.
VIDEO: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcNzissfs30 |
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At the sat. protest, a rally was held right near the New York Stock Exchange. A march then wound through the financial district and ended at Battery Park where a peace fair took place with info tables and street theater.
Four activists were arrested at the Friday protest which endured a bout of rain. They also marched on insurance giant AIG, whose offices were nearby.
For more photos: http://www.flickr.com/photos/protestphotos1/sets/72157616377804260/
2 videos: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CcNzissfs30
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZlpQlq3mpE |
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See also:
http://www.BailOutPeople.org
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