At 3PM, thousands of students, workers, and other supporters gathered in Union Square chanting "Shut the city down!" and using the People's Mic to share stories of how banks and corporate greed have impacted the 99%. Simultaneously, Occupiers took to multiple subway stations in all five boroughs. The day of action culminated when the student strike, labor unions, and various OWS groups took over a number of streets in Lower Manhattan on their way to Foley Square before marching across the Brooklyn Bridge.
Students chanted "CUNY should be free!" and "Student Power!" as they took to the streets along 16th and 5th Avenue, shutting down traffic and leaving police powerless to respond. Police attempts to erect barricades along 5th Avenue failed to block the march, as banners reading "OCCUPIED" were seen along New School buildings.
Huge crowds marched down Broadway toward Foley Square to join another large contingent of labor unions and fellow Occupiers. Despite a massive police presence and helicopters circling overhead, protestors took Foley Square, as marchers converged and supporters poured from the subways. Over 30,000 joined as one, marching across the Brooklyn Bridge, and proving to the world that an idea whose time has come cannot be evicted. The 1% might steal our homes, but they cannot steal our truth.

Live Updates

• 8:40 pm: People's Assembly currently happening on Brooklyn side of the Brooklyn Bridge; several hundred others are returning to Liberty Square
• 8:23 pm: There is now a people's library, a marching band and a projector on the Brooklyn Bridge, according to @occupywallst people on the ground
• 8:05 pm: SEIU President Mary Kay Henry being arrested at the Brooklyn Bridge
• 8:00 pm: City councilor Jumaane Williams may have been arrested at the foot of Brooklyn Bridge
• 7:54 pm: General assembly held at 8 at the Korean War Memorial Park, just past Brooklyn Bridge.
• 7:52 pm: From @John Harkinson, thousands of people with music, signs, honks of support. Everything peaceful.
• 7:30 pm: The column marching on Brooklyn Bridge stretches about a mile long. From http://www.emergencystream.com/video_streams/NY/NYC3/a.html
• 7:22 pm: chant: "we are unstoppable, a new world is possible!"
• 7:15 pm: a massive banner reading "Occupy Wall Street" was dropped from the overhang of the pedestrian walkway on the Brooklyn Bridge in full view of traffic; hundreds of cars seen honking in support
• 7:09 pm: A Light Show on Brooklyn Bridge is projecting "99%", "Occupy Earth" "we are winning" and other slogans of support on the side of the Verizon Building. Followed by "Happy Birthday OccupywallstNYC" Reported by @occupywallst
• 7:06 pm: Police scanners estimate the crowd at 32,650 people. Reported by @jstetser
• 7:01 pm: Entrance of Brooklyn Bridge City Hall station closed.
• 7:00 pm: One source gives around 2,000 protesters on Brooklyn Bridge
• 6:44 pm: https://twitter.com/?photo_id=1#!/AnalectFilms/status/137290008620052481/photo/1 - Taking Canal St.
• 6:42 pm: http://twitpic.com/7fjlrc - On the Brooklyn Bridge.
• 6:35 pm: From TheOther99, reports of NYPD intimidating the press, told Tim Pool he would have his press card revoked if he was arrested.
• 6:30 pm: City Hall is locked down, from @JoshHarkinson
• 6:15 pm: 20,000 marching towards Brooklyn Bridge from Foley Square, chanting "Whose Bridge? Our Bridge!"
• 5:30 pm: #OWS shuts down Canal St.
• 5:25 pm: NYPD cavalry begins to be appear on Centre Street.
• 5:16 pm: 90 Fifth Avenue occupied by students from Pratt, Columbia, NYU, Hunter pic.twitter.com/lBNwUwpJ
• 5:07 pm: more police sirens heard headed toward Foley
• 5:00 pm: chant: "Bloomberg beware, Liberty Square is everywhere!"
• 4:57 pm: thousands more run south on 7th Ave, evading NYPD barricades to meet Union allies and thousands more who are continuing to mass at Foley Square
• 4:53 pm: Ydanis Rodriguez, NYC Council member who was arrested during raid on Liberty square, spotted at Foley
• 4:52 pm: marchers headed from west end of 14th after cut off by police barricades
• 4:47 pm: 5th ave has been shut down!
• 4:42 pm: thousands outmaneuver Billionaire Bloomberg's publicly funded private army at 14th and 5th ave and head West on 15th
• 4:40 pm: music and chants can be heard emanating from Foley Square
• 4:32 pm: as other marches continue heading down Broadway and from Liberty Square, 7th and 6th st are reported to have been taken by protesters
• 4:26 pm: Foley reported full of protestors, NYU students still on their way; other feeder marches (including from Liberty Square) also en route
• 4:26 pm: face off between marchers and a small number of police who are trying to prevent access onto 5th Ave
• 4:13 pm: headed toward Foley Square, thousands of students and friends stream out of Union Square and into the streets chanting, "Whose streets? Our streets!"

 

新“奧德賽”：占領(lǐng)華爾街隊(duì)伍今抵華盛頓

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背叛民主的超級(jí)委員會(huì)試圖壓榨99%，但是他們失敗了！

超級(jí)委員會(huì)失敗=占領(lǐng)華爾街勝利

今天，一隊(duì)從紐約出發(fā)的倡議“占領(lǐng)公路”的游行者將到達(dá)華盛頓。兩個(gè)星期前，他們從曼哈頓踏上這次史詩(shī)般的征程。他們的目標(biāo)是要讓更多的人更多的社區(qū)看見(jiàn)這場(chǎng)新運(yùn)動(dòng)，在路途中聯(lián)合其他的游行者，并推進(jìn)一場(chǎng)全國(guó)性的對(duì)話來(lái)討論如何挽救我們的民主。

他們的旅程表特意針對(duì)所謂的“超級(jí)委員會(huì)”的聲明。他們要向國(guó)會(huì)傳達(dá)這樣的訊息：結(jié)束為富人服務(wù)的企業(yè)優(yōu)惠和減稅政策，并且通過(guò)重建國(guó)家基礎(chǔ)設(shè)施和投資教育、清潔能源和公共醫(yī)療來(lái)刺激經(jīng)濟(jì)。在一輪接一輪的民意測(cè)驗(yàn)中，絕大多數(shù)的美國(guó)人支持這些項(xiàng)目。

“所謂的超級(jí)委員會(huì)從一開(kāi)始就是失敗的，他們?cè)噲D背著民主行事。幸運(yùn)的是，它沒(méi)有成功”，“占領(lǐng)公路”運(yùn)動(dòng)的組織者邁克爾-格雷澤說(shuō)，“腐敗的體制內(nèi)無(wú)人有勇氣為普通美國(guó)百姓斗爭(zhēng)，所以，我們將繼續(xù)采取體制外的立場(chǎng)。

“占領(lǐng)公路”運(yùn)動(dòng)的參與者預(yù)計(jì)今天下午2時(shí)30分左右到達(dá)麥克弗森廣場(chǎng)，在那里他們將舉行一場(chǎng)全面集會(huì)形式的新聞發(fā)布會(huì)（a General Assembly-style press conference）。之后，他們將從那里向自由廣場(chǎng)（Freedom Plaza）和國(guó)會(huì)大廈出發(fā)，在國(guó)會(huì)大廈他們將討論美國(guó)政府在向國(guó)民負(fù)責(zé)方面的失敗。 

“華爾街擁有華盛頓，我們的政府不代表人民的利益。”占領(lǐng)華爾街運(yùn)動(dòng)的志愿者埃德-李約瑟說(shuō)：“ 國(guó)會(huì)維護(hù)大銀行、大公司和超級(jí)富豪的利益。這就是為什么占領(lǐng)運(yùn)動(dòng)每天都在壯大的原因。” 

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原文鏈接：http://occupywallst.org/article/march-occupy-wall-street-arrives-washington-dc-tod/

March from Occupy Wall Street Arrives in Washington DC Today

Exposes Failure of Undemocratic Super-Committee Attempt to Squeeze the 99%

Super Committee Fail = Occupy Wall Street Win

Today an Occupy Wall Street initiative called ‘Occupy the Highway’ arrives in Washington DC, having marched from New York City. Two weeks ago, Occupy Wall Street participants in Manhattan embarked on the epic journey. Their goals were to make the new movement visible in more communities, to connect with other occupations along the way, and to further a national dialogue about how to reclaim our democracy. Their journey was timed to coincide with the announcement of the so-called Super Committee; to bring a message to Congress to end corporate welfare and tax breaks for the rich and to stimulate the economy by rebuilding the country's infrastructure and investing in education, clean-energy and public health; items that are supported by the vast majority of Americans in poll after poll.

"The so-called Super Committee was a failure from the beginning. It was an attempt to do something undemocratic. Thankfully it didn't work,” said Michael Glazer, an organizer of Occupy the Highway. “No one has the courage to stand up inside our corrupt political system and fight for regular Americans. So, we will continue to take a stand outside the system."

‘Occupy the Highway’ participants expect to arrive at McPherson Square at around 2:30pm today, where they will hold a General Assembly-style press conference. From there they will march to Freedom Plaza, and from there to the Capitol steps, where they will discuss the failure of the U.S. Government to be accountable to its people.

“Wall Street owns Washington. Our government is not representing the interests of the people,” said Ed Needham, a volunteer with Occupy Wall Street. "Congress is defending the big banks, big corporations and super-rich. This is why the Occupy Movement grows each day."

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附：美國(guó)"超級(jí)委員會(huì)"的潰敗

來(lái)源：鳳凰網(wǎng)

美國(guó)"超級(jí)委員會(huì)"的潰敗為削減赤字量身定制的美國(guó)國(guó)會(huì)削減赤字特別委員會(huì)（“超級(jí)委員會(huì)”）２１日正式宣告未能完成歷史使命。美國(guó)政界學(xué)界無(wú)不慨嘆，華盛頓錯(cuò)失了一次使國(guó)家重歸財(cái)政可持續(xù)道路的黃金機(jī)遇。美國(guó)“超級(jí)委員會(huì)”的潰敗，體現(xiàn)的是美國(guó)民主與共和兩黨在治國(guó)經(jīng)濟(jì)理念上的巨大差異。

圍繞減赤方案失敗，美國(guó)兩黨一如既往互相指責(zé)，各據(jù)其理。超級(jí)委員會(huì)聯(lián)合主席、共和黨眾議員杰布•亨薩林２２日在《華爾街日?qǐng)?bào)》發(fā)表文章稱，民主黨要求至少增加稅收１萬(wàn)億美元，并且不愿對(duì)醫(yī)療等社會(huì)福利計(jì)劃進(jìn)行實(shí)質(zhì)改革是導(dǎo)致減赤談判失敗的主因。民主黨方面則批評(píng)共和黨只顧保護(hù)富人利益。美國(guó)總統(tǒng)奧巴馬說(shuō)，國(guó)會(huì)仍有太多共和黨人拒絕聽(tīng)從華盛頓之外的理性和妥協(xié)之聲，仍繼續(xù)堅(jiān)持不惜代價(jià)保護(hù)只占人口２％的富人利益。

超級(jí)委員會(huì)為何注定會(huì)失敗？原因在于美國(guó)兩大政黨之間的經(jīng)濟(jì)理念鴻溝。美國(guó)知名專欄作家、諾貝爾經(jīng)濟(jì)學(xué)獎(jiǎng)得主保羅•克魯格曼說(shuō)：“共和黨和民主黨不僅有著不同的優(yōu)先政策，他們根本就生活在不同的精神和道德宇宙。

在民主黨看來(lái)，增即為增，減即為減。提高稅率可增加收入，在經(jīng)濟(jì)仍然疲弱時(shí)削減開(kāi)支會(huì)減少就業(yè)。而在共和黨看來(lái)，減卻為增。為公司和富人（即共和黨所指稱的“就業(yè)創(chuàng)造者”）減稅，到頭來(lái)可以刺激經(jīng)濟(jì)活力，擴(kuò)大稅基從而增加稅收，而削減政府開(kāi)支才是創(chuàng)造就業(yè)之策。

進(jìn)一步看，兩黨在經(jīng)濟(jì)正義上的看法亦不相同。民主黨看重社會(huì)福利，從社保到食品券，政府要給那些需要幫助的公民提供基本的安全保障。這可以溯源到弗蘭克林•羅斯福總統(tǒng)論自由的名言中的一句：即民眾有不虞匱乏的自由。這種自由，是一種經(jīng)濟(jì)上的融洽關(guān)系，有助于從制度上限制貧富分化。而在共和黨看來(lái)，福利社會(huì)本身是不道德的，不斷增加的醫(yī)療開(kāi)支正是未來(lái)美國(guó)債務(wù)不可承受之重。愛(ài)達(dá)荷州共和黨參議員詹姆斯•里施曾對(duì)筆者說(shuō)，劫富濟(jì)貧本身并不能解決美國(guó)的經(jīng)濟(jì)問(wèn)題。而美國(guó)前總統(tǒng)里根“政府本身正是問(wèn)題”的名言至今仍在共和黨內(nèi)有根深蒂固的影響。

在總統(tǒng)大選漸近的背景下，“驢”與“象”在削減赤字這一國(guó)之大事上再度體現(xiàn)了黨派利益超越國(guó)家利益的做法，難免令美國(guó)民眾深感失望。各方都認(rèn)為國(guó)會(huì)錯(cuò)過(guò)了改變美國(guó)財(cái)政方向和創(chuàng)造就業(yè)的一次大好機(jī)會(huì)。因?yàn)椋凑找?guī)定，超級(jí)委員會(huì)的計(jì)劃一旦形成并在該委員會(huì)內(nèi)部通過(guò)，國(guó)會(huì)兩院都不得對(duì)其修改，而且在參議院只需要５１票的簡(jiǎn)單多數(shù)就能通過(guò)，而無(wú)需通常的６０票。而在２０１２大選年要達(dá)成妥協(xié)的難度將比今年更大。

超級(jí)委員會(huì)失敗至少傳遞了三個(gè)信號(hào)，一是繼今夏的提高債務(wù)上限之爭(zhēng)后，本次減赤大戰(zhàn)再次見(jiàn)證了華盛頓的癱瘓。國(guó)會(huì)與白宮的決策機(jī)制與領(lǐng)導(dǎo)力令許多美國(guó)民眾質(zhì)疑。二是減赤問(wèn)題在政治上的迫切程度似乎還未達(dá)到重要而緊迫的最高級(jí)別。從標(biāo)準(zhǔn)普爾等三大評(píng)級(jí)公司表示暫時(shí)維持美國(guó)信用評(píng)級(jí)就可見(jiàn)市場(chǎng)反應(yīng)之一斑。第三，兩黨在減赤談判上尚有余地。由于自動(dòng)削減１．２萬(wàn)億美元的計(jì)劃要到２０１３財(cái)年才會(huì)啟動(dòng)，之前這段時(shí)間，兩黨還可繼續(xù)討價(jià)還價(jià)。如奧巴馬所言，國(guó)會(huì)仍有一年時(shí)間來(lái)解決這一問(wèn)題。

簡(jiǎn)而言之，解決赤字的途徑無(wú)外乎從兩方面著手——增收與節(jié)支。而在兩黨壟斷話語(yǔ)的美國(guó)政治生態(tài)下，雙方增加收入的思路迥異，節(jié)省開(kāi)支的誠(chéng)意堪疑。到頭來(lái)，博弈的結(jié)果是矛盾后移，而驢與象的激戰(zhàn)仍將不斷上演。