Early Sunday Morning in the Financial District: Few Remnants of Occupy Wall Street Left in Zuccotti Park

At 7:30 a.m. on a bright, sunny Sunday morning, few Occupy Wall Street protesters were left at a heavily guarded, heavily fortified Zuccotti Park. If bank regulations had been policed as heavily as this place, we might have been spared the financial crisis which wrecked the U.S. economy.

Thursday Afternoon in Union Square: Occupy Wall Street November 17th Day of Action Student Rally

At 3 p.m. today we were out in the cold at Union Square, at the Occupy Wall Street's Day of Action student protest rally, which included many non-student supporters as well. (Above is a view we took from the Barnes & Noble fourth floor window when we went into the store to use the restroom.)

Friday Morning in the Financial District: Marching with #Occupy Wall Street

At 7:20 a.m., we came out of the 5 train at Wall Street to join the march of Occupy Wall Street protestors through the Financial District. An hour earlier, the city postponed the cleanup of Zuccotti Park and so averted a a feared showdown between the police and demonstrators who had vowed to resist any efforts to evict them from their encampment.

The crowd chanted various slogans, including "The Whole World Is Watching."



It was pretty peaceful and mostly celebratory, given that there would be no eviction from Zuccotti Park (renamed Liberty Square by #OWS) today.







However, we did see people arrested as we wound our way through the streets of the Financial District. One man, wrestled to the ground by police, had a bloody gash on his face and others were piled into a paddy wagon at Maiden Lane and Water Street.



Eventually we all returned to Zuccotti Park.



We ran into our friends, Brooklyn City Council members Jumaane Williams and Letitia James, who were instrumental, along with other elected officials, in convincing Brookfield Properties to postpone today's cleanup and avoid any real serious confrontation.