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April 2, 2012

Occupy Activists March on Stock Exchange, Brooklyn Bridge 
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Occupy Wall Street activists in New York continue to stage protest
actions as they seek to rejuvenate the movement after a winter lull. On
Friday, demonstrators marched through Manhattan and converged on the New
York Stock Exchange at the end of the business day.

Mark Bray, Occupy Wall Street: "The closing bell of the stock exchange
symbolizes the prioritization of economics over politics in our society.
The fact that our politicians are more beholden to these institutions
than the people they are supposed to represent. So by holding the
people's gong, we're having a symbolic representation of our response.
We're saying 'No, the priority has to be family, the priority has to be
workers, students, immigrants.' That needs to the the priority and
that's why we're out here."

Friday's protest was followed by a march across the Brooklyn Bridge on
Sunday to mark six months since hundreds were arrested carrying out the
same action. The Occupy movement is planning a number of demonstrations
this month heading towards the major day of action planned for May Day,
May 1st.



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