Wall Street Protests

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CULTUREPHILE: PORTLAND ARTS
Posted by: Anne Adams on Oct 06, 2011 at 05:50PM

On the first day of an indefinite “occupation” of downtown Portland,
here are 45 messages that protesters wrote on their placards.

Here are some:
THIS IS OUR VOICE, THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE
STOP FORECLOSURES
TAX THE RICH
WE THE PEOPLE; TOO BIG TO FAIL
AMERICA, STOP PAYING CRIMINALS TO STEAL FROM YOU [BANK LOGOS]
FIGHT GREED
CAPITALISM IS A PYRAMID SCHEME
THE JERK STORE CALLED; THEY’RE OUT OF CEO’S [SEINFELD REFERENCE]
THEY TOOK OUR JERBS [SOUTH PARK REFERENCE]
STOP THE WAR ON WORKING PEOPLE
DEBT IS SLAVERY
END CORPORATE PERSONHOOD
WALL STREET GAMBLERS CRASHED THE ECONOMY, NOT AMERICAN WORKERS
YOU’RE AFTER THE WRONG GOLD
HOLD WALL STREET RESPONSIBLE
WPA NOW! REAL REFORM
IF THE SYSTEM IS ONLY WORKING FOR 1%, THE SYSTEM ISN’T WORKING
END CORPORATE WELFARE
THE 1% CREATED THE PROBLEMS, THE 99% WILL CREATE THE SOLUTIONS
WAGE PEACE
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[Mayor Sam] Adams also met up with the march and walked alongside protesters
for a block or so as they passed City Hall.
Later, city officials forbade the occupation of Schrunk [Plaza] and threatened arrest,
but conceded that the demonstrators could remain in Lownsdale overnight.