This statement was originally posted on the ANSWER Coalition website.
The police raid on the Occupy Wall Street
(OWS) in the early hours of the morning today involved a “truly massive
show of force by the NYPD all over lower Manhattan,” according to
ANSWER Coalition organizers who were present.
This is part of a nationally coordinated effort to drive the new movement from public spaces.
A New York State Judge just denied a motion by OWS seeking to be allowed back into Zuccotti Park with their tents and sleeping bags.
This movement is not over. It is just
beginning. We will mobilize in the streets, and in our communities and
schools and in the courts to defend our basic rights.
This
Thursday. Nov. 17, thousands of New Yorkers will take to the streets in
multiple demonstrations and neighborhood occupations to show their
determination to win social and economic justice see details. Nov. 17 is billed as an International Day of Action
People throughout the country are angry and
determined to sustain and expand this new, growing social justice
protest movement in spite of the coordinated police assaults against
activists in cities and towns throughout the country.
