"We. Are. The 99%. " (by Edgar Mata)

Vita Burn, 21. "I think it’s just time for a change and I don’t think I’m going to leave here until I see one. I think that what we’ve been doing is not enough and it’s time for some extreme action. We’re not really living in a democracy so I’d like to see that become a reality, something that we should have had in the first place."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:46:45 +0000

Vita Burn, 21. "I think it’s just time for a change and I don’t think I’m going to leave here until I see one. I think that what we’ve been doing is not enough and it’s time for some extreme action. We’re not really living in a democracy so I’d like to see that become a reality, something that we should have had in the first place."
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"J". "I’m curious, I want to learn, I want to see what the movement is about, listen, learn, hopefully get better. There is a lot of positive feeling rather than negative feeling or fighting, I don’t know enough about the cause. What is this about? There are so many different issues here. Sure there are many things wrong. But there are many things right to."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:46:51 +0000

"J". "I’m curious, I want to learn, I want to see what the movement is about, listen, learn, hopefully get better. There is a lot of positive feeling rather than negative feeling or fighting, I don’t know enough about the cause. What is this about? There are so many different issues here. Sure there are many things wrong. But there are many things right to."
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Dre DiMura, 17. "At some point in this country people began to let politicians do all the work and let them run the country and that’s not how it should be, not how it was and not how it was supposed to be. People are finally fed up, I’m surprised it took this long for something like this to happen. I just want to be a part of this."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:46:57 +0000

Dre DiMura, 17. "At some point in this country people began to let politicians do all the work and let them run the country and that’s not how it should be, not how it was and not how it was supposed to be. People are finally fed up, I’m surprised it took this long for something like this to happen. I just want to be a part of this."
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Sonya Zink, 40. "Entitlements are okay for the privileged but they’re somehow wrong when they’re given to those who are in need of them? That’s fucked up, sister. My thought process has been going on for a really long time and my individual actions have been going on for a really long time, the difference now is I realize how many other people are just like me."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:48:06 +0000

Sonya Zink, 40. "Entitlements are okay for the privileged but they’re somehow wrong when they’re given to those who are in need of them? That’s fucked up, sister. My thought process has been going on for a really long time and my individual actions have been going on for a really long time, the difference now is I realize how many other people are just like me."
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Ali Rojas. "Corporate greed is not just one specific thing, it’s attached to almost every part of our lives. So when you see one sign saying “Sallie Mae are crooks” and then you see another sign that says “Mortgage is fraud” some people are going to say, 'Well is this about mortgage fraud or college loan default, you guys don’t know what you’re talking about'. But we do know what we’re talking about, it’s one thing that controls all these different things."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:48:28 +0000

Ali Rojas. "Corporate greed is not just one specific thing, it’s attached to almost every part of our lives. So when you see one sign saying “Sallie Mae are crooks” and then you see another sign that says “Mortgage is fraud” some people are going to say, 'Well is this about mortgage fraud or college loan default, you guys don’t know what you’re talking about'. But we do know what we’re talking about, it’s one thing that controls all these different things."
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Samantha Tuttlebee, 33, and son Aiden, 13. “There are so many people here with so many different stories from so many different backgrounds that I think it gets confusing. But I think the basic cause is simply people before profit. In every aspect. Services for people should come first. It’s not necessarily anti-government or anti-bank or anti-anything, it’s pro-people."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:48:47 +0000

Samantha Tuttlebee, 33, and son Aiden, 13. “There are so many people here with so many different stories from so many different backgrounds that I think it gets confusing. But I think the basic cause is simply people before profit. In every aspect. Services for people should come first. It’s not necessarily anti-government or anti-bank or anti-anything, it’s pro-people."
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Zack Cunnigham, 22. "The most succinct way to put it [why I am here] is a virulent hate of capitalism. I think the system that we have is unsustainable and evil and desperately needs to be changed. We are finally starting to wake up and realize that we can’t let our lives be run on greed, you know?"

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:49:09 +0000

Zack Cunnigham, 22. "The most succinct way to put it [why I am here] is a virulent hate of capitalism. I think the system that we have is unsustainable and evil and desperately needs to be changed. We are finally starting to wake up and realize that we can’t let our lives be run on greed, you know?"
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Eduardo Diaz. "I’m a construction worker coming to support Laborers Local 79, I’m coming to support everything here. Two years I haven’t worked. I have a big family. [We need] more money for schools, for citizens, for workers, for old people. The country needs some change. More money for education is the first thing. America first."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:49:31 +0000

Eduardo Diaz. "I’m a construction worker coming to support Laborers Local 79, I’m coming to support everything here. Two years I haven’t worked. I have a big family. [We need] more money for schools, for citizens, for workers, for old people. The country needs some change. More money for education is the first thing. America first."
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Kerry Lacy, 25. "Something I would like to see come out of this movement is something I am already seeing which is more and more people caring. People are inspiring each other and giving a damn and it's contagious and I think that’s the only possible way for there to be change is people en masse stand up and speak together."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:49:48 +0000

Kerry Lacy, 25. "Something I would like to see come out of this movement is something I am already seeing which is more and more people caring. People are inspiring each other and giving a damn and it's contagious and I think that’s the only possible way for there to be change is people en masse stand up and speak together."
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Jesse Franklin, 22. "I’m here for economic justice. The top 1% has too much money, we need to take it away from them, we need to bring power back to the people. Government is being controlled by corporations and the top 1%, it’s not being controlled by the people. It’s we the people, the people that put them in office they need to be accountable."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:50:11 +0000

Jesse Franklin, 22. "I’m here for economic justice. The top 1% has too much money, we need to take it away from them, we need to bring power back to the people. Government is being controlled by corporations and the top 1%, it’s not being controlled by the people. It’s we the people, the people that put them in office they need to be accountable."
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Bob, 54. "I’m proud of everyone here. I’m reminded of what this was like in 1968 and it’s this same feeling and it’s beautiful. I would like it to build to the point where the Republicans will be forced to take action to make things better. It’s disgusting how all the wealth has flown to the top."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:50:39 +0000

Bob, 54. "I’m proud of everyone here. I’m reminded of what this was like in 1968 and it’s this same feeling and it’s beautiful. I would like it to build to the point where the Republicans will be forced to take action to make things better. It’s disgusting how all the wealth has flown to the top."
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Denise Leon, 27. "I like the vibes of this place. I like that they want to change something. It’s pretty awesome. I would like to see more people here. More and more people. It’s like a big family and they’re all protecting each other and that’s what everybody needs."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:51:00 +0000

Denise Leon, 27. "I like the vibes of this place. I like that they want to change something. It’s pretty awesome. I would like to see more people here. More and more people. It’s like a big family and they’re all protecting each other and that’s what everybody needs."
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Norbert. "I believe in social, economical and political justice. I believe the corporate greedy should not be able to destroy the whole planet just because they want to become trillionaires. I would like to see no more billionaires or millionaires, just working people without all these ideas that just being rich is the whole goal in life."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:51:24 +0000

Norbert. "I believe in social, economical and political justice. I believe the corporate greedy should not be able to destroy the whole planet just because they want to become trillionaires. I would like to see no more billionaires or millionaires, just working people without all these ideas that just being rich is the whole goal in life."
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Paul Sylvester. "We need to be understood as people that are helping the community, not helping ourselves. We’re here because they can’t be here. We’re the ones cold at night, we’re the ones that are going to get rained on and snowed on and we’re not going to complain about it because this means more to us than anything we can imagine doing."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:51:55 +0000

Paul Sylvester. "We need to be understood as people that are helping the community, not helping ourselves. We’re here because they can’t be here. We’re the ones cold at night, we’re the ones that are going to get rained on and snowed on and we’re not going to complain about it because this means more to us than anything we can imagine doing."
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Tanesha Brown, 22. "The rich keep getting richer so I wanted to see if maybe we can make a change here by staying out. I would define the cause as people getting bigger checks and not all of the money that is in the city going to Wall Street or politicians. You may think a lot of people aren’t like you but you come down to a situation like this and we’re all the same."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:53:15 +0000

Tanesha Brown, 22. "The rich keep getting richer so I wanted to see if maybe we can make a change here by staying out. I would define the cause as people getting bigger checks and not all of the money that is in the city going to Wall Street or politicians. You may think a lot of people aren’t like you but you come down to a situation like this and we’re all the same."
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Gene Wagner, 41. "I’m here to defend freedom, real freedom. Right in here, this is the home of the brave. This is where you gotta make a stand. People are choosing to be here, we have places to go. We choose to stand here though. We’re not gonna leave. That’s it. It’s time to change. It’s time to stop thinking in the old way of thinking."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:53:37 +0000

Gene Wagner, 41. "I’m here to defend freedom, real freedom. Right in here, this is the home of the brave. This is where you gotta make a stand. People are choosing to be here, we have places to go. We choose to stand here though. We’re not gonna leave. That’s it. It’s time to change. It’s time to stop thinking in the old way of thinking."
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Nicole von Haack, 20.

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:54:01 +0000

Nicole von Haack, 20.
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Mark Hommer. "This represents a change in direction that could potentially lead to a more sustainable environment for all of us worldwide so I think it’s a cause that’s very very worthwhile. And I think that this may not be the event that changes things, this may be the start of something much bigger."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:54:16 +0000

Mark Hommer. "This represents a change in direction that could potentially lead to a more sustainable environment for all of us worldwide so I think it’s a cause that’s very very worthwhile. And I think that this may not be the event that changes things, this may be the start of something much bigger."
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Julia Handschuh, 29. "I think what’s interesting about the movement now is that its not about making declarative statements and assuming that we all know the answer but its asking people to engage in a process that’s about creating a new world. If people actually participate in their lives and participate in their communities then the answers will follow."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:54:51 +0000

Julia Handschuh, 29. "I think what’s interesting about the movement now is that its not about making declarative statements and assuming that we all know the answer but its asking people to engage in a process that’s about creating a new world. If people actually participate in their lives and participate in their communities then the answers will follow."
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Isaac Wilder, 21. "I see it coming already. It’s a model of how to build a participatory direct democracy where everybody’s voice is equal, where we look out for each other. What we’re doing for one another, with one another, is the story. It’s not about interfacing with external forces, it’s about building something and we’re building the world we want to live in."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:55:18 +0000

Isaac Wilder, 21. "I see it coming already. It’s a model of how to build a participatory direct democracy where everybody’s voice is equal, where we look out for each other. What we’re doing for one another, with one another, is the story. It’s not about interfacing with external forces, it’s about building something and we’re building the world we want to live in."
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Amanda Montgomery, 55. "This movement is rejecting the ability of this government to make any viable change. That’s a strong message. I don’t know how it would happen, I just know that there’s nothing left to do but to try something from the grassroots up. All the cogs and all the gears produced nothing. It’s as if we’re being run by psychotic people, it’s crazy."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:55:44 +0000

Amanda Montgomery, 55. "This movement is rejecting the ability of this government to make any viable change. That’s a strong message. I don’t know how it would happen, I just know that there’s nothing left to do but to try something from the grassroots up. All the cogs and all the gears produced nothing. It’s as if we’re being run by psychotic people, it’s crazy."
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Iggy, 24. "The country is not a democracy anymore it’s a beaurocracy. You have to give the government back to the people."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:56:05 +0000

Iggy, 24. "The country is not a democracy anymore it’s a beaurocracy. You have to give the government back to the people."
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Denzen Lama. "Most of the people come here to be a part of the movement, not look for a reason why the movement is there. People are trying to voice themselves and not be silent in order to fight the structure that capitalism has brought into America. Everything goes back to capitalism."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:56:24 +0000

Denzen Lama. "Most of the people come here to be a part of the movement, not look for a reason why the movement is there. People are trying to voice themselves and not be silent in order to fight the structure that capitalism has brought into America. Everything goes back to capitalism."
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Bradley Laborman, 37. "I want to stand behind the cause but I have yet to be moved into the cause. I see a thousand different people saying a thousand different things. They want government to change stuff but the government is the reason things like that happened in the first place and the reason the government is like that is because people didn’t want to vote."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:56:48 +0000

Bradley Laborman, 37. "I want to stand behind the cause but I have yet to be moved into the cause. I see a thousand different people saying a thousand different things. They want government to change stuff but the government is the reason things like that happened in the first place and the reason the government is like that is because people didn’t want to vote."
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Emily Slater, 20. "Democracy is such a tainted word now. The concept of democracy is great and it's hard to argue against that but I think its clear to be seen that implementing that and continuing that is simply unsustainable and unsuccessful. I think the fact that people are recognizing a different way of making decisions is powerful in and of itself."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:57:10 +0000

Emily Slater, 20. "Democracy is such a tainted word now. The concept of democracy is great and it's hard to argue against that but I think its clear to be seen that implementing that and continuing that is simply unsustainable and unsuccessful. I think the fact that people are recognizing a different way of making decisions is powerful in and of itself."
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Brian Bruten, 55. "I’m a carpenter, member of the carpenter’s union Local 157 NY out of work for two months. I’m just fed up with corporate greed and the way the financial situation is screwed up, banks in Europe and here, and who’s paying for it? The taxpayers are paying for it. I hope something good comes from this, it’s a very good movement."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:57:26 +0000

Brian Bruten, 55. "I’m a carpenter, member of the carpenter’s union Local 157 NY out of work for two months. I’m just fed up with corporate greed and the way the financial situation is screwed up, banks in Europe and here, and who’s paying for it? The taxpayers are paying for it. I hope something good comes from this, it’s a very good movement."
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Kevin Sheneberger, 28. "It doesn’t matter if you’re an anarchist or a libertarian or whatever, you have to get money out of politics before you can do anything and you have to castrate the corporations before you can affect any change. As long as they can control the political process nothing that we do through politics is actually going to mean anything."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:57:45 +0000

Kevin Sheneberger, 28. "It doesn’t matter if you’re an anarchist or a libertarian or whatever, you have to get money out of politics before you can do anything and you have to castrate the corporations before you can affect any change. As long as they can control the political process nothing that we do through politics is actually going to mean anything."
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Joshua Duford, 25. "I would like to see the entire government and all the corporations get torn down or at bare minimum they allow us to get our own little piece of land and they can do their devil work out here and we can do our own thing over there cause this just ain’t workin no more."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:58:06 +0000

Joshua Duford, 25. "I would like to see the entire government and all the corporations get torn down or at bare minimum they allow us to get our own little piece of land and they can do their devil work out here and we can do our own thing over there cause this just ain’t workin no more."
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Barbara Quist. "Over 60". "I want America back. I have seen what’s been happening to it over the years and it’s very distressing. Stop wars, stop fracking, stop the corporatism- there’s a lot. There is so much I could go on forever that needs to be corrected in this country. I love the country but it’s so off course at this point in time that it’s going to fall over."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:58:28 +0000

Barbara Quist. "Over 60". "I want America back. I have seen what’s been happening to it over the years and it’s very distressing. Stop wars, stop fracking, stop the corporatism- there’s a lot. There is so much I could go on forever that needs to be corrected in this country. I love the country but it’s so off course at this point in time that it’s going to fall over."
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Daniel, 19. "What brought me here was the corruption of our government by those who control Wall Street, by those who control how we produce our entire society. And it’s just such an injustice that the voices of the average citizen are drowned out, that public decisions are based on the weight of a man’s wallet and not the weight of his argument."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:58:45 +0000

Daniel, 19. "What brought me here was the corruption of our government by those who control Wall Street, by those who control how we produce our entire society. And it’s just such an injustice that the voices of the average citizen are drowned out, that public decisions are based on the weight of a man’s wallet and not the weight of his argument."
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Nan Terrie, 18. "We brought the power to them, brought the money to them with our own sweat and worked hard for them to be where they’re at and we have power to pull them down. They don’t want to listen to us? We’re protesting nicely. If that doesn’t work, we’ll try another method. We’re not going to give up because we are indeed the 99%."

Thu, 27 Oct 2011 01:59:07 +0000

Nan Terrie, 18. "We brought the power to them, brought the money to them with our own sweat and worked hard for them to be where they’re at and we have power to pull them down. They don’t want to listen to us? We’re protesting nicely. If that doesn’t work, we’ll try another method. We’re not going to give up because we are indeed the 99%."
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