Press Release

S15-S16-S17: All Roads Lead to Wall Street!

We need you this Monday – join thousands of other New Yorkers to call out Wall Street one more time!

September 17 is almost here — it’s been four years since the criminal bailout of Wall Street and one year since we let our voices be heard in Zuccotti Park with Occupy Wall Street.

Labor and community groups are planning a support rally and speak-out at Zuccotti Park on Monday at Noon under the banner of “The 99% Return.”  Meet us in Zuccotti Park/Liberty Square at Noon on Monday!

Occupy changed the debate in the USA and gave a huge push to our fights for the 99%.  From taxing millionaires to raising wages, creating jobs and a stronger economy while holding Wall Street and the 1% accountable for their destruction of the economy, OWS stood with us and we stood with them.  And in many cases, we began to gain ground for the first time in years, helped by a broader public understanding of the huge division between the 99% and the 1% in our country.

OWS and allies like us will celebrate the one-year anniversary of the occupation on September 17th.  And it’s important that New York community and labor activists, leaders & organizers help make the anniversary something that sends a strong message across the City, across the State, all over the country and around the world.

For the anniversary, September 15, 16 and 17, under the banner All Roads Lead to Wall Street three days of education, celebration and resistance to economic injustice are planned — with convergences and assemblies, concerts, and some of OWS’s famous direct action planned for 7AM on September 17 (also known as S17) at the New York Stock Exchange.

You can check the schedule online for events and opportunities to plug in s17nyc.org/schedule.

Labor and community groups are planning a support rally and speak-out at Zuccotti Park on Monday at Noon under the banner of “The 99% Return.”  Meet us in Zuccotti Park/Liberty Square at Noon on Monday!

Join us there for sure – and bring your family, friends and coworkers to demonstrate support for Occupy and to demand economic fairness for the 99% in this election year and in the years to come.

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Saturday, Sept 15 - Washington Square Park
These day’s events are about connecting with a broader community of change-makers in NYC and folks coming in from around the country about issues that matter to you most.
12:30-4pm: Assembly and thematic break outs INCLUDING LABOR ASSEMBLY. 4-6pm: Check out the info tables, teach-ins and other workshops. There’s something for everyone. 4-6:30pm: Direct Action & Know Your Rights Training. 7:30-9pm: Debt Resistors’ Operation Manual Book Launch Event.

Sunday, Sept 16 Most events around Foley Square
10am-1pm:Spectra Frack Pipeline Blast Zone March with the Occupy Guitarmy (Assembly Point: Spectra Energy Pipeline Construction Site, Gansevoort and Hudson River Greenway). 1pm-6pm: OWS Anniversary Concert:  (Foley Square, south of Thomas Paine on Worth St. between Lafayette and Centre), 6:30pm: Direct Action & Know Your Rights Training.7:30pm: Occupy Rosh Hashanah Services.

Monday, Sept 17 - For updates please text @S17NYC to 23559
*7amThe People’s Wall: A non-violent civil disobedience at the Stock Exchange 7am - 99 Revolutions: a swirl of mobile intersection occupations throughout the Financial District which will start after the first call to disperse by NYPD from People’s Wall Action. 12-2pm: The 99% Return to Wall Street @ Liberty Square. 6-8pmPopular Assembly @ Foley Square