Wall Street Protesters Occupy Subway in Harlem
November 18, 2011 7:05am | By Jeff Mays, DNAinfo Reporter/Producer
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Thousands of Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered in Foley Square. (DNAinfo/Jeff Mays)
HARLEM — Nearly 100 Occupy Wall Street protesters gathered at 125th Street and St. Nicholas Avenue Thursday afternoon to take the C train Downtown, where they joined thousands of other protesters at Foley Square.
Along the way, the protesters, participating in a "Day of Action" to mark Occupy Wall Street's two-month anniversary, explained to passengers on the train why they were demonstrating.
"The idea is to alert more of the communities that are not on the front lines at Zuccotti Park, but on the front lines of poverty," said Walter Adler, 27.
The protesters went from car to car handing out fliers and chanting, "We are the 99 percent. And so are you."
"We are in a struggle for jobs and justice, and we need to fight for that justice," said 85-year-old Monnie Callan.
Other participants included a man with a graduate degree who said he relied on "food stamps and my parents" to survive, because he couldn't find a job.
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