It was early and the traffic, as always, was slow moving into downtown Friday morning.
Jul 31, 2020226.3K Shares3.4M Views
It was early and the traffic, as always, was slow moving into downtown Friday morning. Those minor hassles of daily life were not, however, on the minds of area workers and residents who came to speak about larger issues of economic inequality, corporate political influence and the state of the nation.
The demonstrators were the outgrowth of an Occupy Wall Street movement that started in New York more than three weeks ago. They plan to occupy the site in downtown Minneapolis indefinitely.
Their manifesto: “If you are struggling; if you have lost your job, or your home; if you have seen your child unjustly incarcerated; if you are homeless, living without health care, or drowning in debt; if you work full time but still are unable to afford food to feed your family; if you feel no one is listening to you; if you are fed up with the direction this country is going in — then you are one of the 99 percent. We are talking to you. Come and join us! This is your chance to be heard.”
Award-winning photojournalist Kathy Easthagen captured these scenes from the “occupation” of the Twin Cities on Friday morning.