"What they're trying to do is take the jobs away from people working in this city," the mayor declared in his harshest criticism of the three-week-old protest that has caught the attention of the nation.
"They're trying to take away the tax base we have because none of this is good for tourism."
..............President Barack Obama on Thursday defended the protesters, saying they expressed "the frustrations that the American people feel. People are frustrated and the protesters are giving voice to a more broad-based frustration about how our financial system works." [end excerpt]
A timeline of the Occupy Wall Street movement:....................
How the Occupy Wall Street movement utilizes social media:........
What began as a call for Americans to gather in New York's Financial District has given rise to like-minded actions nationwide. Click on the dots for details from over 99 locations (last updated: October 6, 3pm PST):
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Map production by Samantha Oltman and Tasneem Raja.
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