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Photos From #FloodWallStreet
NYC climate-change protests continue today, with activists now occupying Wall Street to draw attention to its role in the crisis.
"Several thousand" protesters halted traffic around Wall Street in downtown Manhattan this afternoon, according to #FloodWallStreet, an activist group organizing the demonstration. The group is a "coalition of individuals concerned with climate injustices," says Jason Schneider, a spokesman for #FloodWallStreet. The protest follows yesterday's People's Climate March, which drew an estimated 310,000 people to New York City.
The group's official slogan is “Stop Capitalism. End the Climate Crisis,” and draws a direct line between climate change and the big-money interests represented by New York's financial center.