What We Saw at Occupy Wall Street's May Day Protest in NYC (feat. Rage Against The Machine's Tom Morello)
Occupy Wall Street held a "General Strike" to commemorate May Day in New York City.
Led by Rage Against the Machine guitarist Tom Morello, the "Guitarmy" of a few thousand people noisily marched 28 blocks down Fifth Avenue toward Union Square Park.
Reason.tv was on the scene to speak with Morello, USMC Sgt. Shamar Thomas (who became a viral video sensation after screaming at NYPD officers during an #OWS protest last year), rival zombie marchers, and a few self-described lefties who've just had it with President Obama.
Runs about 5 minutes.
Produced by Anthony L. Fisher, with camera by Nathan Chaffetz, Sean McElwee, and Fisher.
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Reason's Ed Krayewski filed this report from the scene yesterday. A snippet:
Though this President shares many of the same policies as his predecessor, opposition by the traditional anti-war, anti-corporatist voices that were so frequent and loud during the Bush era have been muted for this President. One woman adamantly explained to us that President Obama is not much better than President Bush, and that she would not be voting for Barack Obama again. Instead, she explained, she'd be voting against Mitt Romney (and for President Obama).