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Occupy Wall Street activists2 took their protest against social inequality and corporate3 greed to New York’s Financial District Thursday, as police kept demonstrators from Wall Street itself. Minor4 skirmishes reported between protesters and police.
Police used barricades5 to shunt demonstrators around Wall Street, and to disperse6 what began as a march of several hundred people into a number of smaller groups. Protesters carried signs denouncing what they believe to be a wealthy one percent of Americans that have corrupted7 the country’s political and economic system with money.
Some minor skirmishes erupted between police and protesters who failed to move where they were told.
Trading at the New York Stock Exchange was not disrupted, as stockbrokers8 and other financial workers with proper IDs were allowed through barricades into the heart of the Financial District. Many of those workers say Occupy activists make some valid9 points, but that the movement is wrong to blame capitalism10 for the country’s political and economic problems. Bob Costello, an IT consultant11 with The Federal Reserve Bank, criticizes Occupy activists for lack of focus.
“They want to express the anger, but there’s no way to satisfy that anger," said Costello. "Personally, I think they ought to be in Washington in front of Congress going, ‘maybe we should get our Congressman12 to get the companies out of their pockets.’ Because that’s what this is about, right?”
Occupy activist1 and barber shop owner Severin Dickson says the movement got its message out even if Thursday’s march failed to literally13 occupy Wall Street.
“I think this is just the very beginning," said Dickson. "It’s not a fad14, it’s not a phase. It’s a structural15 problem.”
As Dickson sees it, the structural problem involves moneyed and corporate interests that are buying political influence at the expense of ordinary people who need jobs, health insurance and education.
Thursday’s march was held to mark two months since the beginning of the Occupy movement, which has now spread to scores of American cities and around the world.
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1 activist | |
n.活动分子,积极分子 | |
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n.(政治活动的)积极分子,活动家( activist的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.共同的,全体的;公司的,企业的 | |
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adj.较小(少)的,较次要的;n.辅修学科;vi.辅修 | |
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5 barricades | |
路障,障碍物( barricade的名词复数 ) | |
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6 disperse | |
vi.使分散;使消失;vt.分散;驱散 | |
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7 corrupted | |
(使)败坏( corrupt的过去式和过去分词 ); (使)腐化; 引起(计算机文件等的)错误; 破坏 | |
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8 stockbrokers | |
n.股票经纪人( stockbroker的名词复数 ) | |
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adj.有确实根据的;有效的;正当的,合法的 | |
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10 capitalism | |
n.资本主义 | |
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11 consultant | |
n.顾问;会诊医师,专科医生 | |
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12 Congressman | |
n.(美)国会议员 | |
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adv.照字面意义,逐字地;确实 | |
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n.时尚;一时流行的狂热;一时的爱好 | |
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adj.构造的,组织的,建筑(用)的 | |
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