Flood Wall Street

The day after the Peoples Climate March, I jumped on a Citibike and rode down to Battery Park, hoping to catch a glimpse of my hero, Naomi Klein, at the Flood Wall Street protest.

The carbon bubble makes its way toward Wall Street

I got there too late to hear her - but the event was so fun, and so captivating, and so important, that I decided to stick around. (I drew the line, though, at risking arrest. This didn't seem like the right time or place for that.) I met Tim deChristopher, and got to experience the 'human mic' (a really cool legacy of the Occupy Wall Street movement - enabling large groups of people to hear one person without a microphone.) 

Organizers use the "human mic" technique, developed during the Occupy movement, to prepare protestors for non-violent action at Flood Wall Street - a day of action after the Peoples Climate March, to draw attention to the root economic causes of climate chaos.

Flooding Wall Street

Tim deChristopher and Democracy Now's Amy Goodman at Flood Wall Street

Flood Wall Street protestors peacefully removing the NYPD barriers to allow access

Flood Wall Street protestors commandeer a tourist bus - to the delight of everyone inside the barricades

I'd been wondering when, oh when, we were going to start getting some climate action protest music - and at Flood Wall Street I finally got to hear some! We sang two songs - both of them catchy and spiritual and easy to learn. Here's one of them: