Published on Sep 23, 2014 - One day after the largest climate march in history in New York City, protesters rallied near Wall Street on Monday to highlight the financial industrys role in fueling industries responsible for the air pollution that is causing global warming and climate change. The action came ahead of the one-day United Nations Climate Summit today, where leaders from 125 countries will take part in the first high-level climate talks since Copenhagen nearly five years ago. Dubbed Flood Wall Street, hundreds of protesters dressed in blue held a rowdy sit-in on Broadway just blocks from the U.S. Stock Exchange. The demonstrators occupied the street for more than eight hours until police used tear gas and began arresting some 100 people. Democracy Now! was in the streets to cover the action. Watch our video report to hear some of the voices of people in the demonstration. Watch the full 3-hour special Democracy Now! broadcast from the Peoples Climate March: Learn more about climate change from reports in our vast news archive: Democracy Now!, is an independent global news hour that airs weekdays on 1,200 TV and radio stations Monday through Friday. Watch our livestream 8-9am ET at . Please consider supporting independent media by making a donation to Democracy Now! today: FOLLOW DEMOCRACY NOW! ONLINE: Facebook: Twitter: https://twitter/democracynow YouTube: youtube/democracynow SoundCloud: soundcloud/democracynow Daily Email: /subscribe Google : https://plus.google/ DemocracyNow Instagram: instagram/democracynow
Posted on: Thu, 25 Sep 2014 17:32:58 +0000