NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hundreds of people marched on Wall Street to campaign for an array of issues, including economic justice, and diversity and inclusion, in downtown New York on Thursday. “We’re coming to Wall Street instead of Washington this year,” said Reverend Al Sharpton, one of the event’s organizers. He accused Wall Street of benefiting […]
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Wall Street march draws Al Sharpton, campaigners for economic justice, diversity
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NEW YORK (Reuters) -Hundreds of people marched on Wall Street to campaign for an array of issues, including economic justice, and diversity and inclusion, in downtown New York on Thursday.
“We’re coming to Wall Street instead of Washington this year,” said Reverend Al Sharpton, one of the event’s organizers. He accused Wall Street of benefiting from government tax cuts at the expense of programs such as Medicaid and food assistance.
“Corporate elites are running America, and we want to try and do something about that,” said Jackie Barham, a marcher who attended with other members of Brooklyn Baptist Church. “One of my main concerns is corporate greed right now and how we have so many people that are making so much money, and their interest in the government.”
Protesters chanted, “No justice, no peace.” Some held signs that read “Billionaires back off,” and “We want economic justice.”
The march was convened to “push back on corporate America’s retreat from diversity, equity, and inclusion under pressure from the Trump administration, and spotlight the economic power of Black communities,” its organizers said in a statement before the event.
(Reporting by Lananh Nguyen, Christine Kiernan and Hussein Alwaaile in New YorkEditing by Rod Nickel)