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Flood Wall Street Protesters Assemble In New York (PHOTOS)

PHOTOS: 'Flood Wall Street' Protesters Assemble In New York

A day after the People's Climate March filled the streets of New York, a smaller group of protesters are engaging in non-violent, direct action against climate change. By conducting a sit-in on the steps of the New York Stock Exchange and blocking lower Broadway, organizers say they are confronting "the system that both causes and profits from the crisis that is threatening humanity."

The protest does not have a permit, and some participants have pledged to risk arrest during the sit-in.

Pictures from the group's assembly at Battery Park, the march to Wall Street and a blockade of Broadway are already appearing on social media. Follow #FloodWallStreet on Twitter and Instagram for more live updates. Watch a live-stream from StopMotionsolo above.

UPDATE -- 4:15 p.m.: At least one protestor has been arrested according to Newsweek's Zoe Schlanger and there are reports that pepper spray has been used by the NYPD. Protesters had moved to the blocked entrance to Wall Street, attempting to remove barriers and get past police.

Just minutes ago: Cops holding barricades back as protesters try to get to Wall Street. #FloodWallStreet pic.twitter.com/sUOV4NKVkj

— Miki (@MikiTakesPhotos) September 22, 2014

I saw pepper spray fired fairly indiscriminately across the barricade.

— Nick Pinto (@macfathom) September 22, 2014

Elliot Nelson, 25, is from St. Paul. He's a Industrial Workers Worldwide union member. pic.twitter.com/yaicz6lTSq

— Zoë Schlanger (@zoeschlanger) September 22, 2014

Breaking: Police pepper spray #FloodWallStreet protesters #PeopleClimateMarch pic.twitter.com/OiQwppZsTJ

— Jeff Rae (@jeffrae) September 22, 2014

#FloodWallStreet crowd builds at the Battery pic.twitter.com/hs4bObDkZ3

— Alex Silverman (@AlexSilverman) September 22, 2014

And now our direct action trainers, Monica and Lisa. #FloodWallStreet pic.twitter.com/M3g4DqmVWF

— Farhad (@Yahktoe) September 22, 2014

#FloodWallStreet - Police are already getting ready for mass arrests pic.twitter.com/inFxn28Vnb

— Global Revolution TV (@GlobalRevLive) September 22, 2014

#floodwallstreet @NaomiAKlein on the peoples mic as the crowd gathers! pic.twitter.com/5DscGU1JpF

— Changes Everything (@thischanges) September 22, 2014

Happening now, #FloodWallStreet is about to leave the park pic.twitter.com/gJWDAy9amp

— Environmental Action (@EnviroAction) September 22, 2014

Massive sit in now #floodwallstreet pic.twitter.com/xAYyVyPBVq

— Dennis Trainor Jr (@dennistrainorjr) September 22, 2014

March is doing a sit-in on Bway now #FloodWallStreet pic.twitter.com/VGzUNP4Xon

— Tim Eastman (@TimBEastman) September 22, 2014

The carbon bubble has arrived on Wall St. #FloodWallStreet pic.twitter.com/5RNLR1Z7Gh

— Jamie Henn (@Agent350) September 22, 2014
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