Cenk: We’re here at Occupy Wall Street, but let’s get a little more specific.
What’s here?
Guide: So this is Zuccotti Park, what we call “Liberty Square.”
I’m going to take you around this way.
I want to introduce you to our main stations.
We have main working stations.
I brought you there earlier.
That’s our media and outreach info station.
This is our Latin table—all of our literature written in Spanish.
And they provide translations for any Spanish speaking people.
Cenk: Excellent Guide: We’re working on more groups.
German and such.
The next station I’m taking you to is our kitchen.
It’s huge!
Everybody loves to eat.
(She laughs).
Cenk: (Laughs) You have to eat.
People have been here for a month.
Guide: That’s right!
We have to keep our energy up.
We have Ben and Jerry’s here.
Actual Ben and Jerry’s.
Right here!
Under this huge umbrella.
We’re scooping out tons and tons and tons of ice cream here.
Ben and Jerry’s.
They wanted to help out, they slept here, they rocked out and gave us tons and tons
of ice cream for everybody.
This is our kitchen here.
We have an awesome system that takes our dishwater out and converts it into water that will feed
plants.
Mobile Design Lab.
They hooked us up.
Cenk: So what do you do with the water here?
Guide: This filters our dishwater.
So we take the bad shit out of there so we can water our plants.
It’s awesome!
These people have been around for a while: Mobile Design Lab.
This is bringing people together.
People who believe in the right thing, caring for the Earth.
People who are environmentally—hey Current TV—Al Gore, you know about this.
To Al Gore: we’re on it!
We’re on it!
Cenk: Al Gore, we’re on it.
Guide: My name is Cynthia Villareal.
I’ve lived in New York for fifteen years.
I’m from Chicago.
I do freelance make-up.
Hey, I can do your make-up!
I work on independent films.
Since this started I haven’t taken any projects because I feel like this is my job right now.
I love it.
Cenk: So you’re actually sleeping here?
Guide: Yeah, check it out.
I just got this awesome sleeping bag.
Someone just donated these military sleeping bags.
I got one, and it’s awesome.
I feel most comfortable in outreach and info.
That’s what I’m doing right now.
Cenk: Well, you’re doing a great job.
Guide: Thank-you!
I love it!
Cenk: So Cynthia, are tents allowed or they’re not allowed?
Guide: They’re not allowed, but we’re not breaking the law, it’s a park rule.
Cenk: It’s a whole city, man.
Guide: Yeah.
Now I’m going to take you to the comfort zone.
It’s where they hook us up with clothes, shoes, earplugs—we’re receiving excellent
donations.
We have our extra supplies in a warehouse now, that’s actually how many donations
we’ve got.
What’s up?
Good to see you again!
We’re getting a lot of coverage from NBC believe it or not.
So this is our comfort station.
We just put out shit—clothing donations—this is the comfort zone.
We have shoes, we have brushes, shit like that, we have sleeves.
Everyone’s working so hard to organize it and keep it together.
Cenk: So anything here you can take?
Guide: Whatever’s here, you are welcome to drop off or take.
We have an abundance to share.
We are, however, organizing a way where people who are actually occupying, like myself—people
who sleep here, who need these things, get these things so we can keep this thing going.
It’s grassroots.
It’s only been one month and it’s coming together.
Cenk: Yeah, it’s amazing.
Guide: Check it out.
We have this awesome station we call Nick at Night.
They roll free cigarettes, they’re donations.
They’ve got this awesome light that says “Nick at Night.”
It’s a hang-out.
It’s awesome.
Girl: I want to say thank-you to the Young Turks.
You’re one of the first shows to give us fair and honest coverage of what’s been
going on.
You’re one of the first to cover us, long before the mainstream media was.
Someone had put a hash-tag “Occupy Wall Street” on my facebook page, and you guys
were one of the first I came to get my information from.
And you guys have been a real part of this movement the past three weeks.
Thank-you so much.
Cenk: Thank-you.
What’s your name?
Girl: My name’s Collette.
Collette McCaugherty.
You guys have been awesome.
Thank-you so much.
Cenk: You, too.
Thank-you.
Girl: Love the Young Turks.
Love them!
Guide: This is our pride right now.
Our pride is the sanitation station.
Know why?
Sanitation was one of our problems before we got the eviction.
They work around the clock cleaning the shit up all day, all night.
They rock!
This is our sanity.
The sanitation station.
We love you!
Cenk: They’re your stars.
They saved the day.
Man: I used to see him on CNN, NBC.
I used to watch him every day at three o’ clock.
It was so cool!
I was like, “this guy’s going to be on TV.”
I knew they were going to get you!
I knew it!
He says, “Yeah, I move my hands too much.”
I said, “So what?
Move your hands!
Move your hands all you want!”
Then he started moving his hands and they took him off the air.
I was so hurt!
Then they put Al Sharpton on, man?
Al Sharpton is a sell-out, kid!
Man 2: How you doing?
I watch your show all the time, and I fucking love it.
Cenk: Thank-you, man.
What’s your name?
Man 2: My name’s Daul.
Daul.
Cenk: Good to meet you, man.
Man 2: Sam here.
Same here, same here.
Man 1: And I watch you and Anna.
You all are so funny and entertaining— Girl 2: I saw what you did on that Erin Burnette
show.
It was hilarious.
Cenk: Thank-you, thank-you.
Guide: It’s like an amusement park.
There are so many people coming through, it’s hard to have the meetings here.
But we still have the one important meeting here.
The G.A.
The General Assembly every night at seven.
That’s where we bring up our issues, and everyone is invited.
Everybody has a voice there.
Cenk: Where’s the General Assembly held?
Guide: You see that big, red structure?
On that side of the park, over by the stairs.
Cenk: So we just did a tour of the entire Occupy Wall Street compound.
Cynthia gave us the lay of the land, and I feel good about it.
Now I know where to go if I need stuff.
It’s amazing.
It’s like a whole city here, and it’s all cooperative.
They did it from scratch.
They basically reinvented the wheel.
And it’s all cooperative.
It’s an amazing thing, man.
We’ll keep documenting as we go throughout the week.