To occupy Wall Street is one thing, but to stay is another. "Occupy Wall Street" protesters on Monday are expressing their funding and sheltering needs, as well as requests for ponchos and tents for the coming rainy days.

"Corner of Liberty st. and Broadway. Food and Democracy are free," Occupy Wall Street website posted Monday as the number of protesters dwindled to 200 from the Saturday peak of 1,000.

For the tenacious protesters determined for a long haul, the movement's General Assembly has called for help -- "We need ideas and input about how to solve the bedding situation. We continue to have people who are cold overnight. It is necessary to come up with strategies of how to make sure our sleepers are warm and comfortable," read a statement from NYC General Assembly.  

Occupy Wall Street, a leaderless resistance movement, was published by activist magazine Adbusters on July 13, and since then, people from groups such as the NYC General Assembly and U.S. Day of Rage have participated to organize the event. "The one thing we all have in common is that We Are The 99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of the 1%," states its website. 

The movement was inspired by the protests and revolutions seen around the world this year.  In the Middle East, the revolutions were against oppressive regimes.  In Europe, the protests were against austerity measures.

In the U.S., the main theme of "Occupy Wall Street" is taking out the corrupting influence of money from politics.

The AdBusters post that spawned the movement called Wall Street "the greatest corrupter of our democracy" and "the financial Gomorrah of America." 

According to the Torah, divine judgment was passed by Yahweh upon the kingdoms of Sodom and Gomorrah, and they were completely consumed by fire and brimstone. In Christian and Islamic traditions, Sodom and Gomorrah have become synonymous with impenitent sin, and their fall with the manifestation of God's wrath.

Occupy Wall Street organizers initially hoped to see as many as 20,000 people "to flood into lower Manhattan, set up beds, kitchens, peaceful barricades and occupy Wall Street for a few months." While the protesters have no permission for their demonstration, the New York Police Department hasn't planned to remove those determined to stay on the streets. 

Here are some photos from the protests in Lower Manhattan, which the protesters hope to turn into an "American Tahrir Square." 

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Following the release of a video allegedly showing a policeman macing a group of Occupy Wall Street protesters, Anonymous has released a slew of statements naming and shaming the officer caught on tape.

The real issue there was food.
When the protesters tweeted to the world that they were hungry, a nearby pizzeria received $2,800 in orders for delivery in a single hour, says the Guardian.

Better prepared this time.

Quite a spectacle.

Protesters hold up signs during a demonstration.

New reports indicate that at least seven individuals have been arrested during Adbusters' ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest, one for wearing the "V" mask used by hacker collective Anonymous.

An Occupy Wall Street group discussion in Lower Manhattan.

Occupy Wall Street activists make their views known in New York City.

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