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17 May 2024

Seeger, Guthrie join Wall Street protest

Demonstrators sympathetic to the Occupy Wall Street protests sing at a brief acoustic concert featuring activist musician Pete Seeger in Columbus Circle, on Saturday in New York (AP)

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Folk music legend Pete Seeger and '60s folk singer Arlo Guthrie have joined Occupy Wall Street demonstrators in their campaign against corporate greed while residents near the protest park encampment are pushing to regain some peace and quiet in their neighborhood.

Seeger joined in the Occupy Wall Street protest Friday night, replacing his banjo with two canes as he marched with throngs of people in New York City's tony Upper West Side past banks and shiny department stores. The 92-year-old Seeger shouted out the verses of protest anthems as the crowd of about 1,000 people sang and chanted.

But some residents complain of protesters urinating in the streets and beating drums in the middle of the night. Some are calling for the protesters to vacate the park.