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Occupy Seattle protesters are planning a Silent Flash March in downtown Seattle on Monday. Participants plan to wear dollar bills taped to their mouths. (AP Photo/file)

Occupy Seattle protesters organizing Silent Flash March Monday

BY KIRO Radio Staff  on September 17, 2012 @ 6:59 am (Updated: 8:42 am - 9/17/12 )

Occupy Seattle protesters are planning a Silent Flash March in downtown Seattle on Monday.

The march to mark the one-year anniversary of Occupy Wall Street will begin at 6:30 p.m. at Westlake Park.

Organizers are asking participants to bring a dollar bill to be taped over their mouths.

"Right now, with every dollar we spend, we give corporations more and more influence over our politics, over our healthcare, our government, our society, and our future. With every dollar we give them more and more influence over our daily lives," says the message demonstrators plan to hand out at the march. "Together let us reclaim our voices with silence."

The march is meant to be totally silent, with organizers recommending participants don't chant, speak or sing, and instead, "make our point by making eye contact with as many of the people we pass as possible and holding it just a little too long."

Occupy Wall Street protesters have also been marching in small groups around Manhattan's financial district to mark the anniversary of the grass-roots movement.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.

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  • It's me! Ha ha! wrote...
    Good Monday morning Left wing Parrots!
    September 17, 2012 7:14 am
    How are your Dear Leader re immaculation chances this week?
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  • TwoTrees wrote...
    "The march is meant to be totally silent..."
    September 17, 2012 7:16 am
    Well, I guess there's that.
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  • anotherfencewalker wrote...
    "Silent Flash March"..
    September 17, 2012 7:57 am
    I wonder how many of these "protesters" will have to take time off their jobs, where they get company paid health care and benefits so they can protest companys who pay health care and provide benefits..?
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  • William P wrote...
    Silent Flash March
    September 17, 2012 8:03 am
    These "occupy" protesters typically do not work therefore they will not need to take time off work. All of their benefits are state funded by you and I.
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  • RonJ wrote...
    These "protesters"
    September 17, 2012 8:06 am
    have no clue what they are protesting or who.
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  • Splinge wrote...
    At least their consistent on one thing...
    September 17, 2012 9:35 am
    The occupiers are consistently marching for a cause they don't fully understand or won't admit... They go half way to understanding why things are the way they are but won't come to the conclusion. Because it points right back to their party...
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  • Lonestar wrote...
    Dave Ross said it best
    September 17, 2012 10:07 am
    Young men without jobs will always find some mischief to get into.
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