NY protesters line up against US unemployment

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People dress as forclosed homes during in a protest in New York. An estimated 5,000 demonstrators formed a three-mile (five-kilometer) line in downtown New York Tuesday to protest unemployment in the United States, an event aimed at drawing notice during the "Super Tuesday" primaries. (AFP Photo/Timothy A. Clary)

AFP – 9 hrs ago

An estimated 5,000 demonstrators formed a three-mile (five-kilometer) line in downtown New York Tuesday to protest unemployment in the United States, an event aimed at drawing notice during the "Super Tuesday" primaries.

The marchers carried pink slips, the traditional symbol of job layoffs, as they formed a procession from Wall Street to Union Square along Broadway, a distance of some three miles, or five kilometers, in a 14-minute protest.

"We are forming a single line to represent the 14 million unemployed in America. It's a representation of an unemployment line, the longest unemployment line in the world," said Yana Landowne, one of the organizers.

Known as "The Line," the protest is a repeat of a 2004 event and was organized by artists and activists from unions, theatrical groups, and a variety of other citizen groups including Occupy Wall Street.

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