Activists gathered in New York on Tuesday to mark the second anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, the protest movement against economic inequality. Demonstrators marched near the New York Stock Exchange and the United Nations, highlighting a call for taxing Wall Street transactions and directing the funds to public causes. Nellie Bailey of the United National Antiwar Coalition said the anniversary of Occupy is a time to look forward in the struggle for social change.

Nellie Bailey: “The most important lesson learned is that we must continue the fight. We must intensify the fight. We must have more people in the streets. That’s the lesson. And we can wax nostalgia all we want, as to who was there, you remember that day, or whatever, but that’s not going to get it, if we want to bring about those fundamental changes in as much of a revolutionary fashion as possible. If we move ahead with organizing, educating and hitting the streets, that’s the lesson. Those are the lessons.”