Underneath the weathered tent canopy a man lets call him Steve sits at a table. <\/p>\n
Behind him the broad steps of the Capitol march toward the towering Rotunda, on top of which the statute of Commonwealth gazes over Third Street. <\/p>\n
Steve is wearing a tie-dyed shirt, the same shirt he wore yesterday and the day before that. He is surrounded by the physical props of protest. Anti-fracking, anti-Wall Street signs hang from the canopy, while pamphlets on social inequity are ready for handing out. <\/p>\n
With barely a glance at the Occupy Harrisburg protest where Steve is sitting, lobbyists and legislators walk by in their tailored suits and golden watches. <\/p>\n
It had been 340-odd days since protesters in Harrisburg started their occupation, now the second-longest in the nation. The title of longest belongs to Fresno, Calif. <\/p>\n
Today in New York there will be marches and protests to mark the one-year anniversary of the movement. Many of the key figures still active in the Occupy Harrisburg movement are planning on being there. <\/p>\n
In Harrisburg there are no plans for demonstrations or street marches. But at the marble feet of the edifice of state governance, the protest will continue. A lonely outpost of lonely men and women whom society has largely written off. <\/p>\n
INSIDE THE TENT <\/p>\n
In New York City, the protesters have long since been cleared out, most returning to their loft apartments, their houses or wherever they came from to be a part of the massive protests that captured the nations attention a year ago. <\/p>\n
There were hard-core activists there, before the protests became fashionable for college students and housewives. <\/p>\n<\/p>\n
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