Protests against corporate power in the US have spread to Washington DC, with hundreds occupying Freedom Plaza in the city centre to demand progressive reform.
The Stop the Machine rally joined Occupy DC, whose members have been camping since 1 October in a square nearby the White House and lobbying firms, BBC reports.
Many protesters carried placards and listened to speeches from activists railing against inequality, corporate greed, as well as the American-led wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, CNN reports.
The protests came a day before The US marks the 10th anniversary of the start of the Afghanistan war.
News that makes sense
Your trusted source for staying up-to-date with the world around you. Get free daily news updates and analysis, straight to your inbox.
Protests are also continuing in several other cities, including Houston, San Antonio, Philadelphia, Sacramento and Los Angeles, where about 500 union members, students, activists and others marched.
The protests have slowly grown in size and attention over more than two weeks, from a sleeping bag-strewn base in a city park, to President Barack Obama acknowledging them as a sign of a possible political movement at a news conference today.
The Occupy Wall Street protests started on 17 September, with a few dozen demonstrators who tried to pitch tents in front of the New York Stock Exchange.
The protesters have varied causes and no single set of demands, but speak most often about unemployment and economic inequality, reserving much of their strongest criticism for Wall Street.
We are the 99 percent," they chanted, contrasting themselves with the wealthiest one percent of Americans.
