Hunkered Down Inside #OccupyWallStreet

—By Josh Harkinson and the Mother Jones news team

| Fri Oct. 7, 2011 12:38 PM PDT
A protester keeps the jam going in Zuccotti Park. Photo: Jacob Blickenstaff

A topless model the Tea Party should see, grandmas who dig rap music, and Ron Paul supporters everywhere: As of Saturday, MoJo's Josh Harkinson is camping out in Zuccotti Park, and we're collecting his dispatches and other #OWS must reads below, using Storify. Read on for much more.

Also, don't miss the rest of MoJo's coverage: Meet the activists who created "We Are the 99 Percent"; check out the former Obama blogger who scorned the protesters until he joined them; explore our interactive map of protest hot spots nationwide; and more.

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