Occupy Wall Street protesters planned to take back Zuccotti Park when an NYC court ruled in favor of Mayor Bloomberg, making the OWS ousting permanent and undoing a temporary restraining order against NYPD interference.

As Occupy protesters take to the streets to protest the ruling on Thursday, relive the day after the early morning police raid: Demonstrators marching to Canal Street, occupying Duarte Park, and moving to re-enter Zuccotti Park, which the Occupy movement had renamed Liberty Square.

Day of Action

Foley Square was supposed to be the site of a day of action on Nov. 15, a celebration of two months spent camping out in New York City's Zuccotti Park. Nov. 15 was supposed to be the day demonstrators' raucous activity truly managed to shut down Wall Street.

Instead, Occupy protesters will forever remember Nov. 15 as the day they were roused from their tents in the earliest hours of the morning, driven out of their encampment by police, and made to watch on the sidelines as the NYPD unceremoniously destroyed all vestiges of the protests, from garden plots to a public library holding some 5,000 books.

We Occupy To Liberate.

To make up for the destruction of Occupy Wall Street's camp, protesters launched a series of counter-moves against Bloomberg and the NYPD, from a brief stint at Foley to a march down to Duarte Park and an attempt to get back into Liberty Square.

Demonstrators spent the entire day adapting and adjusting and even mutating to suit the needs of the moment, making split calls allowable by the same lack of cohesion the Occupy movement has been slammed for in the past. But the secret of the Occupy Wall Street movement is exactly that same lack of cohesion, for it allows the protests to do something crucial: change.

We move forward in the grand tradition of the transformative social movements that have defined American history, Occupy Wall Street organizers said in an official statement on their web site. Today we are stronger than we were yesterday. Tomorrow we will be stronger still. We are breaking free of the fear that constricts and confines us. We occupy to liberate.

Below, see photos of the protesters and hear their stories, both of the early morning raid and the future of OWS and of their own reasons for joining the worldwide protest movement.

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American Flag
An American flag was a bannerhead and rallying point throughout the march to Canal Street. As demonstrators marched, the crowd started up chants. Favorites like "What does democracy look like?" and "We are unstoppable! Another world is possible!" were frequent, but the most utilized chant was this one: "F--k you, Bloomberg!" International Business Times
Marchers Cross Broadway
"Guys!" a protester suddenly shouts. "Look up! Look up!" Four police helicopters monitor the march's progress. "Wave!" protestors shout gleefully. "Wave, you guys!" There is one great surge, one unanimous movement, and a flurry of birds are flipped at the helicopters of New York's finest. International Business Times
quotThis is the moment.quot
"Liberty Square has galvanized the entire world," attorney Mark Ratner told Occupy Wall Street. "This is the moment for our movement to grow." International Business Times
quotA Revolution is Personalquot
Walking with me, Janelle (middle, in black hood) overheard a cop rebuffing a young demonstrator for asking about his family. "Why is it," he says, turning to a fellow officer, "that these people always get so personal?" Janelle flared up. "A revolution," she said, "*is* personal." International Business Times
Duarte Park Fence
Ratner told protesters about the temporary restraining order allowing them back in the park, but still advised caution. "Police may still be a problem," he said. "There is a legal world, and there's the real world. So keep in mind to keep safe, because the NYPD will still f--k with you." International Business Times
Boy on Fence
An Occupy Wall Street protestor listens to organizers at Duarte Park. "All these police guarding the park," one protester said, "are under orders from Mike Bloomberg to violate the law. Our mayor does not believe in democracy." International Business Times
quotMarch Marchquot
Occupy marchers were exhausted, running on zero or (if lucky) a few hours of sleep after the early morning police raid. As the demonstrators prepared to retake Zuccotti Park however, any wait became too long. "We're in this together!" one woman shouted. "We are not one person. We are united!" International Business Times
Court New York Storm New York