At the edge of the UN security perimeter, those with causes (and signs) try to be heard

By MICHAEL WEISSENSTEIN
Associated Press

NEW YORK (AP) — The U.N. General Assembly, the most inherently international event, is also the most American. It’s a place where people raised unfree come to speak out because they can. In official protest locations and just plain street corners this week, the heavily secured streets outside the United Nations complex were filled this week with people who said they were there protesting injustice. They acknowledged that their action might not make a direct, immediate difference at home. But in many cases, that seemed secondary. Simply to be there and to represent seemed their most important priority.