One year later, the Occupy movmement is mostly low-key, with individual causes

Underneath the weathered tent canopy a man lets call him Steve sits at a table.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

INSIDE THE TENT

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.

There were hard-core activists there, before the protests became fashionable for college students and housewives.

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One year later, the Occupy movmement is mostly low-key, with individual causes