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Occupy Wall Street activists disseminated their movement updates through a variety of mediums, including social media, print magazines, newspapers, film, radio and live stream. Like much of Occupy, many of these alternative media projects were collectively managed, while autonomous from the decision-making bodies of Occupy Wall Street. [92] [93]
The report was released just as concerns of the Occupy Wall Street movement were beginning to enter the national political debate. [56] According to the CBO, between 1979 and 2007 the incomes of the top 1% of Americans grew by an average of 275%.
The movement's lofty goals of creating a more equitable economy have gone unfulfilled, but the politics of "the 99 percent" have gained traction over the past decade.
During February 2010, a communique titled "After the Fall: COMMUNIQUÉS FROM OCCUPIED CALIFORNIA" was published that analyzed and summarized an autumn of radical action in terms that resonated with the later Occupy Wall Street movement/tactic. [26] Occupy Wall Street (OWS) began on September 17, 2011, in New York City's Zuccotti Park in the ...
Though Occupy Wall Street is fading from the public eye, one of its offshoots continues to garner attention, carrying the torch as perhaps the most potent legacy of a movement that's largely cooled.
On Monday, the Occupy Wall Street movement celebrated its first birthday amid a flurry of glitter and a spate of arrests. The attendance numbers are way down from last year's occupation, and the ...
Since then the Tea Party and Occupy movement have altered the political landscape. [66] [67] January 10 – Hundreds of Occupy Wall Street protesters reentered Zuccotti Park after the barricades surrounding the park were removed. NYPD is enforcing new rules set by the owner that protesters are not allowed to lie down or sleep in the park.
Occupy Money Cooperative In 2011, the Occupy Wall Street movement took the financial industry to task for greed and corruption. Yet two years later, an offshoot from the movement is now looking to ...