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Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a left-wing populist movement against economic inequality, corporate greed, big finance, and the influence of money in politics that began in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Financial District, and lasted for fifty-nine days—from September 17 to November 15, 2011.
Protester on September 28, 2011. The following is a timeline of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), a protest which began on September 17, 2011 [1] on Wall Street, the financial district of New York City and included the occupation of Zuccotti Park, where protesters established a permanent encampment.
Assemblies were used during the planning stage of Occupy Wall Street, with the first one taking place by the Wall Street Bull on 2 August 2011. [ 11 ] [ 12 ] The first general assembly of Occupy Wall Street itself took place in New York on the day of the movement's launch, September 17, 2011.
On this day in 2011, the movement that became known as Occupy Wall Street started in New York City. Other Events on September 17th: 1862: The important Civil War Battle of Antietam took place in ...
We've presented our conclusions from our trip to the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York's Zuccotti Park last week, as well as some of the protest signs we liked.Below is video footage of our ...
Three weeks after it began, Occupy Wall Street is getting its second wind. While the much-ballyhooed Radiohead concert turned out to be a hoax, the group is riding a wave of celebrity support, and ...
The Occupy Wall Street protests began in New York City on 17 September 2011. [321] By 9 October, similar demonstrations were either ongoing or had been held in 70 major cities and over 600 communities across the U.S. [ 16 ] The movement rejects existing political institutions and attempts to create alternative ones through direct action and ...
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.