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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.
It was renamed Occupy Wall Street after the idea publicized on an email list [118] on 13 July 2011 by Vancouver-based non-profit Canadian group Adbusters. [40] [119] [120] The Occupy Wall Street protests began on 17 September 2011 in downtown Manhattan. [121]
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]
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 ...
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.
Occupy Charlottesville is a social movement in Charlottesville, Virginia, that began on October 15, 2011, [79] in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street and the rest of the Occupy movement. The downtown Lee Park encampment was taken down on November 30, 2011, when 18 members of the movement were arrested and charged with trespassing. [80]
By Chris Francescani NEW YORK, Sept 17 - A few hundred Occupy Wall Street activists gathered in New York's financial district on Monday but police kept them well back from the New York Stock ...
Protesters during day fourteen of Occupy Wall Street (September 30, 2011) Occupy Directory Map The Occupy Wall Street protests, which started in 2011, inspired a wide international response. There have been hundreds of Occupy movement protests worldwide over time, intended and organized as non-violent protest against the wealthy, as well as ...