Where Did the Occupy Movement Go?
After a rapid growth and a huge amount of media attention, the Occupy movement seems to have just faded away. To many people, the cause and results of the Occupy movement is a bit of…
4 Occupy Protests That Lead to Arrests
Despite the Occupy movement’s dedication to nonviolence, the public disturbances caused by Occupy protests has lead to thousands of arrests in over 100 cities. Even in the first few months of the protests, hundreds of…
What Does “We are the 99%” Mean?
“We are the 99%” is the popular slogan that arose alongside the Occupy Wall Street movement. It is meant to show unity among all but the richest of people in the fight against what is…
Did the Occupy Movement Have Any Impact?
Occupy Wall Street came and went. From the time protesters showed up in Zuccotti Park in lower Manhattan on September 17, 2011 to the time they were forced out of the park on November 15,…
The Ongoing Impact of the Occupy Movement
While the initial protests that sparked the worldwide Occupy movement are all but gone, the ongoing impact of the protests lives on. The social impact has been great, helping alter the public discourse on finance…
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Globalization and the Occupy Movement
The Occupy movement took only two months to become a worldwide phenomenon. And it wasn’t just a movie people watched or a book people read – it was a social act that involved millions of people united for a cause. The protesters at Zuccotti park…
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Pledging Collateral to Obtain Secured Loans
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Occupy Wall Street’s Structure Without Structure
One of the reasons that Occupy Wall Street became such a huge national discussion is that such a large, seemingly organized group was able to coordinate for a common goal. The group was able to organize and operate protests all over the country, and in…
The Role of Twitter During the Occupy Protests
Occupy Wall Street and the protests that appeared in cities all over the world owe some credit to Twitter for their great success. The Occupy movement relied on the involvement of a huge number of people to create an effective conversation surrounding inequality in both…
The Occupy Movement’s Commitment to Non-Violence
The Occupy Movement, beginning with the Occupy Wall Street protest at Zuccotti Park, was a rapidly growing worldwide phenomenon that included over 2300 protests in over 2000 cities worldwide. The entire movement was controlled democratically, using no centralized form of leadership and operating quite literally…
4 Rich Occupy Wall Street Sympathizers
Not everybody who was involved in the Occupy Movement were members of the middle class or the working poor. There was an entire slogan dedicated to being rich and supporting the protest. “We are the 1%: We stand with the 99%” And it was used…