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Introducing Occupy Wall Street

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Journal for Occupied Studies (New School) Wikipedia: Occupy Wall Street. Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district. The Canadian, anti-consumerist, pro-environment group/magazine, Adbusters initiated the call for a protest.

The ensuing series of events helped lead to media awareness that inspired Occupy protests and movements around the world. In awarding Workhouse its Platinum Award, industry publication PRNews noted "The results, obviously, have been spectacular. There’s hardly a newspaper, Internet or broadcast media outlet that hasn’t covered OWS. The protesters were forced out of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. On December 29, 2012, Naomi Wolf of The Guardian newspaper provided U.S. government documents which revealed that the FBI and DHS had monitored Occupy Wall Street through its Joint Terrorism Task Force, despite labelling it a peaceful movement.[9] Origins[edit] Overview[edit] "We are the 99%"[edit] Goals[edit] Timeline of Occupy Wall Street. Protester on September 28, 2011 The following is a brief timeline of Occupy Wall Street (OWS), a protest which began on Saturday, September 17, 2011[1] on Wall Street, the financial district of New York City.

Chronology of events[edit] Pre-Occupy Wall Street[edit] September 2011[edit] September 3, 2011: A planning session for Occupy Wall Street is held at night in Tompkins Square Park The crowd on September 18, 2011 (day 2). Protesters demonstrate outside NYPD headquarters on September 30, 2011 (day 14). September 17 – The first day of the OWS gathering. October 2011[edit] Protesters marching as corporate zombies on October 3 October 1 – Protesters set out to march across the Brooklyn Bridge. October 10 – NYC Mayor Michael Bloomberg states that so long as protesters operate under the law, they will not be arrested. November 2011[edit] December 2011[edit] December 17 – On the three-month anniversary of the protests, organizers of the protest called for a "reoccupuation.

" January 2012[edit] Book (Todd Gitlin, 2012): 'Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of OWS'