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OR Books — Occupying Wall Street: The Inside Story of an Action that Changed America
For two months this fall, Zuccotti Park, squeezed deep in a canyon between bankers’ skyscrapers in lower Manhattan, was the site of an extraordinary political action. Home to the hundreds of anti-capitalist protestors who camped there overnight, and the thousands who visited to join the protest, the park became a magical place: a communion of sharing and consensus in the heart of a citadel defined by greed and oligarchy. In the early hours of Tuesday November the 15th the occupiers’ camp was destroyed when police swept suddenly into the square, tearing down the tents, library, kitchen and medical center, and arresting hundreds. For the multitude supporting the action it was a heart-rending moment. But if the occupation at Zuccotti was destroyed that night, the movement it spawned across America has only just begun.
Before October 2011
October 2011
November 2011
December 2011
behind the scenes, early history
Last week we published an analysis on the usage of hashtags around the #OccupyWallStreet movement on Twitter , why some phrases reach Twitter’s trending topics list, while others never do. The crux of the the argument highlighted the outcomes of a purely algorithmic mechanism that Twitter uses to generate its trending topics lists. We’ve all seen an increasing usage of the #Occupy hashtag, splintering into a wide range of sub-movements -> #OccupyBoston, #OccupyVancouver, #OccupySF and many more. While it is clear that the movement’s rise was influenced by similar demonstrations around the world, it is unclear who first decided to use the #Occupy hashtag, for what reasons and how it spread . Al-Jazeera English was the first mainstream media outlet to use the hashtag. ( update : deeper look at data shows that @AJEnglish did not actually post the hashtag at that time, but rather users retweeted content that was never posted by @AJEnglish )
#OccupyWallStreet: origin and spread visualized | SocialFlow Blog
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Declaration of the Occupation of New York City | NYC General Assembly # Occupy Wall Street
This document was accepted by the NYC General Assembly on September 29, 2011 As we gather together in solidarity to express a feeling of mass injustice, we must not lose sight of what brought us together. We write so that all people who feel wronged by the corporate forces of the world can know that we are your allies. As one people, united, we acknowledge the reality: that the future of the human race requires the cooperation of its members; that our system must protect our rights, and upon corruption of that system, it is up to the individuals to protect their own rights, and those of their neighbors; that a democratic government derives its just power from the people, but corporations do not seek consent to extract wealth from the people and the Earth; and that no true democracy is attainable when the process is determined by economic power.
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Excerpted from What Is Occupy? Inside the Global Movement , a new book from the editors of TIME . To buy a copy as an e-book or a paperback, go to time.com/whatisoccupy .
Occupy Wall Street Plots a Comeback: TIME Book Excerpt - TIME
Occupy Wall Street — RT
At first, OWS seemed ridiculous, but it has changed national attitudes to income inequality – a major problem in the US, says one of world’s best-known economists, Nobel prize-winner Kenneth Joseph Arrow. And that is a fine thing, he adds.