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Wealth inequality in the United States>Wealth inequality, political corruption,HTTP://WWW.NEWINT.ORG/FEATURES/2011/11/01/WALL-STREET-CORRUPTION-PROTESTS/ > TITLE=LET’S END CORRUPTION – STARTING WITH WALL STREET ISSUE=447 ACCESS-DATE=JULY 12, 2012 ARCHIVE-URL=HTTPS://WEB.ARCHIVE.ORG/WEB/20131102012454/HTTP://NEWINT.ORG/FEATURES/2011/11/01/WALL-STREET-CORRUPTION-PROTESTS/ Big business>corporate influence of government| goals = Occupation (protest)>Occupation

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Zuccotti ParkOther activity in NYC:

• 700+ marchers arrested(crossing Brooklyn Bridge, October 1, 2011)
• 2,000+ marchers (march on police headquarters, October 2, 2011)
• 15,000+ marchers (Lower Manhattan solidarity march, October 5, 2011)
• 6,000+ marchers (Times Square recruitment center march, October 15, 2011)
• 50,000–100,000 marchers (2012 May Day march on Wall St.)

| notes = }}{{Socialism US|history}}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.WEB,occupywallst.org/about/, OccupyWallStreet – About, The Occupy Solidarity Network, Inc, July 20, 2014, July 22, 2014,occupywallst.org/about/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140722033941occupywallst.org/about/,">web.archive.org/web/20140722033941occupywallst.org/about/, live, The motivations for Occupy Wall Street largely resulted from public distrust in the private sector during the aftermath of the Great Recession in the United States. There were many particular points of interest leading up to the Occupy movement that angered populist and left-wing groups. For instance, the 2008 bank bailouts under the George W. Bush administration utilized congressionally appropriated taxpayer funds to create the Troubled Asset Relief Program (TARP), which purchased toxic assets from failing banks and financial institutions. The U.S. Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. FEC in January 2010 allowed corporations to spend unlimited amounts on independent political expenditures without government regulation. This angered many populist and left-wing groups that viewed the ruling as a way for moneyed interests to corrupt public institutions and legislative bodies, such as the United States Congress.The protests gave rise to the wider Occupy movement in the United States and other Western countries. The Canadian anti-consumerist magazine Adbusters initiated the call for a protest.NEWS, Kaste, Martin, Exploring Occupy Wall Street’s ‘Adbuster’ Origins,www.npr.org/2011/10/20/141526467/exploring-occupy-wall-streets-adbuster-origins, 30 October 2022, NPR.org, National Public Radio, National Public Radio, en, The main issues raised by Occupy Wall Street were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the undue influence of corporations on government—particularly from the financial services sector. The OWS slogan, “We are the 99%”, refers to income and wealth inequality in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. To achieve their goals, protesters acted on consensus-based decisions made in general assemblies which emphasized redress through direct action over the petitioning to authorities.{{#tag:ref|Author Dan Berrett writes: “But Occupy Wall Street’s most defining characteristics—its decentralized nature and its intensive process of participatory, consensus-based decision-making—are rooted in other precincts of academe and activism: in the scholarship of anarchism and, specifically, in an ethnography of central Madagascar.“|group=“nb“}}The protesters were forced out of Zuccotti Park on November 15, 2011. Protesters then turned their focus to occupying banks, corporate headquarters, board meetings, foreclosed homes, college and university campuses and social media.

Origins

The original protest was called for by Kalle Lasn and others of Adbusters, a Canadian anti-consumerist publication, who conceived of a September 17 occupation in Lower Manhattan. The first such proposal appeared on the Adbusters website on February 2, 2011, under the title “A Million Man March on Wall Street.“WEB, Adbusters, A Million Man March on Wall Street,www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/million-man-march-wall-street.html, dead,web.archive.org/web/20150402104218/https://www.adbusters.org/blogs/adbusters-blog/million-man-march-wall-street.html, April 2, 2015, Lasn registered the OccupyWallStreet.org web address on June 9. The website redirected to Adbusters.org/Campaigns/OccupyWallStreet and Adbusters.org/OccupyWallStreet, but later became “Not Found”.WEB, occupywallstreet.org,occupywallstreet.org, occupywallstreet.org, 9 January 2023,occupywallstreet.org," title="web.archive.org/web/20110828164639occupywallstreet.org,">web.archive.org/web/20110828164639occupywallstreet.org, 2011-08-28, In a blog post on July 13, 2011, Adbusters proposed a peaceful occupation of Wall Street to protest corporate influence on democracy, the lack of legal consequences for those who brought about the global crisis of monetary insolvency, and an increasing disparity in wealth. The protest was promoted with an image featuring a dancer atop Wall Street’s iconic Charging Bull statue. In July, Justine Tunney registered OccupyWallSt.org which became the main online hub for the movement.The U.S. Day of Rage, a group that organized to protest “corporate influence [that] corrupts our political parties, our elections, and the institutions of government”, also joined the movement. The protest itself began on September 17; a Facebook page for the demonstrations began two days later on September 19 featuring a YouTube video of earlier events. By mid-October, Facebook listed 125 Occupy-related pages.The original location for the protest was One Chase Manhattan Plaza, with Bowling Green Park (the site of the “Charging Bull“) and Zuccotti Park as alternate choices. Police discovered this before the protest began and fenced off two locations; but they left Zuccotti Park, the group’s third choice, open. Since the park was private property, police could not legally force protesters to leave without being requested to do so by the property owner.MAGAZINE,www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-map.html, Map: How Occupy Wall Street Chose Zuccotti Park, The New Yorker, November 21, 2011, July 12, 2012, Schwartz, Mattathias,www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-map.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140405004551www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-map.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140405004551www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/newsdesk/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-map.html, April 5, 2014, At a press conference held the same day the protests began, New York City mayor Michael Bloomberg explained, “people have a right to protest, and if they want to protest, we’ll be happy to make sure they have locations to do it.“File:David Graeber 2015-03-07 (16741093492) (cropped).jpg|thumb|The anthropologist David Graeber played a leading early role in the movement and in the coining of the slogan “We are the 99%We are the 99%Antecedent and subsequent OWS prototypes include the British student protests of 2010, 2009-2010 Iranian election protests, the Arab Spring protests,NEWS, Apps, Peter,www.reuters.com/article/uk-global-politics-protest-idUSLNE79A03Z20111011, Wall Street action part of global Arab Spring?, Reuters, October 11, 2011, November 24, 2011,web.archive.org/web/20111018134949/https://www.reuters.com/article/2011/10/11/uk-global-politics-protest-idUSLNE79A03Z20111011, October 18, 2011, and, more closely related, protests in Chile, Greece, Spain and India. Occupy Wall Street, in turn, gave rise to the Occupy movement in the United States.Many commentators have stated that the Occupy Wall Street movement has roots in the philosophy of anarchism.WEB, Graeber, David, Occupy Wall Street’s anarchist roots,www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011112872835904508.html, live,www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011112872835904508.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111130052027www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011112872835904508.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111130052027www.aljazeera.com/indepth/opinion/2011/11/2011112872835904508.html, November 30, 2011, February 26, 2012, Al Jazeera English, JOURNAL, Schneider, Nathan, December 20, 2011, Thank You, Anarchists,www.thenation.com/article/thank-you-anarchists/, live, The Nation,web.archive.org/web/20190306111723/https://www.thenation.com/article/thank-you-anarchists/, March 6, 2019, March 3, 2019, JOURNAL, Gibson, Morgan Rodgers (2013), 2013, The ‘Anarchism’ of the Occupy Movement, Australian Journal of Political Science, 48, 3, 335–348, 10.1080/10361146.2013.820687, 144776094,

Background

“We are the 99%”

(File:We Are The 99%.jpg|thumb|“We Are The 99%”)The Occupy protesters’ slogan “We are the 99%” referred to the income disparity in the US and economic inequality in general, which were main issues for OWS. It derives from a “We the 99%” flyer calling for OWS’s second General Assembly in August 2011. The variation “We are the 99%” originated from a Tumblr page of the same name. Huffington Post reporter Paul Taylor said the slogan was “arguably the most successful slogan since ‘Hell no, we won’t go!’” of the Vietnam War era, and that the vast majority of Americans saw the income gap as causing social friction. The slogan was boosted by statistics which were confirmed by a Congressional Budget Office (CBO) report released in October 2011. Writing in 2022, historian Gary Gerstle says that the slogan “proved surprisingly appealing” in a nation that, during its neoliberal high point, often denounced ideas of class warfare.BOOK, Gerstle, Gary, 2022, The Rise and Fall of the Neoliberal Order: America and the World in the Free Market Era,global.oup.com/academic/product/the-rise-and-fall-of-the-neoliberal-order-9780197519646?cc=us&lang=en&, Oxford University Press, 253–254, 978-0197519646,

Income and wealth inequality

(File:2008 Top1percentUSA.svg|thumb|275px|A chart showing the disparity in income distribution in the United States. Wealth inequality and income inequality have been central concerns among OWS protesters.)Income inequality and wealth inequality were focal points of the Occupy Wall Street protests. This focus by the movement was studied by Arindajit Dube and Ethan Kaplan of the University of Massachusetts Amherst, who noted that “... Only after it became increasingly clear that the political process was unable to enact serious reforms to address the causes or consequences of the economic crisis did we see the emergence of the OWS movement.“WEB,people.umass.edu/adube/DubeKaplan_EV_OWS_2012.pdf, Occupy Wall Street and the Political Economy of Inequality, February 9, 2013, January 14, 2013,people.umass.edu/adube/DubeKaplan_EV_OWS_2012.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20130114112539people.umass.edu/adube/DubeKaplan_EV_OWS_2012.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20130114112539people.umass.edu/adube/DubeKaplan_EV_OWS_2012.pdf, live,

Goals

File:Occupy Wall Street Crowd Size 2011 Shankbone.JPG|thumb|325px|Beginning on September 17, 2011, Zuccotti Park was occupied by protesters.WEB,www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/10/3583314/anti-corporate-occupy-wall-street-demonstrators-semi-corporate-statu, For the Anti-corporate Occupy Wall street demonstrators, the semi-corporate status of Zuccotti Park may be a boon, Nancy, Scola, October 5, 2011, Capitalnewyork.com, Capital New York Media Group, Inc., October 13, 2011,www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/10/3583314/anti-corporate-occupy-wall-street-demonstrators-semi-corporate-statu," title="web.archive.org/web/20111204171231www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/10/3583314/anti-corporate-occupy-wall-street-demonstrators-semi-corporate-statu,">web.archive.org/web/20111204171231www.capitalnewyork.com/article/culture/2011/10/3583314/anti-corporate-occupy-wall-street-demonstrators-semi-corporate-statu, December 4, 2011, ]]OWS’s goals included a reduction in the influence of corporations on politics, more balanced distribution of income, more and better jobs, bank reformWEB,www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0129/What-s-next-for-Occupy-Wall-Street-Activists-target-foreclosure-crisis, What’s next for Occupy Wall Street? Activists target foreclosure crisis., The Christian Science Monitor, January 29, 2012, Kara, Bloomgarden-Smoke,www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0129/What-s-next-for-Occupy-Wall-Street-Activists-target-foreclosure-crisis," title="web.archive.org/web/20140413030839www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0129/What-s-next-for-Occupy-Wall-Street-Activists-target-foreclosure-crisis,">web.archive.org/web/20140413030839www.csmonitor.com/USA/2012/0129/What-s-next-for-Occupy-Wall-Street-Activists-target-foreclosure-crisis, April 13, 2014, (especially to curtail speculative trading by banksWEB,occupydesign.org/gallery/designs/volcker-rule-dont-use-our-deposits-your-risky-bets,occupydesign.org/gallery/designs/volcker-rule-dont-use-our-deposits-your-risky-bets," title="web.archive.org/web/20121105083833occupydesign.org/gallery/designs/volcker-rule-dont-use-our-deposits-your-risky-bets,">web.archive.org/web/20121105083833occupydesign.org/gallery/designs/volcker-rule-dont-use-our-deposits-your-risky-bets, dead, November 5, 2012, Volcker Rule: Don’t use our deposits for your risky bets, Occupy Design, November 5, 2012, March 5, 2020, ), forgiveness of student loan debt or other relief for indebted students, and alleviation of the foreclosure situation.WEB,finance.yahoo.com/news/occupy-protests-move-foreclosed-homes-222757553.html,finance.yahoo.com/news/occupy-protests-move-foreclosed-homes-222757553.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120109102152finance.yahoo.com/news/occupy-protests-move-foreclosed-homes-222757553.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120109102152finance.yahoo.com/news/occupy-protests-move-foreclosed-homes-222757553.html, dead, January 9, 2012, Occupy protests move to foreclosed homes, Yahoo! Finance, December 6, 2011, July 12, 2012, Valdes, Manuel (Associated Press), Some media labeled the protests “anti-capitalist”,NEWS,www.theguardian.com/world/2011/oct/16/occupy-protests-europe-london-assange, London, The Guardian, Mark, Townsend, Lisa, O’Carroll, Adam, Gabbatt, Occupy protests against capitalism spread around world, October 15, 2011,www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/16/occupy-protests-europe-london-assange," title="web.archive.org/web/20130709132112www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/16/occupy-protests-europe-london-assange,">web.archive.org/web/20130709132112www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/16/occupy-protests-europe-london-assange, July 9, 2013, while others disputed the relevance of this label.NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/occupy-wall-street-isnt-h_n_1035988.html, Huffington Post, Jason, Linkins, Occupy Wall Street: Not Here To Destroy Capitalism, But To Remind Us Who Saved It, October 27, 2011,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/occupy-wall-street-isnt-h_n_1035988.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20111031151458www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/occupy-wall-street-isnt-h_n_1035988.html,">web.archive.org/web/20111031151458www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/27/occupy-wall-street-isnt-h_n_1035988.html, October 31, 2011, Some protesters favored a fairly concrete set of national policy proposals. One OWS group that favored specific demands created a document entitled the 99 Percent Declaration, but this was regarded as an attempt to “co-opt” the “Occupy” name, and the document and group were rejected by the General Assemblies of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Philadelphia.During the occupation in Liberty Square, a declaration was issued with a list of grievances. The declaration stated that the “grievances are not all-inclusive”.WEB,abcnews.go.com/Business/occupy-wall-street-declaration-york-protesters/story?id=14656653, Declaration: Occupy Wall Street Says What It Wants, ABC News, October 4, 2011, June 28, 2020, August 6, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200806081258/https://abcnews.go.com/Business/occupy-wall-street-declaration-york-protesters/story?id=14656653, live, WEB,www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/,www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/," title="web.archive.org/web/20111220033126www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/,">web.archive.org/web/20111220033126www.nycga.net/resources/declaration/, December 20, 2011, Declaration of the Occupation of New York City, New York City General Assembly,

Main organization

File:Day 14 Occupy Wall Street September 30 2011 Shankbone 2.JPG|left|thumb|Protesters engaging in the ‘human microphonehuman microphoneThe assembly was the main OWS decision-making body and used a modified consensus process, where participants attempted to reach consensus and then dropped to a 9/10 vote if consensus was not reached.Assembly meetings involved OWS working groups and affinity groups, and were open to the public for both attendance and speaking. The meetings lacked formal leadership. Participants commented upon committee proposals using a process called a “stack”, which is a queue of speakers that anyone can join. New York used a progressive stack, in which people from marginalized groups are sometimes allowed to speak before people from dominant groups. Facilitators and “stack-keepers” urged speakers to “step forward, or step back” based on which group they belong to, meaning that women and minorities often moved to the front of the line, while white men often had to wait for a turn to speak. In addition to the over 70 working groups, the organizational structure also included “spokes councils”, at which every working group could participate.

The People’s Library

The People’s Library at Occupy Wall Street was started a few days after the protest when a pile of books was left in a cardboard box at Zuccotti Park. The books were passed around and organized, and as time passed, it received additional books and resources from readers, private citizens, authors and corporations.NEWS, Christian, Zabriskie, The Occupy Wall Street Library Regrows in Manhattan, November 16, 2011,americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/11162011/occupy-wall-street-library-regrows-manhattan, American Libraries, November 19, 2011,americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/11162011/occupy-wall-street-library-regrows-manhattan," title="web.archive.org/web/20111119004922americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/11162011/occupy-wall-street-library-regrows-manhattan,">web.archive.org/web/20111119004922americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/11162011/occupy-wall-street-library-regrows-manhattan, dead, November 19, 2011, As of November 2011 the library had 5,554 books cataloged in LibraryThing and its collection was described as including some rare or unique articles of historical interest.PRESS RELEASE,ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=8568, ALA alarmed at seizure of Occupy Wall Street library, loss of irreplaceable material, November 19, 2011, November 17, 2011, American Library Association,ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=8568," title="web.archive.org/web/20111120013131ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=8568,">web.archive.org/web/20111120013131ala.org/ala/newspresscenter/news/pr.cfm?id=8568, November 20, 2011, dead, According to American Libraries, the library’s collection had “thousands of circulating volumes”, which included “holy books of every faith, books reflecting the entire political spectrum, and works for all ages on a huge range of topics.“The library was largely destroyed during the November 15, 2011 raid and, in a court settlement, the City later agreed to pay $360,000 in compensation, including attorney fees.WEB,www.rawstory.com/2013/04/court-orders-nypd-to-pay-360000-for-raid-that-destroyed-occupy-wall-street-library/,www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/10/court-orders-nypd-to-pay-360000-for-raid-that-destroyed-occupy-wall-street-library/," title="web.archive.org/web/20131214192117www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/10/court-orders-nypd-to-pay-360000-for-raid-that-destroyed-occupy-wall-street-library/,">web.archive.org/web/20131214192117www.rawstory.com/rs/2013/04/10/court-orders-nypd-to-pay-360000-for-raid-that-destroyed-occupy-wall-street-library/, dead, Court orders NYPD to pay $360,000 for raid that destroyed Occupy Wall Street library, December 14, 2013, Raw Story, Business Insider, Kelly, Michael, WEB,www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=284, ruling, April 11, 2013, June 16, 2013,www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=284," title="web.archive.org/web/20130616103859www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=284,">web.archive.org/web/20130616103859www.nysd.uscourts.gov/cases/show.php?db=special&id=284, live, Similarly, the City of New York has since begun settling cases with individual participants.WEB,lawnews.hofstra.edu/2013/06/26/hofstra-laws-occupy-wall-street-clinic-settles-1st-case-against-the-city-of-new-york/, Hofstra Law’s Occupy Wall Street Clinic Settles First Case Against the City of New York, Maurice A. Deane School of Law, Hofstra University, October 26, 2011, August 12, 2013, August 8, 2017,lawnews.hofstra.edu/2013/06/26/hofstra-laws-occupy-wall-street-clinic-settles-1st-case-against-the-city-of-new-york/," title="web.archive.org/web/20170808091053lawnews.hofstra.edu/2013/06/26/hofstra-laws-occupy-wall-street-clinic-settles-1st-case-against-the-city-of-new-york/,">web.archive.org/web/20170808091053lawnews.hofstra.edu/2013/06/26/hofstra-laws-occupy-wall-street-clinic-settles-1st-case-against-the-city-of-new-york/, live, There were already libraries in the encampments of SpainBOOK, Ramírez-Blanco, Julia, Artistic Utopias of Revolt, Palgrave, 2018, 978-3-319-71422-6, New York, and Greece. Following the example of the OWS People’s Library, protesters throughout North America and Europe formed sister libraries at their encampments.WEB,americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/10182011/library-occupies-heart-occupy-movement,americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/10182011/library-occupies-heart-occupy-movement," title="web.archive.org/web/20111120121733americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/10182011/library-occupies-heart-occupy-movement,">web.archive.org/web/20111120121733americanlibrariesmagazine.org/news/10182011/library-occupies-heart-occupy-movement, dead, A Library Occupies the Heart of the Occupy Movement, American Libraries Magazine, November 20, 2011,

Zuccotti Park encampment

File:Day 47 Occupy Wall Street November 2 2011 Shankbone 10.JPG|right|thumb|Encampment at Zuccotti Park and “People’s Library” with over 5,000 books, wi-fi internet, and a reference service, often staffed by professional librarians, procuring material through the interlibrary loaninterlibrary loanPrior to being closed to overnight use and during the occupation of the space, somewhere between 100 and 200 people slept in Zuccotti Park. Initially tents were not allowed and protesters slept in sleeping bags or under blankets. Meal service started at a total cost of about $1,000 per day. Many protesters used the bathrooms of nearby business establishments. Some supporters donated use of their bathrooms for showers and the sanitary needs of protesters.New York City requires a permit to use “amplified sound”, including electric bullhorns. Since Occupy Wall Street did not have a permit, the protesters created the “human microphone” in which a speaker pauses while the nearby members of the audience repeat the phrase in unison.File:Day 60 Occupy Wall Street November 15 2011 Shankbone 7.JPG|left|thumb|Zuccotti ParkZuccotti ParkOn October 13, New York City Mayor Bloomberg and Brookfield Properties announced that the park must be vacated for cleaning the following morning at 7 am. The next morning the property owner postponed its cleaning effort. Having prepared for a confrontation with the authorities to prevent the cleaning effort from proceeding, some protesters clashed with police in riot gear outside City Hall after it was canceled.Shortly after midnight on November 15, 2011, the New York City Police Department gave protesters notice from the park’s owner to leave Zuccotti Park due to its purportedly unsanitary and hazardous conditions. The notice stated that they could return without sleeping bags, tarps or tents. About an hour later, police in riot gear began removing protesters from the park, arresting some 200 people in the process, including a number of journalists.On December 31, 2011, protesters started to re-occupy the park. Police in riot gear started to clear out the park around 1:30 am. Sixty-eight people were arrested in connection with the event, including one accused by media of stabbing a police officer in the hand with a pair of scissors.When the Zuccotti Park encampment was closed, some former campers were allowed to sleep in local churches. After the closure of the Zuccotti Park encampment, the movement turned its focus on occupying banks, corporate headquarters, board meetings, foreclosed homes, college and university campuses, and Wall Street itself. As of March 15, 2012, since its inception the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City had cost the city an estimated $17 million in overtime fees to provide policing of protests and encampment inside Zuccotti Park.On March 17, 2012, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators attempted to mark the movement’s six-month anniversary by reoccupying Zuccotti Park. Protesters were soon cleared away by police, who made over 70 arrests. On March 24, hundreds of OWS protesters marched from Zuccotti Park to Union Square in a demonstration against police violence.On September 17, 2012, protesters returned to Zuccotti Park to mark the first anniversary of the beginning of the occupation. Protesters blocked access to the New York Stock Exchange as well as other intersections in the area. This, along with several violations of Zuccotti Park rules, led police to surround groups of protesters, at times pulling protesters from the crowds to be arrested for blocking pedestrian traffic. There were 185 arrests across the city.NEWS,cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/protests-near-stock-exchange-on-occupy-wall-st-anniversary/, 185 Arrested on Occupy Wall St. Anniversary, Moynihan, Colin, September 17, 2012, The New York Times, September 26, 2012,cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/protests-near-stock-exchange-on-occupy-wall-st-anniversary/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140109060334cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/protests-near-stock-exchange-on-occupy-wall-st-anniversary/,">web.archive.org/web/20140109060334cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/protests-near-stock-exchange-on-occupy-wall-st-anniversary/, January 9, 2014, NEWS, Barr, Meghan, 1-year after encampment began, Occupy in disarray,seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019179284_apusoccupyanniversary.html, September 17, 2012, The Seattle Times, Associated Press, September 26, 2012,seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019179284_apusoccupyanniversary.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140224024555seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019179284_apusoccupyanniversary.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140224024555seattletimes.com/html/nationworld/2019179284_apusoccupyanniversary.html, February 24, 2014, NEWS,politicker.com/2012/09/38955/, Unoccupied: The Morning After in Zuccotti Park, Walker, Hunter, September 18, 2012, Politicker Network, Observer.com, September 26, 2012,politicker.com/2012/09/38955/," title="web.archive.org/web/20130813105324politicker.com/2012/09/38955/,">web.archive.org/web/20130813105324politicker.com/2012/09/38955/, August 13, 2013, NEWS,nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/jumaane-williams-roughed-up-nypd-occupy-wall-street.html, NYPD Arrests Almost 200 Occupy Protesters, Roughs Up City Councilman Again, Coscarelli, Joe, September 18, 2012, New York (magazine), New York, October 2, 2012,nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/jumaane-williams-roughed-up-nypd-occupy-wall-street.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20121007022638nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/jumaane-williams-roughed-up-nypd-occupy-wall-street.html,">web.archive.org/web/20121007022638nymag.com/daily/intel/2012/09/jumaane-williams-roughed-up-nypd-occupy-wall-street.html, October 7, 2012,

Occupy media

(File:Wall-Street-1.jpg|left|thumb|Adbusters poster of Ms. Chelsea Elliott advertising the original protest)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.JOURNAL, Kavada, Anastasia, May 26, 2015, Creating the collective: social media, the Occupy Movement and its constitution as a collective actor, Information, Communication & Society, en, 18, 8, 872–886, 10.1080/1369118x.2015.1043318, 141504676, 1369-118X,westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/16258/1/Creating%20the%20Collective%20-%20final%20draft.pdf, July 30, 2019, July 20, 2018,westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/16258/1/Creating%20the%20Collective%20-%20final%20draft.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20180720195554westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/16258/1/Creating%20the%20Collective%20-%20final%20draft.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20180720195554westminsterresearch.wmin.ac.uk/16258/1/Creating%20the%20Collective%20-%20final%20draft.pdf, live, NEWS,america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/17/occupy-books.html, OWS: Studies of the movement, Pinto, Nick, September 17, 2013, Al Jazeera America, August 15, 2018, September 20, 2013,america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/17/occupy-books.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130920020710america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/17/occupy-books.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130920020710america.aljazeera.com/articles/2013/9/17/occupy-books.html, live, (File:Arun Gupta photo3.jpg|alt=|thumb|254x254px|Arun Gupta, editor of Occupied Wall Street Journal holding a copy of the first issue, standing inside Zuccotti Park)The Occupied Wall Street Journal (OWSJ) was a free newspaper founded in October 2011 by independent journalists Arun Gupta, Jed Brandt and Michael Levitin.NEWS,cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/occupying-and-now-publishing-too/, Occupying, and Now Publishing, Too - NYTimes.com, Moynihan, Colin, October 1, 2011, April 6, 2012, Cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com, Manhattan (NYC), April 6, 2012,cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/occupying-and-now-publishing-too/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120406220359cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/occupying-and-now-publishing-too/,">web.archive.org/web/20120406220359cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2011/10/01/occupying-and-now-publishing-too/, live,

• NEWS,blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10/04/protesters-newspaper-occupies-a-familiar-name/, Occupied Wall Street Journal: Protesters’ Newspaper Occupies a Familiar Name - Metropolis - WSJ, Firger, Jessica, October 4, 2011, April 6, 2012, Blogs.wsj.com, January 25, 2012,blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10/04/protesters-newspaper-occupies-a-familiar-name/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120125173851blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10/04/protesters-newspaper-occupies-a-familiar-name/,">web.archive.org/web/20120125173851blogs.wsj.com/metropolis/2011/10/04/protesters-newspaper-occupies-a-familiar-name/, live,
• WEB,www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/10/occupation-dispatch.html, The Book Bench: Occupation Dispatch, Hendrix, Jenny, The New Yorker, October 6, 2011, April 6, 2012, January 19, 2012,www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/10/occupation-dispatch.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120119170637www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/10/occupation-dispatch.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120119170637www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/books/2011/10/occupation-dispatch.html, live,
• NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/business/media/wall-street-protesters-have-ink-stained-fingers-media-equation.html?pagewanted=all, Wall Street Protesters Have Ink-Stained Fingers, Carr, David, October 9, 2011, The New York Times, August 15, 2018, July 19, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180719054749/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/business/media/wall-street-protesters-have-ink-stained-fingers-media-equation.html?pagewanted=all, live,
• WEB,www.businessinsider.com/occupied-wall-street-journal-2011-10-03, Check Out The “Occupy Wall Street Journal” The Official Newspaper Of The Protesters, Julia La Roche, October 3, 2011, Business Insider, April 6, 2012, January 24, 2012,www.businessinsider.com/occupied-wall-street-journal-2011-10-03," title="web.archive.org/web/20120124172559www.businessinsider.com/occupied-wall-street-journal-2011-10-03,">web.archive.org/web/20120124172559www.businessinsider.com/occupied-wall-street-journal-2011-10-03, live,
• NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/occupied-wall-street-journal_n_996560.html, Occupied Wall Street Journal: The Newspaper Of Occupy Wall Street (PHOTOS), Mirkinson, Jack, October 5, 2011, April 6, 2012, Huffingtonpost.com, March 6, 2012,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/occupied-wall-street-journal_n_996560.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20120306203044www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/occupied-wall-street-journal_n_996560.html,">web.archive.org/web/20120306203044www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/05/occupied-wall-street-journal_n_996560.html, live, NEWS,www.businessinsider.com/occupied-wall-street-journal-2011-10-03?IR=Tthe-feature-we-occupy-because-features-a-list-of-twitter-responses-from-people-declaring-their-support-of-occupy-wall-street-7, Check Out The “Occupy Wall Street Journal” The Official Newspaper Of The Protesters, Business Insider, August 15, 2018, August 15, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180815091121/https://www.businessinsider.com/occupied-wall-street-journal-2011-10-03?IR=Tthe-feature-we-occupy-because-features-a-list-of-twitter-responses-from-people-declaring-their-support-of-occupy-wall-street-7, live, The first issue had a total print run of 70,000 copies, along with an unspecified number in Spanish.NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/business/media/wall-street-protesters-have-ink-stained-fingers-media-equation.html, Wall Street Protesters Have Ink-Stained Fingers, Carr, David, The New York Times, October 10, 2011, August 15, 2018, en, June 15, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180615005059/https://www.nytimes.com/2011/10/10/business/media/wall-street-protesters-have-ink-stained-fingers-media-equation.html, live, Its last article appeared in February 2012.(File:Day 60 Occupy Wall Street November 15 2011 Shankbone 9.JPG|alt=Occupier holding up newspaper, covering his face. Back of paper shows Native America, with caption “Decolonize WallStreeet, Decolonize the 99%“|thumb|258x258px|Occupier reading the special edition of Occupied Wall Street, with posters curated by Occuprint)

The Occuprint collective, founded by Jesse Goldstein and Josh MacPhee, formed through the curation of the fourth and special edition of The Occupied Wall Street Journal (OWSJ).WEB,justseeds.org/product/occupied-wall-street-journal-poster-edition/, Occupied Wall Street Journal Poster Edition, justseeds.org, en-US, August 20, 2018, November 16, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20181116034627/https://justseeds.org/product/occupied-wall-street-journal-poster-edition/, live, NEWS,britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/americas/2013/08/the-art-of-occupy.html, The Art of Occupy, American Collections Blog, British Library, August 20, 2018, en, August 20, 2018,britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/americas/2013/08/the-art-of-occupy.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180820105813britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/americas/2013/08/the-art-of-occupy.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180820105813britishlibrary.typepad.co.uk/americas/2013/08/the-art-of-occupy.html, live, Afterwards, it continued to collect and publish images under the Creative Commons for non commercial use license, to spread the artwork throughout the movement.The Occupy! Gazette was founded by editors Astra Taylor, Keith Gessen of n+1 and Sarah Leonard of Dissent Magazine. It published five issues from October 2011 to September 2012,MAGAZINE, Occupy! An OWS Inspired Gazette,nplusonemag.com/dl/occupy/Occupy-Gazette-5.pdf, Occupy! Gazette, 29, August 15, 2018, February 21, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210221064718/https://nplusonemag.com/dl/occupy/Occupy-Gazette-5.pdf, live, with a commemorative sixth issue published in May 2014, to support OWS activist Cecily McMillan during the sentencing phase of her trial.NEWS,www.thenation.com/article/free-cecily-mcmillan-special-issue-occupy-gazette/, Free Cecily McMillan! A Special Issue of the Occupy Gazette {{!, The Nation|last=Leonard|first=Sarah|journal=The Nation|access-date=August 15, 2018|language=en-US|issn=0027-8378|archive-date=August 15, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180815060148www.thenation.com/article/free-cecily-mcmillan-special-issue-occupy-gazette/|url-status=live}}NEWS,www.bkmag.com/2014/05/13/free-cecily-a-must-read-gazette-about-cecily-mcmillan-and-the-failure-of-justice/, Free Cecily!: A Must-Read Gazette About Cecily McMillan and the Failure of Justice - Brooklyn Magazine, May 13, 2014, Brooklyn Magazine, August 15, 2018, en-US, August 15, 2018,www.bkmag.com/2014/05/13/free-cecily-a-must-read-gazette-about-cecily-mcmillan-and-the-failure-of-justice/," title="web.archive.org/web/20180815055347www.bkmag.com/2014/05/13/free-cecily-a-must-read-gazette-about-cecily-mcmillan-and-the-failure-of-justice/,">web.archive.org/web/20180815055347www.bkmag.com/2014/05/13/free-cecily-a-must-read-gazette-about-cecily-mcmillan-and-the-failure-of-justice/, live, Tidal: Occupy Theory, Occupy Strategy magazine was published twice a year, with its first release in December 2011, the fourth and final issue in March 2013. It consisted of long essays, poetry and art within thirty pages. Each issue had a circulation of 12,000 to 50,000.BOOK,books.google.com/books?id=tRURCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA379, Rendering Nature: Animals, Bodies, Places, Politics, Marguerite S., Shaffer, Phoebe S. K., Young, July 2, 2015, University of Pennsylvania Press, 978-0-8122-9145-2, 379–, August 15, 2018, August 19, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200819233253/https://books.google.com/books?id=tRURCgAAQBAJ&pg=PA379, live, In Front and Center: Critical Voices in the 99% was a fully-online publication managed by an editorial collective of OWS participants. It featured critical essays and reflections from within OWS, aiming to put the voices, experiences and issues of oppressed and marginalized communities in the front and center of the Occupy movement. It is still available online.

Security, crime and legal issues

OWS demonstrators complained of thefts of assorted items such as cell phones and laptops; thieves also stole $2,500 of donations that were stored in a makeshift kitchen. In November, a man was arrested for breaking an EMT’s leg.After several weeks of occupation, protesters had made enough allegations of rape, sexual assault, and gropings that women-only sleeping tents were set up. Occupy Wall Street organizers released a statement regarding the sexual assaults stating, “As individuals and as a community, we have the responsibility and the opportunity to create an alternative to this culture of violence, We are working for an OWS and a world in which survivors are respected and supported unconditionally ... We are redoubling our efforts to raise awareness about sexual violence. This includes taking preventive measures such as encouraging healthy relationship dynamics and consent practices that can help to limit harm.”

Government crackdowns

Surveillance

File:Department of Homeland Security surveillance of Occupy Wall Street.pdf|thumb|An internal document of the United States Department of Homeland SecurityUnited States Department of Homeland SecurityAs the movement spread across the United States, the United States Department of Homeland Security (DHS) began keeping tabs on protesters, under the pretext that the protest was a potential locus of violence. Following this, there was a DHS report entitled “SPECIAL COVERAGE: Occupy Wall Street”, dated October 2011, observed that “mass gatherings associated with public protest movements can have disruptive effects on transportation, commercial, and government services, especially when staged in major metropolitan areas.“NEWS,www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/exclusive-homeland-security-kept-tabs-on-occupy-wall-street-20120228, Exclusive: Homeland Security Kept Tabs on Occupy Wall Street, Michael Hastings (journalist), Michael Hastings, February 28, 2012, Rolling Stone, January 5, 2014, dead,www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/exclusive-homeland-security-kept-tabs-on-occupy-wall-street-20120228," title="web.archive.org/web/20140502230049www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/exclusive-homeland-security-kept-tabs-on-occupy-wall-street-20120228,">web.archive.org/web/20140502230049www.rollingstone.com/politics/blogs/national-affairs/exclusive-homeland-security-kept-tabs-on-occupy-wall-street-20120228, May 2, 2014, The DHS keeps a file on the movement and monitors social media for information.WEB, Leopold, Jason, March 20, 2012, DHS Turns Over Occupy Wall Street Documents to Truthout,truth-out.org/news/item/8012-dhs-turns-over-occupy-wall-street-documents-to-truthout,truth-out.org/news/item/8012-dhs-turns-over-occupy-wall-street-documents-to-truthout," title="web.archive.org/web/20140409161555truth-out.org/news/item/8012-dhs-turns-over-occupy-wall-street-documents-to-truthout,">web.archive.org/web/20140409161555truth-out.org/news/item/8012-dhs-turns-over-occupy-wall-street-documents-to-truthout, April 9, 2014, July 12, 2012, Truth-out.org, On December 21, 2012, Partnership for Civil Justice obtained and published U.S. government documentsNEWS,www.justiceonline.org/fbi_files_ows, FBI Documents Reveal Secret Nationwide Occupy Monitoring, Partnership for Civil Justice Fund, May 20, 2018, December 8, 2016,www.justiceonline.org/fbi_files_ows," title="web.archive.org/web/20161208052332www.justiceonline.org/fbi_files_ows,">web.archive.org/web/20161208052332www.justiceonline.org/fbi_files_ows, live, revealing that over a dozen local FBI field offices, DHS and other federal agencies monitored Occupy Wall Street, despite labeling it a peaceful movement.Revealed: how the FBI coordinated the crackdown on Occupy, The Guardian, Naomi Wolf, December 29, 2012,www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/29/fbi-coordinated-crackdown-occupy {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130308120601www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2012/dec/29/fbi-coordinated-crackdown-occupy|date=March 8, 2013}} The New York Times reported in May 2014 that declassified documents showed extensive surveillance of OWS-related groups across the country.NEWS, Moynihan, Colin, 2014-05-23, Officials Cast Wide Net in Monitoring Occupy Protests, en-US, The New York Times,www.nytimes.com/2014/05/23/us/officials-cast-wide-net-in-monitoring-occupy-protests.html, 2023-11-24, 0362-4331, (File:Brooklyn Bridge - 03.jpg|thumb|Site where the Brooklyn Bridge Arrest took place)

Arrests

The first person arrested was Alexander Arbuckle, a student videographer from New York University engaged in a class project. The police department alleged he was blocking the street. However, video shown at his trial showed the protesters including Arbuckle, had followed police orders and withdrew to the sidewalk.Gideon Oliver, who represented Occupy with the National Lawyers Guild in New York, said about 2,000 [protesters] had been arrested just in New York City alone. Most of these arrests in New York and elsewhere, were on charges of disorderly conduct, trespassing, and failure to disperse.NEWS,www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/weirdest-things-occupy-protesters-get-arrested/332658/, The Weirdest Things Occupy Protesters Get Arrested For, Martin, Adam, The Atlantic, May 20, 2018, en-US, May 20, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180520193113/https://www.theatlantic.com/national/archive/2012/01/weirdest-things-occupy-protesters-get-arrested/332658/, live, Nationally, a little under 8,000 Occupy-affiliated arrests have been documented by tallying numbers published in local newspapers.NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/occupy-wall-street-arrests_n_3326640.html, Occupy Arrests Near 8,000 As Wall Street Eludes Prosecution, Fairchild, Caroline, May 23, 2013, Huffington Post, May 20, 2018, en-US, September 22, 2017,www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/occupy-wall-street-arrests_n_3326640.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170922195832www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/occupy-wall-street-arrests_n_3326640.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170922195832www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/05/23/occupy-wall-street-arrests_n_3326640.html, live, In a reportWEB,hrp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/suppressing-protest-2.pdf, Suppressing Protest: Human Rights Violations in the U.S. Response to Occupy Wall Street, The Global Justice Clinic and the Walter Leitner International Human Rights Clinic at the Leitner Center for International Law and Justice, NYU School of Law and Fordham Law School, July 30, 2019, November 12, 2019,hrp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/suppressing-protest-2.pdf," title="web.archive.org/web/20191112031519hrp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/suppressing-protest-2.pdf,">web.archive.org/web/20191112031519hrp.law.harvard.edu/wp-content/uploads/2013/06/suppressing-protest-2.pdf, live, that followed an eight-month study, researchers at the law schools of NYU and Fordham accuse the NYPD of deploying unnecessarily aggressive force, obstructing press freedoms and making arbitrary and baseless arrests.WEB,www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/25/nypd-occupy-protests-report, NYPD ‘consistently violated basic rights’ during Occupy protests – study, Choudhury, Chitrangada, July 25, 2012, the Guardian, en, May 20, 2018, May 21, 2018,web.archive.org/web/20180521104112/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/25/nypd-occupy-protests-report, live,

Brooklyn Bridge arrests

On October 1, 2011, a large group of protesters set out to walk across the Brooklyn Bridge resulting in 768 arrests, the largest number of arrests in one day at any Occupy event.NEWS,www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-20114436.html, CBS News, 700 arrested at Brooklyn Bridge protest,www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-20114436.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20131022080156www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-20114436.html,">web.archive.org/web/20131022080156www.cbsnews.com/2100-201_162-20114436.html, October 22, 2013, October 9, 2011, NEWS,www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-10-01-Wall-Street-protest-Brooklyn-Bridge.htm, USA Today, Most Popular E-mail Newsletter, October 2, 2011, September 7, 2017, April 15, 2012,www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-10-01-Wall-Street-protest-Brooklyn-Bridge.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20120415142446www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-10-01-Wall-Street-protest-Brooklyn-Bridge.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20120415142446www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2011-10-01-Wall-Street-protest-Brooklyn-Bridge.htm, live, NEWS, 700 Arrested After Wall Street Protest on N.Y.’s Brooklyn Bridge,www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/01/500-arrested-after-wall-street-protest-on-nys-brooklyn-bridge/?test=latestnews, October 1, 2011, October 1, 2011, Fox News Channel,www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/01/500-arrested-after-wall-street-protest-on-nys-brooklyn-bridge/?test=latestnews," title="web.archive.org/web/20111002143421www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/01/500-arrested-after-wall-street-protest-on-nys-brooklyn-bridge/?test=latestnews,">web.archive.org/web/20111002143421www.foxnews.com/us/2011/10/01/500-arrested-after-wall-street-protest-on-nys-brooklyn-bridge/?test=latestnews, October 2, 2011, dead, By October 2, all but 20 of the arrestees had been released with citations for disorderly conduct and a criminal court summons.NEWS,www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15143509, Hundreds freed after New York Wall Street protest, October 2, 2011, BBC News, BBC, October 2, 2011,www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15143509," title="web.archive.org/web/20111120050711www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15143509,">web.archive.org/web/20111120050711www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-us-canada-15143509, live, November 20, 2011, On October 4, a group of protesters who were arrested on the bridge filed a lawsuit against the city, alleging that officers had violated their constitutional rights by luring them into a trap and then arresting them.NEWS, Citing Police Trap, Protesters File Suit, Elizabeth A., Harris,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/nyregion/citing-police-trap-protesters-file-suit.html?_r=1, The New York Times, October 5, 2011, A25, October 17, 2011,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/nyregion/citing-police-trap-protesters-file-suit.html?_r=1," title="web.archive.org/web/20140209060158www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/nyregion/citing-police-trap-protesters-file-suit.html?_r=1,">web.archive.org/web/20140209060158www.nytimes.com/2011/10/05/nyregion/citing-police-trap-protesters-file-suit.html?_r=1, February 9, 2014, In June 2012, a federal judge ruled that the protesters had not received sufficient warning.NEWS,www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jun/08/occupy-wall-street-bridge-victory, London, The Guardian, Ryan, Devereaux, Occupy Wall Street protesters win legal victory in Brooklyn bridge arrests, June 8, 2012,www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/occupy-wall-street-bridge-victory," title="web.archive.org/web/20130226090416www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/occupy-wall-street-bridge-victory,">web.archive.org/web/20130226090416www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/jun/08/occupy-wall-street-bridge-victory, February 26, 2013,

Court cases

Video of his arrest was convincing evidence in Alexander Arbuckle’s acquittal.Video Helps Acquit Student In First Occupy Wall Street Trial, National Public Radio, Elise Hu, May 16, 2012. Retrieved July 13, 2022.In 2011, eight men associated with Occupy Wall Street were found guilty of trespassing, having intended to set up a camp on property controlled by Trinity Church. One was also convicted of attempted criminal mischief and attempted criminal possession of burglar’s tools for trying to slice a lock on a chain-link fence with bolt cutters, spending a month in prison. The rest were sentenced to community service.NEWS,www.nypost.com/p/news/local/occupy_trespassers_guilty_85BsL8AGqQoFqYXseKvxXM, Occupy trespassers guilty, New York Post, June 19, 2012, July 12, 2012, WEB,blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/eight_occupy_wa.php, Eight Occupy Wall Street Protesters Found Guilty of Trespassing, One Sentenced To 45 Days In Jail, The Village Voice, June 19, 2012, July 12, 2012, Pinto, Nick,blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/eight_occupy_wa.php," title="web.archive.org/web/20131027190110blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/eight_occupy_wa.php,">web.archive.org/web/20131027190110blogs.villagevoice.com/runninscared/2012/06/eight_occupy_wa.php, October 27, 2013, In May 2012, three cases in a row were thrown out of court, the most recent one for “insufficient summons”.MAGAZINE,www.thenation.com/blog/168070/third-case-against-occupy-wall-street-protester-thrown-out#, Third Case Against Occupy Wall Street Protester Is Thrown Out, The Nation Magazine, May 25, 2012, July 12, 2012, Kilkenny, Allison, February 25, 2014,www.thenation.com/blog/168070/third-case-against-occupy-wall-street-protester-thrown-out," title="web.archive.org/web/20140225193643www.thenation.com/blog/168070/third-case-against-occupy-wall-street-protester-thrown-out,">web.archive.org/web/20140225193643www.thenation.com/blog/168070/third-case-against-occupy-wall-street-protester-thrown-out, live, One defendant, Michael Premo, charged with assaulting an officer, was found not guilty after the defense presented video evidence which “showed officers charging into the defendant unprovoked”, contradicting the sworn testimony of NYPD officers.WEB, Why the Police in Michael Premo’s Occupy Wall Street Trial Are Unlikely To Face Perjury Charges,www.villagevoice.com/2013/03/08/why-the-police-in-michael-premos-occupy-wall-street-trial-are-unlikely-to-face-perjury-charges/, Village Voice, March 8, 2013, July 22, 2020, August 5, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200805195237/https://www.villagevoice.com/2013/03/08/why-the-police-in-michael-premos-occupy-wall-street-trial-are-unlikely-to-face-perjury-charges/, live, In April 2014, the final Occupy court case, the Trial of Cecily McMillan began. Cecily McMillan was charged with and convicted of assaulting a police officer and sentenced to 90 days in Rikers Island Penitentiary.WEB,www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-protester-is-found-guilty-of-assaulting-officer.html, Woman Found Guilty of Assaulting Officer at an Occupy Wall Street Protest - NYTimes.com, The New York Times, May 6, 2014, May 2, 2016, unfit,www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-protester-is-found-guilty-of-assaulting-officer.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140506095931www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-protester-is-found-guilty-of-assaulting-officer.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140506095931www.nytimes.com/2014/05/06/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-protester-is-found-guilty-of-assaulting-officer.html, May 6, 2014, McMillan claimed the assault was an accident and a response to what she claimed to be a sexual assault at the hands of said officer.WEB,www.vice.com/read/bad-cop-blotter-cecily-mcmillan, Occupy Wall Street Activist Cecily McMillan Found Guilty of Assault After Being Beaten by the Police {{!, VICE {{!}} United States|website=VICE|date=May 5, 2014 |language=en-us|access-date=May 2, 2016|archive-date=May 17, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160517105721www.vice.com/read/bad-cop-blotter-cecily-mcmillan|url-status=live}} The jury that found her guilty recommended no jail time.NEWS,www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/cecily-mcmillan-jurors-judge-occupy-activist-jail, Cecily McMillan jurors tell judge Occupy activist should not go to jail, Swaine, Jon, May 8, 2014, The Guardian, en-GB, 0261-3077, May 2, 2016, April 29, 2016,www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/cecily-mcmillan-jurors-judge-occupy-activist-jail," title="web.archive.org/web/20160429195911www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/cecily-mcmillan-jurors-judge-occupy-activist-jail,">web.archive.org/web/20160429195911www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/08/cecily-mcmillan-jurors-judge-occupy-activist-jail, live, She was released after serving 60 days.WEB,www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/02/occupy-activist-cecily-mcmillan-released, Occupy activist Cecily McMillan released from jail after two months {{!, World news {{!}} theguardian.com |website=TheGuardian.com |date=July 3, 2014 |access-date=May 2, 2016 |url-status=unfit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140703042124www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jul/02/occupy-activist-cecily-mcmillan-released |archive-date=July 3, 2014 }}

Notable responses

File:Day 20 Occupy Wall Street October 5 2011 Shankbone 3.JPG|192px|thumb|right|October 5, 2011, in Foley Square, members of National Nurses UnitedNational Nurses UnitedDuring an October 6 news conference, President Barack Obama said, “I think it expresses the frustrations the American people feel, that we had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, huge collateral damage all throughout the country ... and yet you’re still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly trying to fight efforts to crack down on the abusive practices that got us into this in the first place.“On October 5, 2011, noted commentator and political satirist Jon Stewart said in his Daily Show broadcast: “If the people who were supposed to fix our financial system had actually done it, the people who have no idea how to solve these problems wouldn’t be getting shit for not offering solutions.“WEB, Jon, Stewart, The Daily Show,www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-5-2011/parks-and-demonstration?xrs=share_copy,www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-5-2011/parks-and-demonstration?xrs=share_copy," title="web.archive.org/web/20111007041416www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-5-2011/parks-and-demonstration?xrs=share_copy,">web.archive.org/web/20111007041416www.thedailyshow.com/watch/wed-october-5-2011/parks-and-demonstration?xrs=share_copy, October 7, 2011, Republican presidential candidate Mitt Romney said that while there were “bad actors” that needed to be “found and plucked out”, he believes that targeting one industry or region of America is a mistake, and said the Occupy Wall Street protests are “dangerous” and inciting “class warfare”. A week later, Romney expressed empathy for the movement, saying, “I look at what’s happening on Wall Street and my view is, boy, I understand how those people feel.“House Democratic Leader Rep. Nancy Pelosi said she supports the Occupy Wall Street movement. In September, various labor unions, including the Transport Workers Union of America Local 100 and the New York Metro 32BJ Service Employees International Union, pledged their support for demonstrators.In November 2011, Public Policy Polling did a national survey which found that 33% of voters supported OWS and 45% opposed it, with 22% not sure. 43% of those polled had a higher opinion of the Tea Party movement than the Occupy movement.WEB,www.publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP_Release_US_11161023.pdf, Voters moving against Occupy movement, Public Policy Polling, November 16, 2011, July 30, 2019, June 4, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190604073117/https://www.publicpolicypolling.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/09/PPP_Release_US_11161023.pdf, live, In January 2012, a survey was released by Rasmussen Reports, in which 51% of likely voters found protesters to be a public nuisance, while 39% saw it as a valid protest movement representing the people.WEB,www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2012/51_see_occupy_wall_street_protesters_as_public_nuisance,www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2012/51_see_occupy_wall_street_protesters_as_public_nuisance," title="web.archive.org/web/20120108214325www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2012/51_see_occupy_wall_street_protesters_as_public_nuisance,">web.archive.org/web/20120108214325www.rasmussenreports.com/public_content/politics/general_politics/january_2012/51_see_occupy_wall_street_protesters_as_public_nuisance, dead, 51% See Occupy Wall Street Protesters As Public Nuisance - Rasmussen Reports®, January 8, 2012, www.rasmussenreports.com, Many notable figures joined the occupation, including David Crosby, Kanye West, Russell Simmons, Alec Baldwin, Susan Sarandon, Don King, Noam Chomsky, Jesse Jackson, Cornel West, Judith Butler, and Michael Moore.NEWS,www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/celebrities-join-occupy-wall-st-protests-gallery-1.972402?pmSlide=1.966635, Celebrities join Occupy Wall St. protests – slide 11, NY Daily News, October 27, 2016, November 20, 2016,www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/celebrities-join-occupy-wall-st-protests-gallery-1.972402?pmSlide=1.966635," title="web.archive.org/web/20161120085045www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/celebrities-join-occupy-wall-st-protests-gallery-1.972402?pmSlide=1.966635,">web.archive.org/web/20161120085045www.nydailynews.com/entertainment/gossip/celebrities-join-occupy-wall-st-protests-gallery-1.972402?pmSlide=1.966635, live, OWS was mentioned by Time Magazine in its 2011 selection of “The Protester” as Person of the Year.MAGAZINE, December 14, 2011, Person of the Year 2011 - TIME, en-US, Time,content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102132_2102373,00.html, May 20, 2018, 0040-781X, May 9, 2018,content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102132_2102373,00.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180509054437content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102132_2102373,00.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180509054437content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,2101745_2102132_2102373,00.html, live,

Criticism

The Occupy Movement has been criticized for not having a set of clear demands that could be used to prompt formal policy change. This lack of agenda has been cited as the reason why the Occupy Movement fizzled before achieving any specific legislative changes. Although the lack of demands has simultaneously been argued as one of the advantages of the movement,NEWS, Weissman, Robert, ‘Occupy’ Movement Purposely Has No Single, Set Demand, US News, October 19, 2011,www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-occupy-wall-street-the-next-tea-party-movement/occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand-occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand, dead,www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-occupy-wall-street-the-next-tea-party-movement/occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand-occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand," title="web.archive.org/web/20111020031546www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-occupy-wall-street-the-next-tea-party-movement/occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand-occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand,">web.archive.org/web/20111020031546www.usnews.com/debate-club/is-occupy-wall-street-the-next-tea-party-movement/occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand-occupy-movement-purposely-has-no-single-set-demand, October 20, 2011, the protesters in Occupy rejected the idea of having only one demand, or a set of demands, and instead represented a host of broad demands that did not specifically allude to a desired policy agenda.NEWS, Lacey, Marc, The Occupy Movement’s Common Thread Is Anger, The New York Times, October 17, 2011,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/us/the-occupy-movements-common-thread-is-anger.html, November 4, 2017, 0362-4331, November 7, 2017,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/us/the-occupy-movements-common-thread-is-anger.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20171107120011www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/us/the-occupy-movements-common-thread-is-anger.html,">web.archive.org/web/20171107120011www.nytimes.com/2011/10/18/us/the-occupy-movements-common-thread-is-anger.html, live, NEWS, Indiviglio, Daniel, 5 Reasons Why ‘Occupy Wall Street’ Won’t Work, The Atlantic, 2011,www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/5-reasons-why-occupy-wall-street-wont-work/246041/, November 4, 2017, November 7, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171107025009/https://www.theatlantic.com/business/archive/2011/10/5-reasons-why-occupy-wall-street-wont-work/246041/, live, Although the movement’s primary slogan was “We are the 99%,” it was criticized for not encompassing the voice of the entire 99%, specifically lower class individuals and minorities. For example, it was characterized as being “overwhelmingly white”.NEWS,theweek.com/articles/479872/why-occupy-wall-street-overwhelmingly-white, Why is Occupy Wall Street ‘overwhelmingly white’?, November 28, 2011, November 4, 2017, February 14, 2018,theweek.com/articles/479872/why-occupy-wall-street-overwhelmingly-white," title="web.archive.org/web/20180214194748theweek.com/articles/479872/why-occupy-wall-street-overwhelmingly-white,">web.archive.org/web/20180214194748theweek.com/articles/479872/why-occupy-wall-street-overwhelmingly-white, live, The lack of African American presence was especially notable, with the movement being criticized in several news outlets and journal articles for its lack of black protestors.NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/10/06/occupy-wall-street-black-population_n_998722.html, Occupy Wall Street Doesn’t Adequately Represent Struggling Black Population, Experts Say, Ross, Janell, October 6, 2011, Huffington Post, November 4, 2017, en-US, February 21, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210221064723/https://www.huffpost.com/entry/occupy-wall-street-black-population_n_998722, live, NEWS,prospect.org/article/occupy-wall-streets-race-problem, Occupy Wall Street’s Race Problem, The American Prospect, November 4, 2017, en, November 7, 2017,prospect.org/article/occupy-wall-streets-race-problem," title="web.archive.org/web/20171107020039prospect.org/article/occupy-wall-streets-race-problem,">web.archive.org/web/20171107020039prospect.org/article/occupy-wall-streets-race-problem, live, JOURNAL, Campbell, Emahunn Raheem Ali, 2011, A Critique of the Occupy Movement from a Black Occupier, 10.5816/blackscholar.41.4.0042, The Black Scholar, 41, 4, 42–51, 10.5816/blackscholar.41.4.0042, 152127615, Some publications mentioned that the Occupy Wall Street Movement failed to spark any true institutional changes in banks and in Corporate America. This idea is supported by the number of scandals that continued to emerge following the financial crisis such as the London Whale incident, the LIBOR-fixing scandal, and the HSBC money laundering discovery. Furthermore, the idea of excess compensation through salaries and bonuses at Wall Street banks continued to be a contentious topic following the Occupy protests, especially as bonuses increased during a period of falling bank profits.NEWS,money.cnn.com/2011/10/18/markets/thebuzz/index.htm, Big bonuses alive on Wall Street. Why?, Monica, Paul R. La, CNNMoney, November 4, 2017, November 7, 2017,money.cnn.com/2011/10/18/markets/thebuzz/index.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20171107005908money.cnn.com/2011/10/18/markets/thebuzz/index.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20171107005908money.cnn.com/2011/10/18/markets/thebuzz/index.htm, live, NEWS,www.cbsnews.com/news/occupy-this-wall-street-pay-rises-as-profits-fall/, Occupy This: Wall Street Pay Rises as Profits Fall, November 4, 2017, en, November 7, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171107030304/https://www.cbsnews.com/news/occupy-this-wall-street-pay-rises-as-profits-fall/, live, NEWS,money.cnn.com/2012/10/10/investing/wall-street-pay/index.html, Wall Street paychecks back near pre-recession highs, Fox, Emily Jane, CNNMoney, November 4, 2017, November 7, 2017,money.cnn.com/2012/10/10/investing/wall-street-pay/index.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20171107031332money.cnn.com/2012/10/10/investing/wall-street-pay/index.html,">web.archive.org/web/20171107031332money.cnn.com/2012/10/10/investing/wall-street-pay/index.html, live, The movement was also criticized for not building a sustainable base of support and instead fading quickly after its initial spark in late 2011 through early 2012.NEWS,qz.com/421817/remember-occupy-wall-street-probably-not/, Remember Occupy Wall Street? Probably not., Banjo, Shelly, Quartz, November 4, 2017, en-US, November 7, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171107022736/https://qz.com/421817/remember-occupy-wall-street-probably-not/, live, This may be attributed to Occupy’s lack of legislative victories, which left the protestors with a lack of measurable goals. It was also argued that the movement was too tied to its base, Zuccotti Park. Evidence of this lies in the fact that when the police evicted the protestors on November 15, the movement largely dissipated.NEWS,www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204661604577187004069109534, Occupy AstroTurf, Crovitz, L. Gordon, January 29, 2012, The Wall Street Journal, November 4, 2017, en-US, 0099-9660, September 11, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20170911204453/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204661604577187004069109534, live, NEWS, Ostroy, Andy, May 31, 2012, The Failure of Occupy Wall Street, Huffington Post,www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/the-failure-of-occupy-wal_b_1558787.html, live, November 4, 2017,www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/the-failure-of-occupy-wal_b_1558787.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20170910045803www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/the-failure-of-occupy-wal_b_1558787.html,">web.archive.org/web/20170910045803www.huffingtonpost.com/andy-ostroy/the-failure-of-occupy-wal_b_1558787.html, September 10, 2017, While there is evidence that the movement had an enduring impact, protests and direct mentions of the Occupy movement quickly became uncommon.WEB,trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2011-06-03%20201409-03&q=occupywallstreet, Google Trends, Google Trends, November 4, 2017, August 5, 2020,web.archive.org/web/20200805221624/https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?date=2011-06-03%20201409-03&q=occupywallstreet, live, NEWS,dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/occupy-wall-street-a-frenzy-that-fizzled/, Occupy Wall Street: A Frenzy That Fizzled, Sorkin, Andrew Ross, DealBook, September 18, 2012, November 4, 2017, en, November 7, 2017,web.archive.org/web/20171107031420/https://dealbook.nytimes.com/2012/09/17/occupy-wall-street-a-frenzy-that-fizzled/, live, Some Occupy Wall Street protests have included anti-zionist and or anti-Semitic slogans and signage such as “Jews control Wall Street” or “Zionist Jews who are running the big banks and the Federal Reserve”. As a result, the Occupy movement has been confronted with accusations of anti-Semitism by major US media outlets and US politicians.NEWS, Jennifer, Rubin,www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/occupy-wall-street-does-anyone-care-about-the-anti-semitism/2011/03/29/gIQA43p8rL_blog.html, Occupy Wall Street: Does anyone care about the anti-Semitism?, The Washington Post, October 17, 2011, April 23, 2016, March 13, 2016,web.archive.org/web/20160313020742/https://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/right-turn/post/occupy-wall-street-does-anyone-care-about-the-anti-semitism/2011/03/29/gIQA43p8rL_blog.html, live, WEB, Joseph, Berger,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-criticized-for-flashes-of-anti-semitism.html?_r=0, Cries of Anti-Semitism, but Not at Zuccotti Park, The New York Times, October 21, 2011, February 27, 2017, October 19, 2017,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-criticized-for-flashes-of-anti-semitism.html?_r=0," title="web.archive.org/web/20171019061604www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-criticized-for-flashes-of-anti-semitism.html?_r=0,">web.archive.org/web/20171019061604www.nytimes.com/2011/10/22/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-criticized-for-flashes-of-anti-semitism.html?_r=0, live, WEB,www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/19/rnc-says-dems-silent-as-anti-semitic-tone-emerges-at-occupy-wall-street.html, Republicans Accuse Dem Leaders of Silence in Face of ‘Anti-Semitic’ Tone Occupying Protest Movement, Fox News, October 19, 2011, April 23, 2016, April 24, 2016,www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/19/rnc-says-dems-silent-as-anti-semitic-tone-emerges-at-occupy-wall-street.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20160424193342www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/19/rnc-says-dems-silent-as-anti-semitic-tone-emerges-at-occupy-wall-street.html,">web.archive.org/web/20160424193342www.foxnews.com/politics/2011/10/19/rnc-says-dems-silent-as-anti-semitic-tone-emerges-at-occupy-wall-street.html, live, A 2017 book released by Brookings Institution senior fellow Richard V. Reeves called Dream Hoarders: How the American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else in the Dust, Why That Is a Problem, and What to Do about It, presented data which showed that, “...more than a third of the demonstrators on the May Day ‘Occupy’ march in 2011 had annual earnings of more than $100,000. But, rather than looking up in envy and resentment, the upper middle class would do well to look at their own position compared to those falling further and further behind.“BOOK, Reeves, Richard V., Dream Hoarders: How The American Upper Middle Class Is Leaving Everyone Else In The Dust, Why That Is A Problem, And What To Do About It., Brookings Institution, 2017, 978-0-8157-2912-9, 7,

Subsequent activity

{{see also|Occupy movement|Occupy movement in the United States}}Occupy Wall Street mounted an ambitious call for a citywide general strike and day of action on May 1, 2012. Tens of thousands of people participated in a march through New York City, demonstrating continued support for Occupy Wall Street’s cause and concerns.Occupy Sandy was an organized relief effort created to assist the victims of Hurricane Sandy in the northeastern United States, made up of former and present Occupy Wall Street protesters, other members of the Occupy movement, and former non-Occupy volunteers.NEWS, Occupy Sandy: A Movement Moves to Relief,www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/nyregion/where-fema-fell-short-occupy-sandy-was-there.html/, December 9, 2014, The New York Times, November 10, 2012, December 16, 2014,www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/nyregion/where-fema-fell-short-occupy-sandy-was-there.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20141216171214www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/nyregion/where-fema-fell-short-occupy-sandy-was-there.html,">web.archive.org/web/20141216171214www.nytimes.com/2012/11/11/nyregion/where-fema-fell-short-occupy-sandy-was-there.html, live, Feuer, Alan, To celebrate the third anniversary of the occupation of Zuccotti Park, an Occupy Wall Street campaign called “Strike Debt” announced it had wiped out almost $4 million in student loans, amounting to the indebtedness of 2,761 students. The loans were all held by students of Everest College, a for profit college that operates Corinthian Colleges, Inc. which in turn owns Everest University, Everest Institute, Heald College, and WyoTech. Strike Debt, and a successor organization, The Debt Collective, were active in organizing the Corinthian 100 students who struck against Corinthian college, a for-profit school that was shut down by the U.S. Department of Education.WEB,fusion.net/story/204007/students-ruined-by-for-profit-colleges-fight-back/, Debt Resistors Operations Manual, 2nd edition (not free), Strike Debt, September 28, 2015, October 15, 2015, October 16, 2015,fusion.net/story/204007/students-ruined-by-for-profit-colleges-fight-back/," title="web.archive.org/web/20151016142324fusion.net/story/204007/students-ruined-by-for-profit-colleges-fight-back/,">web.archive.org/web/20151016142324fusion.net/story/204007/students-ruined-by-for-profit-colleges-fight-back/, live, NEWS, Bess, Gabby, Victims of Fake Colleges Plead for Debt Relief Before Trump Takes Office,broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/victims-of-fake-colleges-plead-for-debt-relief-before-trump-takes-office, Broadly, December 5, 2016, December 6, 2016, December 21, 2016,web.archive.org/web/20161221054509/https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/victims-of-fake-colleges-plead-for-debt-relief-before-trump-takes-office, live, Occupy the SEC came together during the occupation. The group seeks to represent the 99% in the regulatory process. They first attracted attention in 2012 when they submitted a 325-page comment letter on the Volcker Rule portion of Dodd Frank.WEB, OSEC weighs in on the Volcker Rule,www.businessweek.com/finance/occupy-the-sec-weighs-in-on-the-volcker-rule-02142012.html, December 9, 2014, February 9, 2014,www.businessweek.com/finance/occupy-the-sec-weighs-in-on-the-volcker-rule-02142012.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140209065155www.businessweek.com/finance/occupy-the-sec-weighs-in-on-the-volcker-rule-02142012.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140209065155www.businessweek.com/finance/occupy-the-sec-weighs-in-on-the-volcker-rule-02142012.html, dead, Another offshoot of the Occupy Movement, calling itself the OWS Alternative Banking Group, was established during the occupation of Zuccotti Park in 2011.WEB,www.wbur.org/npr/149443425/alternative-banking-groups-aid-occupy-movement, The Occupy Groups Re-imagine the Bank, March 27, 2012, wbur.org, January 7, 2016, March 29, 2012,www.wbur.org/npr/149443425/alternative-banking-groups-aid-occupy-movement," title="web.archive.org/web/20120329045108www.wbur.org/npr/149443425/alternative-banking-groups-aid-occupy-movement,">web.archive.org/web/20120329045108www.wbur.org/npr/149443425/alternative-banking-groups-aid-occupy-movement, live,

Influence on movement for higher wages and other influences

In 2013, commentators described Occupy Wall Street as having influenced the fast food worker strikes.MAGAZINE, Sanburn, Josh,business.time.com/2013/07/30/fast-food-strikes-unable-to-unionize-workers-borrow-tactics-from-occupy/, Fast Food Strikes: Unable to Unionize, Workers Borrow Tactics From ‘Occupy’, Time (magazine), Time, July 30, 2013, May 22, 2015, May 23, 2015,business.time.com/2013/07/30/fast-food-strikes-unable-to-unionize-workers-borrow-tactics-from-occupy/," title="web.archive.org/web/20150523015004business.time.com/2013/07/30/fast-food-strikes-unable-to-unionize-workers-borrow-tactics-from-occupy/,">web.archive.org/web/20150523015004business.time.com/2013/07/30/fast-food-strikes-unable-to-unionize-workers-borrow-tactics-from-occupy/, live, Occupy Wall Street organizers also contributed to a worker campaign at Hot & Crusty cafe in New York City, helping them obtain higher wages and the right to form a union by working with a worker center;WEB,occupywallstreet.net/story/new-york-city-restaurant-workers-win-historic-victory, New York City Restaurant Workers Win Historic Victory, OCCUPY WALL STREET, May 22, 2015, May 23, 2015,occupywallstreet.net/story/new-york-city-restaurant-workers-win-historic-victory," title="web.archive.org/web/20150523021847occupywallstreet.net/story/new-york-city-restaurant-workers-win-historic-victory,">web.archive.org/web/20150523021847occupywallstreet.net/story/new-york-city-restaurant-workers-win-historic-victory, live, the collaboration between the striking workers and Occupy Wall Street protestors is documented in the 2014 film The Hand That Feeds.WEB, Singh, Sonia, Film: Deli Workers Wage Gutsy Fight in ‘The Hand That Feeds’,labornotes.org/blogs/2015/09/film-deli-workers-wage-gutsy-fight-hand-feeds, Labor Notes, April 26, 2024, September 10, 2015, NEWS, Kasperkevic, Jana, The Hand That Feeds: how undocumented workers at a New York bakery chain won higher wages,www.theguardian.com/business/2015/apr/15/hand-that-feeds-fight-for-15-income-equality-povery-jobs, April 26, 2024, The Guardian, April 15, 2015, NEWS, Lears, Rachel, Blotnick, Robin, ‘Occupy Bakery’,www.nytimes.com/2013/07/16/opinion/occupy-bakery.html, April 26, 2024, The New York Times, July 15, 2013, Occupy Wall Street has been credited with reintroducing a strong emphasis on income inequality into broad political discourse and, relatedly, for inspiring the fight for a $15 minimum wage.NEWS,www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-occupy-wall-street-s-impact-20160917-story.html, Measuring Occupy Wall Street’s impact, 5 years later, chicagotribune.com, May 20, 2018, en-US, May 20, 2018,www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-occupy-wall-street-s-impact-20160917-story.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20180520193348www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-occupy-wall-street-s-impact-20160917-story.html,">web.archive.org/web/20180520193348www.chicagotribune.com/news/nationworld/ct-occupy-wall-street-s-impact-20160917-story.html, live, In 2014, the movement inspired two former debt collections executives Craig Antico and Jerry Ashton to create RIP Medical Debt, a charity that buys up delinquent medical debt at pennies on the dollar, just as debt collectors do – meaning even small donations to the charity have a big impact.WEB, 2023-04-16, A charity that abolishes medical debt - CBS News,www.cbsnews.com/news/rip-medical-debt-forgiving-medical-debt/, 2024-01-06, www.cbsnews.com, en-US, In 2021, on the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, The Atlantic listed several long-term influences of the protests, including “Reinventing Activism” by encouraging “a generation to take to the streets and demand systemic reforms”, influencing the Green New Deal, influencing activism for higher minimum wages, and “shifting the window of what is deemed politically acceptable discourse and pulling the nation to the left.“WEB, Levitin, Michael, 2021-09-14, Occupy Wall Street Did More Than You Think,www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2021/09/how-occupy-wall-street-reshaped-america/620064/, 2022-05-07, The Atlantic, en,

See also

• 1932 Bonus army
• 1968 Poor People’s Campaign
• 15 October 2011 global protests
• 2011 protests in Spain
• 2011 United States public employee protests
• 2011 Wisconsin protests
• 2013 protests in Brazil
• 2013 protests in Turkey
• 2014 Hong Kong protests
• Occupy Galle Face
• Capitol Hill Occupied Protest
• GameStop short squeeze
• List of incidents of civil unrest in the United States
• List of Occupy movement topics
• List of protests in the 21st century
• Nuit Debout
• Post-democracy
• Radical media
• UC Davis pepper spray incident

Notes

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See Mitt Romney’s tax return., CSMonitor.com, January 24, 2012, April 23, 2012,www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0124/Thanks-to-Occupy-rich-poor-gap-is-front-and-center.-See-Mitt-Romney-s-tax-return," title="web.archive.org/web/20140122161222www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0124/Thanks-to-Occupy-rich-poor-gap-is-front-and-center.-See-Mitt-Romney-s-tax-return,">web.archive.org/web/20140122161222www.csmonitor.com/Commentary/Opinion/2012/0124/Thanks-to-Occupy-rich-poor-gap-is-front-and-center.-See-Mitt-Romney-s-tax-return, January 22, 2014, WEB,abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/six-in-10-support-policies-addressing-income-inequality/, Six in 10 Support Policies Addressing Income Inequality – ABC News, ABC News, November 9, 2011, April 23, 2012,web.archive.org/web/20140224003329/https://abcnews.go.com/blogs/politics/2011/11/six-in-10-support-policies-addressing-income-inequality/, February 24, 2014, WEB, Seitz, Alex,thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/31/357001/how-ows-has-already-succeeded/?mobile=nc, Occupy Wall Street’s Success: Even Republicans Are Talking About Income Inequality, ThinkProgress, October 31, 2011, April 23, 2012,thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/31/357001/how-ows-has-already-succeeded/?mobile=nc," title="web.archive.org/web/20140502230804thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/31/357001/how-ows-has-already-succeeded/?mobile=nc,">web.archive.org/web/20140502230804thinkprogress.org/special/2011/10/31/357001/how-ows-has-already-succeeded/?mobile=nc, May 2, 2014, NEWS,www.businessweek.com/magazine/occupy-wall-street-its-not-a-hippie-thing-10272011.html, Occupy Wall Street: It’s Not a Hippie Thing,www.businessweek.com/magazine/occupy-wall-street-its-not-a-hippie-thing-10272011.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130526104046www.businessweek.com/magazine/occupy-wall-street-its-not-a-hippie-thing-10272011.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130526104046www.businessweek.com/magazine/occupy-wall-street-its-not-a-hippie-thing-10272011.html, May 26, 2013, Roger, Lowenstein, Bloomberg Businessweek, October 27, 2011, WEB,www.nbcnews.com/id/45040659/ns/us_news-life/t/another-idea-student-loan-debt-make-it-go-away/, Another idea for student loan debt: Make it go away, Petra, Cahill, MSNBC, October 26, 2011, July 30, 2019, July 30, 2019,www.nbcnews.com/id/45040659/ns/us_news-life/t/another-idea-student-loan-debt-make-it-go-away/," title="web.archive.org/web/20190730204539www.nbcnews.com/id/45040659/ns/us_news-life/t/another-idea-student-loan-debt-make-it-go-away/,">web.archive.org/web/20190730204539www.nbcnews.com/id/45040659/ns/us_news-life/t/another-idea-student-loan-debt-make-it-go-away/, live, NEWS,articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/25/nation/la-na-occupy-student-loans-20111026, Student loans add to angst at Occupy Wall Street, Los Angeles Times, Geraldine, Baum, October 25, 2011,articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/25/nation/la-na-occupy-student-loans-20111026," title="web.archive.org/web/20140109180038articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/25/nation/la-na-occupy-student-loans-20111026,">web.archive.org/web/20140109180038articles.latimes.com/2011/oct/25/nation/la-na-occupy-student-loans-20111026, January 9, 2014, NEWS,www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Occupy-Wall-Street-vows-to-carry-on-after-arrests-3416821.php, Occupy Wall Street vows to carry on after arrests, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 19, 2012, Associated Press, July 30, 2019, July 30, 2019,web.archive.org/web/20190730204747/https://www.sfgate.com/nation/article/Occupy-Wall-Street-vows-to-carry-on-after-arrests-3416821.php, live, NEWS,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-trying-to-settle-on-demands.html?scp=1&sq=occupy%20wall%20street%20demands%20groups%20&st=cse, New York Times, The New York Times, Meredith, Hoffman, October 16, 2011,www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-trying-to-settle-on-demands.html?scp=1&sq=occupy%20wall%20street%20demands%20groups%20&st=cse," title="web.archive.org/web/20130515220014www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-trying-to-settle-on-demands.html?scp=1&sq=occupy%20wall%20street%20demands%20groups%20&st=cse,">web.archive.org/web/20130515220014www.nytimes.com/2011/10/17/nyregion/occupy-wall-street-trying-to-settle-on-demands.html?scp=1&sq=occupy%20wall%20street%20demands%20groups%20&st=cse, May 15, 2013, WEB, Walsh, Joan,www.salon.com/2011/10/20/do_we_know_what_ows_wants_yet/singleton/, Do we know what OWS wants yet?, Salon.com, October 20, 2011, November 1, 2011,www.salon.com/2011/10/20/do_we_know_what_ows_wants_yet/singleton/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120902122013www.salon.com/2011/10/20/do_we_know_what_ows_wants_yet/singleton/,">web.archive.org/web/20120902122013www.salon.com/2011/10/20/do_we_know_what_ows_wants_yet/singleton/, September 2, 2012, NEWS , NEWS, Peralta, Eyder, Occupy Wall Street Doesn’t Endorse Philly Conference, npr.org, National Public Radio, February 24, 2012,www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/24/147349639/occupy-wall-street-doesnt-endorse-philly-conference archive-url =www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/24/147349639/occupy-wall-street-doesnt-endorse-philly-conference," title="web.archive.org/web/20140502232946www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/24/147349639/occupy-wall-street-doesnt-endorse-philly-conference,">web.archive.org/web/20140502232946www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2012/02/24/147349639/occupy-wall-street-doesnt-endorse-philly-conference, May 2, 2014, WEB, Westfeldt, Amy,www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RKV7HO0.htm, Occupy Wall Street’s center shows some cracks, BusinessWeek, December 15, 2011, February 15, 2012,www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RKV7HO0.htm," title="web.archive.org/web/20130502045516www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RKV7HO0.htm,">web.archive.org/web/20130502045516www.businessweek.com/ap/financialnews/D9RKV7HO0.htm, May 2, 2013, NEWS, Hinkle, A. Barton, OWS protesters have strange ideas about fairness,www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2011/nov/04/tdopin02-hinkle-ows-protesters-have-strange-ideas--ar-1433590/, November 11, 2011, Richmond Times Dispatch, November 4, 2011,www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2011/nov/04/tdopin02-hinkle-ows-protesters-have-strange-ideas--ar-1433590/," title="web.archive.org/web/20120815151314www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2011/nov/04/tdopin02-hinkle-ows-protesters-have-strange-ideas--ar-1433590/,">web.archive.org/web/20120815151314www2.timesdispatch.com/news/rtd-opinion/2011/nov/04/tdopin02-hinkle-ows-protesters-have-strange-ideas--ar-1433590/, dead, August 15, 2012, NEWS, Penny, Laurie, Protest By Consensus,www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/10/spain-movement-square-world, November 11, 2011, New Statesman, October 16, 2011,www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/10/spain-movement-square-world," title="web.archive.org/web/20111118004748www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/10/spain-movement-square-world,">web.archive.org/web/20111118004748www.newstatesman.com/blogs/laurie-penny/2011/10/spain-movement-square-world, live, November 18, 2011, WEB,www.nycga.net/groups/, New York City General Assembly website,www.nycga.net/groups/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140223064642www.nycga.net/groups/,">web.archive.org/web/20140223064642www.nycga.net/groups/, February 23, 2014, WEB,observer.com/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-moves-indoors-with-spokes-council/, Occupy Wall Street Moves Indoors With Spokes Council, The New York Observer, November 8, 2011,observer.com/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-moves-indoors-with-spokes-council/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140502192439observer.com/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-moves-indoors-with-spokes-council/,">web.archive.org/web/20140502192439observer.com/2011/11/occupy-wall-street-moves-indoors-with-spokes-council/, May 2, 2014, NEWS, A general assembly of anyone who wants to attend meets twice daily. Because it’s hard to be heard above the din of lower Manhattan and because the city is not allowing bullhorns or microphones, the protesters have devised a system of Occupy hand signals, hand symbols. Fingers downward means you disagree. Arms crossed means you strongly disagree. Announcements are made via the “people’s mic ... you say it and the people immediately around you repeat it and pass the word along. ... Somewhere between 100 and 200 people sleep in Zuccotti Park. ... Many occupiers were still in their sleeping bags at 9 or 10 am,www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j1cCvOt8hya8vGX0L0BuZu6lxt_A?docId=0b872a8c42874850a511343166b0b871,www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j1cCvOt8hya8vGX0L0BuZu6lxt_A?docId=0b872a8c42874850a511343166b0b871," title="web.archive.org/web/20111009172825www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j1cCvOt8hya8vGX0L0BuZu6lxt_A?docId=0b872a8c42874850a511343166b0b871,">web.archive.org/web/20111009172825www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5j1cCvOt8hya8vGX0L0BuZu6lxt_A?docId=0b872a8c42874850a511343166b0b871, October 9, 2011, Wall Street functions like a small city, Karen, Matthews, Associated Press, October 7, 2011, November 11, 2016, live, NEWS,www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424052970204002304576631084250433462/, The Occupy Economy, Kadet, Anne, October 15, 2011, The Wall Street Journal,online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576631084250433462.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130514093208online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576631084250433462.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130514093208online.wsj.com/article/SB10001424052970204002304576631084250433462.html, May 14, 2013, MAGAZINE, Richard, Kim,www.thenation.com/blog/163767/we-are-all-human-microphones-now, We Are All Human Microphones Now, The Nation, October 3, 2011, October 13, 2011, September 21, 2012,www.thenation.com/blog/163767/we-are-all-human-microphones-now," title="archive.today/20120921170352www.thenation.com/blog/163767/we-are-all-human-microphones-now,">archive.today/20120921170352www.thenation.com/blog/163767/we-are-all-human-microphones-now, live, MAGAZINE, Allison, Kilkenny,www.thenation.com/blog/163981/occupy-wall-street-protesters-win-showdown-bloomberg, Occupy Wall Street Protesters Win Showdown With Bloomberg, The Nation, October 16, 2011, October 14, 2011, February 25, 2014,www.thenation.com/blog/163981/occupy-wall-street-protesters-win-showdown-bloomberg," title="web.archive.org/web/20140225200702www.thenation.com/blog/163981/occupy-wall-street-protesters-win-showdown-bloomberg,">web.archive.org/web/20140225200702www.thenation.com/blog/163981/occupy-wall-street-protesters-win-showdown-bloomberg, live, WEB,www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-postponed-after-nyc-protest.html, Cleanup Canceled, BusinessWeek, October 14, 2011,www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-postponed-after-nyc-protest.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20130527130902www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-postponed-after-nyc-protest.html,">web.archive.org/web/20130527130902www.businessweek.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-postponed-after-nyc-protest.html, May 27, 2013, NEWS, Deprez, Esmé E., Joel, Stonington, Chris, Dolmetsch,www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-is-postponed-as-14-protesters-in-custody.html, Occupy Wall Street Park Cleaning Postponed, Bloomberg, October 14, 2011,www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-is-postponed-as-14-protesters-in-custody.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20131229054930www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-is-postponed-as-14-protesters-in-custody.html,">web.archive.org/web/20131229054930www.bloomberg.com/news/2011-10-14/occupy-wall-street-park-cleaning-is-postponed-as-14-protesters-in-custody.html, December 29, 2013, NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/zuccotti-park-evacuation_n_1094164.html, Zuccotti Park Eviction: NYPD Orders Occupy Wall Street Protesters To Temporarily Evacuate Park [LATEST UPDATES], Huffington Post, November 15, 2011, November 17, 2011, Jade, Walker,www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/zuccotti-park-evacuation_n_1094164.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20131219194041www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/zuccotti-park-evacuation_n_1094164.html,">web.archive.org/web/20131219194041www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/15/zuccotti-park-evacuation_n_1094164.html, December 19, 2013, NEWS,www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/us/new-york-occupy-eviction/index.html?hpt=hp_t1, New York court upholds eviction of “Occupy” protesters, November 15, 2011, CNN, November 15, 2011, A New York Supreme Court has ruled not to extend a temporary restraining order that prevented the eviction of “Occupy” protesters who were encamped at Zuccotti Park, considered a home-base for demonstrators. Police in riot gear cleared out the protesters early Tuesday morning, a move that attorneys for the loosely defined group say was unlawful. But Justice Michael Stallman later ruled in favor of New York city officials and Brookfield properties, owners and developers of the privately owned park in Lower Manhattan. The order does not prevent protesters from gathering in the park, but says their First Amendment rights not do include remaining there, “along with their tents, structures, generators, and other installations to the exclusion of the owner’s reasonable rights and duties to maintain Zuccotti Park.”,www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/us/new-york-occupy-eviction/index.html?hpt=hp_t1," title="web.archive.org/web/20140222134938www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/us/new-york-occupy-eviction/index.html?hpt=hp_t1,">web.archive.org/web/20140222134938www.cnn.com/2011/11/15/us/new-york-occupy-eviction/index.html?hpt=hp_t1, February 22, 2014, NEWS, Protesters Occupy New Year in Zuccotti Park,www.nydailynews.com/news/yup-back-protesters-occupy-year-article-1.999412, January 1, 2012, New York, Daily News, Barry, Paddock, Larry, Mcshane, January 1, 2012,www.nydailynews.com/news/yup-back-protesters-occupy-year-article-1.999412," title="web.archive.org/web/20120105115738www.nydailynews.com/news/yup-back-protesters-occupy-year-article-1.999412,">web.archive.org/web/20120105115738www.nydailynews.com/news/yup-back-protesters-occupy-year-article-1.999412, dead, January 5, 2012, WEB, OWS Clash With Police At Zuccotti Park,www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/ows-clash-with-police-at-zuccotti-park-20120101-ncx, January 1, 2012,www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/ows-clash-with-police-at-zuccotti-park-20120101-ncx," title="web.archive.org/web/20120225153354www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/ows-clash-with-police-at-zuccotti-park-20120101-ncx,">web.archive.org/web/20120225153354www.myfoxny.com/dpp/news/ows-clash-with-police-at-zuccotti-park-20120101-ncx, February 25, 2012, NEWS,www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/occupy-wall-street-after-encampment-protesters-nomads_n_1201542.html, After Occupy Wall Street Encampment Ends, NYC Protesters Become Nomads, Huffington Post, January 12, 2012, January 30, 2012, Christopher, Mathias,www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/occupy-wall-street-after-encampment-protesters-nomads_n_1201542.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20131219195554www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/occupy-wall-street-after-encampment-protesters-nomads_n_1201542.html,">web.archive.org/web/20131219195554www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/01/12/occupy-wall-street-after-encampment-protesters-nomads_n_1201542.html, December 19, 2013, WEB, Colvin, Jill, Occupy Wall Street Cost NYPD $17 Million in Overtime,www.dnainfo.com/20120315/downtown/occupy-wall-street-cost-nypd-17-million-overtime, March 24, 2012,www.dnainfo.com/20120315/downtown/occupy-wall-street-cost-nypd-17-million-overtime," title="web.archive.org/web/20120418000236www.dnainfo.com/20120315/downtown/occupy-wall-street-cost-nypd-17-million-overtime,">web.archive.org/web/20120418000236www.dnainfo.com/20120315/downtown/occupy-wall-street-cost-nypd-17-million-overtime, April 18, 2012, NEWS, Goldenberg, Sally,www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/ot_for_ows_4SD2cPuzQqBFIWFGNGa5rN, Occupy Wall Street cost the NYPD $17 million in overtime, Ray Kelly said, New York Post, March 16, 2012, April 23, 2012, February 21, 2021,web.archive.org/web/20210221064725/https://nypost.com/2012/03/16/ot-for-ows-17m/, live, NEWS, Joe, Kemp,articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-16/news/31202760_1_police-coverage-protests-cost-overtime, OWS protests cost city $17M in OT – Kelly – New York Daily News, Articles.nydailynews.com, March 16, 2012, April 23, 2012,articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-16/news/31202760_1_police-coverage-protests-cost-overtime," title="web.archive.org/web/20120730152143articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-16/news/31202760_1_police-coverage-protests-cost-overtime,">web.archive.org/web/20120730152143articles.nydailynews.com/2012-03-16/news/31202760_1_police-coverage-protests-cost-overtime, July 30, 2012, NEWS, Moynihan, Colin,cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/arrests-made-as-protesters-mark-occupy-wall-streets-six-month-anniversary/, Scores Arrested as the Police Clear Zuccotti Park, Zuccotti Park (NYC), The New York Times, March 17, 2012, April 23, 2012,cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/arrests-made-as-protesters-mark-occupy-wall-streets-six-month-anniversary/," title="web.archive.org/web/20140105204334cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/arrests-made-as-protesters-mark-occupy-wall-streets-six-month-anniversary/,">web.archive.org/web/20140105204334cityroom.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/03/17/arrests-made-as-protesters-mark-occupy-wall-streets-six-month-anniversary/, January 5, 2014, NEWS,www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/18/occupy-wall-street-six-month-anniversary?newsfeed=truefirst=Ryan work=The Guardian access-date=March 22, 2012 archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130226092647www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/18/occupy-wall-street-six-month-anniversary?newsfeed=true, February 26, 2013, NEWS,www.theguardian.com/world/2012/mar/25/occupy-wall-street-protest-police, Occupy Wall Street demonstrators march to protest against police violence, The Guardian, March 24, 2012, London, Ryan, Devereaux,www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/25/occupy-wall-street-protest-police," title="web.archive.org/web/20130611052543www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/25/occupy-wall-street-protest-police,">web.archive.org/web/20130611052543www.guardian.co.uk/world/2012/mar/25/occupy-wall-street-protest-police, June 11, 2013, NEWS,www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/criminal_occupation_oh3CnKANUqYHrGPCaZaLRK, Thieves preying on fellow protesters, New York Post, October 18, 2011, Larry, Celona,www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/criminal_occupation_oh3CnKANUqYHrGPCaZaLRK," title="web.archive.org/web/20130902143456www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/criminal_occupation_oh3CnKANUqYHrGPCaZaLRK,">web.archive.org/web/20130902143456www.nypost.com/p/news/local/manhattan/criminal_occupation_oh3CnKANUqYHrGPCaZaLRK, September 2, 2013, WEB, Siegal, Ida,www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-EMT-Assaulted-Zuccotti-Park-Arrest-133613788.html, Man Arrested for Breaking EMT’s Leg at Occupy Wall Street, November 10, 2011, NBC New York, November 12, 2011,www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-EMT-Assaulted-Zuccotti-Park-Arrest-133613788.html," title="web.archive.org/web/20140503001912www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-EMT-Assaulted-Zuccotti-Park-Arrest-133613788.html,">web.archive.org/web/20140503001912www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local/Occupy-Wall-Street-EMT-Assaulted-Zuccotti-Park-Arrest-133613788.html, May 3, 2014, WEB,gothamist.com/2011/11/05/occupy_wall_street_erects_women-onl.php, Occupy Wall Street Erects Women-Only Tent After 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WEB,www.wpix.com/news/wpix-zuccotti-sex-abuse,0,2577863.story, Man Arrested For Groping Protester Also Eyed In Zuccotti Park Rape Case, WPIX, November 21, 2011,www.wpix.com/news/wpix-zuccotti-sex-abuse%2C0%2C2577863.story," title="web.archive.org/web/20120907015448www.wpix.com/news/wpix-zuccotti-sex-abuse%2C0%2C2577863.story,">web.archive.org/web/20120907015448www.wpix.com/news/wpix-zuccotti-sex-abuse%2C0%2C2577863.story, September 7, 2012, dead, NEWS,articles.nydailynews.com/2011-11-02/news/30352474_1_connecticut-man-encampment-demonstrators, Arrest made in Occupy Wall St. sex attack; Suspect eyed in another Zuccotti gropingCase, NY Daily News, November 2, 2011, November 21, 2011, New York, Irving, Dejohn, Joe, Kemp,articles.nydailynews.com/2011-11-02/news/30352474_1_connecticut-man-encampment-demonstrators," 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Further reading

• BOOK, Bray, Mark, 2013, Translating Anarchy: The Anarchism of Occupy Wall Street, Zero Books, 9781782791263,
• BOOK, The Occupy Handbook, Janet Byrne, Back Bay Books, 2012, 978-0-316-22021-7, registration,archive.org/details/occupyhandbook0000unse,
• BOOK, Goyens, Tom, Gautney, Heather, The Influence of Anarchism in Occupy Wall Street, (Radical Gotham: Anarchism in New York City from Schwab’s Saloon to Occupy Wall Street), 221–240, 2017, 978-0-252-08254-2, University of Illinois Press, Urbana,
• NEWS, Graeber, David, Occupy’s liberation from liberalism: the real meaning of May Day,www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/07/occupy-liberation-from-liberalism, May 20, 2012, The Guardian, May 7, 2012, London,www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/07/occupy-liberation-from-liberalism," title="web.archive.org/web/20120510033646www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/07/occupy-liberation-from-liberalism,">web.archive.org/web/20120510033646www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/cifamerica/2012/may/07/occupy-liberation-from-liberalism, live, May 10, 2012,
• BOOK, Graeber, David, David Graeber, The Democracy Project: A History, A Crisis, A Movement, 2013, Spiegel and Grau, 9780812993561,archive.org/details/isbn_9780812993561,
• BOOK, Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse, Nathan, Schneider, University of California Press, 2013, 9780520276802, Nathan Schneider,
• BOOK, Schram, Sanford F., Sanford Schram, The Return of Ordinary Capitalism: Neoliberalism, Precarity, Occupy, 2015, Oxford University Press, 978-0190253028,
• BOOK, Sitrin, Marina, Marina Sitrin, They Can’t Represent Us!: Reinventing Democracy from Greece to Occupy, 2014, Verso Books, 9781781680971,www.versobooks.com/products/2368-they-can-t-represent-us,

External links

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• Occupy Wall Street Audio Collection, Tamiment Library and Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives at New York University Special Collections
• Occupy Wall Street Archives Working Group Records

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