Occupy movement facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Occupy movement |
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| Part of the response to the late-2000s financial crisis and to the subprime mortgage crisis and to the impact of the Arab Spring | |
Worldwide Occupy movement protests on 15 October 2011
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| Date | 17 September 2011 – 2012 |
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Worldwide (List of locations)
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| Caused by | Economic and social inequality, corporate influence over government, inter alia. |
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| Arrests: 7,700+ Injuries: 400+ Deaths: 32 |
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The Occupy movement, an international progressive, socio-political movement, expressed opposition to social and economic inequality and to the lack of "real democracy" around the world. It aimed primarily to advance social and economic justice and new forms of democracy.
The movement had many different scopes; local groups often had different focuses, but the movement's prime concerns included how large corporations (and the global financial system) control the world in a way that disproportionately benefited a minority, undermined democracy, and were unstable. "Occupy" formed part of what Manfred Steger called the "global justice movement".
The first Occupy protest to receive widespread attention, Occupy Wall Street in New York City's Zuccotti Park, began on 17 September 2011. By 9 October, Occupy protests had taken place or were ongoing in over 951 cities across 82 countries, and in over 600 communities in the United States. Although the movement became most active in the United States, by October 2011 Occupy protests and occupations had started in dozens of other countries across every inhabited continent. For the first month, overt police repression remained minimal, but this began to change by 25 October 2011, when police first attempted to forcibly remove Occupy Oakland. By the end of 2011 authorities had cleared most of the major camps, with the last remaining high-profile sites – in Washington, D.C. and in London – evicted by February 2012.
The Occupy movement took inspiration in part from the Arab Spring, from the 2009 Iranian Green Movement, and from the Spanish Indignados Movement, as well as from the overall global wave of anti-austerity protests of 2010 and following.
The movement commonly uses the slogan "We are the 99%" and the #Occupy hashtag format; it organizes through websites such as Occupy Together.
On 12 October 2011 Los Angeles City Council became one of the first governmental bodies in the United States to adopt a resolution stating its informal support of the Occupy movement.
In October 2012 the Executive Director of Financial Stability at the Bank of England stated that the protesters were right to criticise and had persuaded bankers and politicians "to behave in a more moral way".
Occupy movement are an international protest group which are directed against social or economic inequality. The movement model itself after the New York City based movement network Occupy Wall Street. These protests are ongoing all across the world.
Images for kids
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Occupy protesters with "We are the 99%" signs in Bennington, Vermont
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Protesters with the "99%" t-shirts at Occupy Wall Street on 17 November 2011 near the New York City Hall.
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The General Assembly meeting in Washington Square Park, New York City, on 8 October 2011
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Protesters rallying near New York police headquarters, with St. Andrew's Church in the background
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A crowd of protestors in Congress Square, Ljubljana, Slovenia, on 15 October 2011
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Green party leader Caroline Lucas discussing green economics with occupiers at London's Bank of Ideas on 6 December 2011
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"Occupy DC" sign and tents in downtown Washington, D.C. October, 2011
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Occupy Portland Prayer Vigil, November 2012
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Mashtots Park activists protesting in front of the city hall of Yerevan, Armenia
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The Occupy Sydney camp in February 2012
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Protesters occupy the roof of the National Congress of Brazil in Brasília on 17 June 2013.
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An Occupy Montreal demonstration on 15 October 2011
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Tents at the Occupy Buffer Zone camp in Nicosia
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Occupy Berlin protests on 15 October 2011, pictured in front of the Reichstag
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Occupy Rotterdam on 22 October 2011 in front of the Beurs-World Trade Center
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The Occupy Auckland protest camp in Aotea Square, Auckland, on 16 November 2011
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The Occupy Dame Street camp in Dublin, Republic of Ireland
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Some of the protesters have styled themselves as #OccupyGezi.
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Julian Assange speaks at the Occupy London protests outside the cathedral in the City of London on 15 October 2011.
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A tent at the Occupy London encampment in the City of London
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An anarchist occupation of parliament square
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Occupy Edinburgh protesters in St Andrew Square, Edinburgh
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One of the marches to the Port of Oakland during the 2011 Oakland General Strike on 2 November 2011
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Zuccotti Park closed to overnight camping on 15 November 2011
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