So why, 10 years on, are we still living with the inequality and environmental concerns Occupy brought to the fore? In the years since the last Occupy London protesters were evicted, the one per cent have been winning. Inequality has increased — a pattern that Covid has turbocharged. People are still angry at the rich and the poor are still being clobbered.
Many of these properties are holiday homes or left vacant so their owners can speculate on soaring house prices. Ten years on, Stephen Moore, a former bailiff who joined Anonymous after feeling let down by the economic system he was a part of, has mixed feelings about Occupy London. I feel the establishment got away with murder. Decentralisation was central to what they were trying to achieve, but it was also the biggest problem. So they kind of just end up leading anyway.
Like, the classic thing was, you can tell who the leaders are, because they are the ones saying there are no leaders. Not if Priti Patel has anything to say about it. The environmental activist has already faced a prolonged legal battle as part of the Stansted 15 — activists who were arrested for blocking a deportation flight at the London airport in But it does go to show that direct actions are effective. That no longer became something that the left wing says. Or people with degrees in politics.
It became ordinary for people from all walks of life to be saying that. This article is taken from the latest edition of The Big Issue magazine. If you cannot reach local your vendor, you can still click HERE to subscribe to The Big Issue today or give a gift subscription to a friend or family member. Be the first to hear about upcoming issues, the ways you can support The Big Issue, special offers and competitions.
The OWS movement is also an excellent example of a new form of voluntary association, distinct from the more formalized associations of the recent past. The cause itself is what binds the individuals together and gives the group its unique identity. Since technology defies the limitations of time and place, it reaches a broader audience and allows members to participate in the cause without the obligations of formal membership.
These kinds of informal, episodic networks of volunteers advocating on behalf of a cause that cut across traditional identity groups will be the future of voluntary associations in the philanthropic sector.
What does it mean to join a peaceful protest? This paper was developed by students taking a Philanthropic Studies course taught at the Lilly Family School of Philanthropy at Indiana University in Occupy Wall Street. Grade Level:. Occupy Wall Street represents a new kind of social protest movement in the 21st century.
It was created online and used web-based technology and social media to create a public dialogue around the topic of income inequality in America. It was the first protest movement of the Millennial generation and its ideals are represented by social justice, diversity, public dialogue, and radical democracy. The protest itself lasted just two months, but the conversation continues on websites, social media, and blogs.
Written by Jeremy Morse Definition Occupy Wall Street OWS is the name given to the nonviolent protest movement organized to address the perceived inequalities of the US financial system following the recession of In order to figure out what is driving the movement, Konczal wrote some computer code that extracted the words used most frequently in the profiles, where people tell their own stories.
Konczal compares Occupy Wall Street to the protest movements of the pre-industrial era, in which landless peasants sought to expunge the debts they owed their masters.
Before accepting it as gospel, I would need to see some more evidence, though. Statistically speaking, there may be a sample-selection problem. But after 15 straight days, they are now getting the backing of prominent celebrities like documentary film maker Michael Moore andOscar-winning actress Susan Sarandon.
They're also now backed by powerful labor unions with hundreds of thousands of members and millions of dollars behind them. Columbia University political science professor Dorian Warren said he thinks the protests could continue to grow. So they're just expressing what people have been saying. The protesters call their block of Lower Manhattan "Liberty Square" and it has been their around-the-clock home for two weeks.
It's a little city unto itself with a media center and library, a kitchen -- even a medical clinic. The square has a bit of s vibe, complete with folk guitarists, tie-dye clothing and communal living.
The protesters are getting the word out through social media and their very own newspaper, The Occupied Wall Street Journal.
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