It has been three months since the Occupy Wall Street movement began on September 17, 2011. For the first few days, the movement was largely ignored by the mainstream media. Now it has gotten to the point where it cannot be ignored. The movement has spread to over one thousand cities across the United States and around the world. Occupy Wall Street does not have a clear set of demands nor is there an easily identifiable leadership. Yet, it is united by the economic suffering shared by millions of people. The movement’s lack of clear demands is the most persistent criticism people (both detractors and supporters) make against Occupy Wall Street. While demands are important, this criticism misses what the movement is really about. Read the rest of this entry »
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Occupy Wall Street: a movement against oligarchy
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Posted by Adam Hudson on December 13, 2011 in Activism & Social Change, Anarchism, Capitalism, Economy, Inequality, Late-2000s financial crisis/recession/depression, Occupy Wall Street, Poverty, Radical/Revolutionary Ideas
Tags: anti-capitalism, capitalism, corporate greed, economic injustice, economic justice, global economic crisis, Inequality, Occupy Wall Street, oligarchy, OWS, social movement, Wall Street