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Occupy Wall Street is a protest movement that began September 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, initiated by the Canadian activist group AdBusters. The protests are against social and economic inequality, high unemployment, greed, as well as corruption and the undue influence of corporations on government—particularly from the financial services sector. The protesters' slogan We are the 99% refers to the growing income and wealth inequality in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population.

On March 17, 2012 scores were arrested as the police again cleared Zuccotti Park. Activist Cecily Macmillan had a seizure while being arrested and was taken to hospital where she was later released.

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[edit] Finance working group

Questions have been raised about what happened to all the money raised by Occupy Wall Street. The working group (plus Pete Dutro, Bre Lembitz and Victoria Sobel) control the bank accounts and aledgedly refuse to account for any of the $1,000,000 that has been donated to OWS.


[edit] Outside New York Stock

On April 13, 2012, months after the Zuccotti Park Eviction, Occupy Wall Street sprang up outside New York Stock.

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[edit] Trinity Church

On June 18, 2012, eight Occupy Wall Street protesters were found guilty of trespassing and Mark Adams was sentenced to 45 days In jail.

[edit] Key individuals

[edit] People

  • Victoria Sobel: 21-year-old Cooper Union art student who served for a few weeks as Occupy Wall Street’s unofficial CFO.'
  • Pete Dutro
  • Bre Lembitz
  • Vlad Teichberg - a thirty-nine-year-old former derivatives trader who is now affiliated with Global Revolution.

[edit] Resources

  • Mumble on occupywiki.org .uk

[edit] Related

[edit] References