'Occupy Wall Street' Protests

Occupy Wall Street which began on September 17 is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City based in Zuccoti Park(formerly Liberty Plaza Park) originally called for by the Canadian activist group 'ADBUSTERS' 

protesting against social and economic inequality,corporate greed and the influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government from September 17,2011.Although it was originally proposed by Adbusters magazine, the demonstration is leaderless.
Demands such as raising taxes on the rich, raising taxes on corporations, ending corporate welfare, support for Trade Unionsim and protecting Medicare and Social Security in their traditional forms are expressed by some participants.
The crowd amassed at Freedom Plaza at Pennsylvania Ave and 14th Street, just a few blocks away from the White House and not far from the U.S. Capitol Building.The crowd participating included hipsters, grandmas, military vets, musicians, homeless people, and people of various ages and backgrounds.

 

Somewhere between 100 and 200 people sleep in Zuccotti Park. Because tents are not allowed at Zucotti Park, the protesters that do decide to spend the night sleep in sleeping bags or under blankets

 Occupy Boston protesters demonstrate on the plaza in front of the Federal Reserve Bank in Boston, Saturday, October 8, 2011

A protester holds a sign during an "Occupy Wall Street" rally in New York's Washington Square October 8, 2011

Protesters display a banner during the Occupy DC protest at the Freedom Plaza in Washington, October 10, 2011.

Several hundred demonstrators march past the capitol building in Salem, Oregon, Oct. 10, 2011, in support of the ongoing Occupy Wall Street demonstration in New York

Activists hold a public discussion about drug and alcohol use during the protests in Zuccotti Park, Oct. 10, 2011, in New York. Hundreds of activists have been living in the park since mid-September rallying against the power of corporate banks and other issues

Some of the many themes on display in DC included -

A graphic of the text of the U.S. Constitution and "We the People" prominently displayed

 Ending U.S. wars overseas

The protest has been criticized for lack of focus and actionable agenda(official list of demands)
                                                                                     

Members of a coalition called "Stand up Chicago" march outside the Chicago Board of Trade during Take Back our Jobs rally in Chicago October 13, 2011. 

 Police officers on scooters follow along a mass of Occupy Wall Street protestors as they march towards Times Square, Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011

Demonstrators associated with the 'Occupy Wall Street' movement protest in Times Square on Oct. 15, 2011 in New York City

An Occupy Wall Street participant holds aloft a digital sign urging more demonstrators to join the protests at Zuccotti Park near Wall Street in New York, which began it's second month Oct. 18, 2011

'Occupy Wall Street' Protests goes global

Inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protest camp in New York, thousands of protesters in cities across the world have taken to the streets in anger at corporate greed and government cutbacks.Protest in Taipei -

 

                                              












                                                               


Protesters take part in an "Occupy Hong Kong" rally outside the Hong Kong Exchange Square Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011

A man holds a placard during a protest to express anger at 'the inequities and excesses of free-market capitalism' in Hong Kong on Oct. 15, 2011

Labor activists holding cardboard cutouts resembling Apple iPhones during an "Occupy Hong Kong" rally outside the Hong Kong Exchange Square Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011

People take a part in a demostration in Puerta del Sol square in solidarity action for the worldwide protest dubbed "Occupy the City" in Madrid on Saturday, Oct. 15, 2011

Small and Peaceful Rallies held in -

• Auckland, New Zealand

• In Sydney outside the central Reserve Bank of Australia.

In Manila a few dozen marched on the U.S. embassy waving banners reading: "Down with U.S. imperialism" and "Philippines not for sale".

• people gathered at the Taipei stock exchange, chanting "we are Taiwan's 99 percent"

• Rome protesters, who called themselves "the indignant ones", included unemployed, students and pensioners.Some protesters in masks and helmets set fire to cars, smashed the windows of stores and banks and trashed offices of the defence ministry. Police fired water cannon at demonstrators who were hurling rocks, bottles and fireworks.   

Demonstrators attempt to break through the entrance of a bank branch during a demonstration against banking and finance in Rome October 15, 2011

A parked car burns during a demonstration in dowtown Rome, Oct. 15, 2011

Occupy London Protest

 

 

 


Protestors outside St.Paul Cathedral establish Tents and voice their protests on a permanent basis 

WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange speaks at a protest outside St Paul's Cathedral, next to the London Stock Exchange, in central London October 15, 2011

 

NYPD Orders Occupy Wall Street Protesters To Temporarily Evacuate Park -15.11.2011 1 A.M

''Occupy Wall Street'' protesters have been ordered to leave Zuccotti Park, police handed out notices from the park's owner, Brookfield Office Properties, and the city saying that the park had to be cleared because it had become unsanitary and hazardous. Protesters were told they could return, but without sleeping bags, tarps or tents.

 

 

 

NYP early in the morning on Tuesday 15.11.2011 began the process of evicting the Occupy Wall Street protesters who had been camping at Zuccotti Park for nearly two months.Protestors were woken up at 01:00 (06:00 GMT) and ordered to leave, before hundreds of police began dismantling tents and removing property. Leaflets were handed out saying the park had to be cleared because it had become unsanitary and hazardous.Protesters were told they could return, but without sleeping bags, tarps or tents.

 

NYCourt Upholds Eviction of Wall Street Protesters -

 Upholding the eviction of Occupy Wall Street protesters from Zuccotti park, ground zero of the movement, a New York Supreme Court has said authorities can stop demonstrators from returning to the site of the protests with their tents. 

The four-page ruling  says that the protesters "have not demonstrated that they have a First Amendment right to remain in Zuccotti Park, along with their tents, structures, generators and other installations" to the exclusion of the landlord or "others who might wish to use the space safely."  

The ruling came hours after at least 200 protesters at the park in Lower Manhattan were arrested in police raid on Tuesday 15.11.2011, ending the two-month long encampment.

The Occupy movement which began September 17 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, has since spread to over 70 major US cities, including Washington, where protesters have set up encampments in two public squares near the White House.
The protesters' slogan 'We are the 99 percent' refers to the growing wealth disparity in the US between the wealthiest 1 percent and the rest of the population and targets corporate greed.
Police in several US cities confronted Occupy protests aimed and shutting down port facilities as part of a nationwide day of protest in the aftermath of efforts to clear demonstrators against corporate greed from public parks.