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A Canadian magazine, "Adbusters" makes a call to occupy Wall Street.
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A hactivist group known as Anonymous answer "Adbusters" call creating a video encouraging others to follow suit.
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Nearly 1,000 protesters gather protesting coporate greed. They begin to occupy the financial district in New York City.
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Roseanne Barr becomes first celebrity to lend support to this New York City Genral Assembly. This comes two days after the protest began.
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The New York Police Department begins to arrest protesters for wearing masks, citing a law that prohibits masked gatherings of two or more people with an exception: "a masquerade party or like entertainment." The police then become more forceful with the protesters.
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Protesters interrupt a Sotheby's Auction, "in a show of solidarity with the art handler's union that had been locked out." This is first instance of protesters and labor unions uniting.
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A peaceful march goes awry as 80 protesters are arrested. A nonthreatening woman gets pepper-sprayed by a police officer. Video of incident goes viral.
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Two days after pepper-spraying an innocent women, the police officer responsible for the incident has his name and details leaked by Anonymous
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Protesters come out in support of postal workers protesting their reduced five-day work week.
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Transports Workers Union votes to join in support of Occupy Wall Street. over 700 United Airline and Continental pilots demonstrate in front of Wall Street.
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Over 1,000 protesters march on New York Police Department headquarters, protesting the police response against them.
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Demonstrators march across Brooklyn Bridge. Over 700 of them are arrested for blocking traffic.
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Major labor unions endorse the movement joining in on a march on New York's financial district. As many as 15,000 participate according to ABC News.
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The movement spread to hundreds of U.S cities and around the world. A global day of action was planned for October 15. President Obama commented on the movement calling it a, "broad-based frustration about how our financial system works."
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A clash between protesters and security shuts down the Smithsonian National Ait and Space Museum in DC. An editor at the "American Spectator" named Patrick Howley claims he infiltrated the protest to "mock and undermine it."
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Boston police arrest more than 100 demonstrators in Dewey Square in a late-night crackdow/ Members of Veterans for Peace were included in the incident.
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Protesters engage in a sit down in front of Wells Fargo headquarters in San Francisco at 7 AM. The offices decide to shut down for the day after the entrances were blocked for over five hours. 11 protesters are arrested by police.
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An eviction from Zuccotti Park is successfully thwarted by protesters. Arrests begin to rise in Denver, Seattle, Gainesville, and Portland.
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Tens of thousands of protesters flock to the streets on the Global Day of Action. Many protesters are removed from a Citibank branch at Washington Square Park in New York City with twenty arrest confirmed. In Rome, riots break out. In London, protesters attempt to occupy the London Stock Exchange. Demonstrations take place in over 80 countries. Arrest are made in Denver, Chicago, and Raleigh. Police raid the encampment in San Francisco.
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A global protest is called for on October 29. It demanded that leaders meeting ot the G20 summit in France impose a Robin Hood Tax. This levies a 1 percent tax on financial transactions and currency trades. This money would raise funds to protect public services, fight climate change, and combat poverty.
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Almost 100 Demenstrators are removed from their City Square campsite in Melbourne, Austrailia. They endure eye gouging, pepper spraying, dragging, and brutal punches to the face from riot squads.
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Police in Oakland crack down on the encampment at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. They use rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, and tear gas. 97 occupiers are arrested after tearing down the tents and destroying the site.
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Police in Atlanta move in on Woodruff Park arresting 53 protesters, clearing the park by 2 AM. This came on the heels of the Oakland raid.
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A general strike in Oakland on November 2 by the General Assembly. The proposal passes by a vote of 1,484 to 46.
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The general strike of Occupy Oakland peacefully shuts down the Oakland Port. Protesters and police clash late at night after the abandoned Traveler's Aid building and surrounding straights are barricaded by protesters.
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Mass Demenstration in New York protests recent crackdown on encampments nation-wide showing unity in the world.
