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Sparked the first protest?
Thr role of wallstreet in creating the economic collapse and creating the greatest recession in history was what sparked the first protest. About 20,000 people made their way to Manhattan to set up tents that would get them ready for the big protests.They were demanding "Democracy not Corporatocracy. -
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Timespan of occupy Wall Street Movement
This is from the start of the occupy of wall street Movement to today!!! -
when and where did the protest begin?
The protests of Occupy Wall Street began in Liberty Square in Manhattan's Financial District. -
What helped the protests grow and spread?
Keith Olbermann of current T.V. focuses on the protests and helps them spread. Also, people were allowed to sleep in tents which helped the protests grow and get larger. If they weren't able to sleep in tents numerous of people would start to leave. -
Arrests
On day four the police came around and arrested any people that were waring masks. -
What organization have gotten involved?
Several leftist organizations have gotten involved in these protests such as, work family party, acorn, and the Democratic socialists of America. -
Protesters arrested
About 1,000 people were walking across the Brooklyn Bridge, then the protesters decided to try and block it, so about 700 of them got arrested. -
How is the movement different now than when it started?
At first the protesters were only protesting at Wall Street, but now they are causing problems at banks, parks, and bridges as well. -
OWS movement spreads
This movement spreads to hundreds of cities in the U.S. -
What has remained the same?
Even though this protest is spreading all around the world they are still contining to proceed without any absolute leaders, this is also known as the "people assembly", it has stayed the same. Also, it has spread to more than 1,000 cities and in 82 countries. -
what controversies have arisen?
President Obama shows support for the protestors, and the controversy is that the GOP (republicans) believe that the president has no reason to get involved and they think that the president is just looking for more votes. -
How has is changed over time?
On day 60 the city official are starting to crack down on the protesters because they are starting to affect busnesses, as well as the people around them. -
How is the movement continuing to evolve?
We are at Day 61 today and we have students from Berkley that are getting more involved. There have been 95 arrests that took place between the following cities: Portland, Berkeley, and San Francisco. -
Day 65
This date is day 65 and almost 400 Wall Street Protesters left Manhattan to hold another protest called Occupy Bloomberg's Mansion Drum circle. -
Day 66
This is the day we are on today and we are stiil going strong!
