Occupy Movement

The original idea for the Occupy Wall Street movement was created during a phone call between Kalle Lasn and Micah White, founders of Adbusters. They used an email list on Google Groups to create OccupyWallSt.org. The movement became an international crusade about economic inequality and lack of "real democracy" around the world. The first protest was Occupy Wall Street in New York City in September 2011. By early October, the movement had ballooned to over 951 cities across 82 countries.

 

Occupy Wall Street used the slogan "We are the 99%,” which Cornel West described as a "democratic awakening.” Writer Naomi Wolf said, “the protestors had clear desires to end what they saw as the corrupting effect of money on politics.” Meanwhile, the 1% did not pay much attention to Occupy Wall Street. Economist Thomas Piketty, who authored two books on inequality, Capital in the 21st Century (2013) and Capital and Ideology (2019)—says, “Inequality has been moving to the center stage since Occupy, but it is not enough. What makes me optimistic is that it’s always been like this. Elites fight to maintain extreme inequality, but in the end, there is a long-run movement toward more equality; and it will continue.” The question is "How?"

 

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