Occupy Wall Street
By: Molrakot Ounnarath
The Beginnings of the Wall Street Protest
- The protest started in September 2011
- The events that led up to this was when the banks closed and the govt spent millions of dollars to help them out to keep them open
- They believe that the political and economic system favored the "1%"
The Protest
- Many people in the protest protested with signs and rallying cry's like "WE ARE THE 99%" and others.
- The protest mainly took place at the "center of U.S Wealth" AKA "wall Street
- It quickly spread around the world and other cities like Rome, London, and Paris
- On October 1 2011 they blocked traffic on the Brooklyn bridge during rush hour
the 99% will not be silenced
Effects of the Protest
- October/1/ 2011 700 people were arrested during there march on the Brooklyn bridge
- Nothing really changed
- It started a movement that can still be seen today all around the world
- It later becomes a huge topic in presidential debates
Occupy Wall Street: Message in the Movement?
Compilation of Brutal Arrests at Occupy Wall Street Protests