The Movement “Wall Street”
Momentum of Change
Update 10/15/2011 Wall Street protests go global; riots in Rome | Source Reuters
(Reuters) – Thousands of demonstrators took to the streets across the globe Saturday to denounce bankers, politicians and businessmen for ruining the world’s economies, with violence breaking out in Rome as angry protestors torched cars and smashed bank windows.
Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City[5] based in Zuccotti Park, formerly “Liberty Plaza Park”. The protest was originally[6] called for by the Canadian activist[7] group Adbusters. The action has been compared to the Arab Spring movement (particularly the Tahrir Square protests in Cairo, which initiated the 2011 Egyptian revolution) and the Spanish Indignants.[8][9]
The participants of the event, who have called themselves the “99 percenters”,[10] are mainly protesting against social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government, among other concerns.[11][12][13] By October 9, similar demonstrations had been held or were ongoing in 70 major cities and more than 600 communities.[14]
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