this international protest movement
became one of the biggest news stories
of 2011 welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning about the rise
of the Occupy movement we’re trying to
determine how we feel how everyone here
feels and at the same time we want to
take it slowly and and work together
because you can’t build community
without communication at the end of 2010
a series of uprisings in the Arab world
began and these revolutions serve to
change the status quo this movement was
referred to as the Arab Spring and it
inspired the Occupy movement in 2011
however while the Arab Spring often
resulted in violence occupy aimed for
peaceful protests and occupations the
main goal of the Occupy movement was to
address the disparity in wealth
distribution that existed in societies
around the world and to challenge the
influence corporations had on democracy
early on media found it difficult to
pinpoint a clear-cut set of demands or
ideals for the group and in fact some
saw the Occupy movement as a rejection
of the direction of society as a whole
and not simply a financial problem
however anti-consumerist group Adbusters
eventually suggested a Robin Hood tax as
a goal for the group the Occupy movement
was made up of a variety of different
types of people however the most common
theme was unemployment I’m currently
unemployed I was a bike messenger for
many years and feeling that I was
working for the enemy to say lawyers
banking companies whatnot you know I
decided to screw it all this summer you
know changed my life and you know get
away from money one of the rallying
cries of the group has been the motto we
are the 99% this referred to the wealth
distribution between the majority of the
population and the top richest
percentile the movement began to gain
momentum in mid-may in Spain after
protests and demonstrations towards
similar beliefs took place by the end of
that month it was suggested that a
worldwide protest was necessary
scheduled for October 15th to
eleven a few months later Adbusters lent
its support to that idea and suggested
the occupation of Wall Street as a
symbol of corporate greed it was around
this time that the first occupy camp was
set up in kuala lumpur occupied dataran
began on july 30th 2011 another group
that supported the Occupy movement early
on was anonymous this international
hacking group promoted the idea of
full-scale occupations involving tents
kitchens and communities in occupied
areas they were also instrumental in
promoting the idea to their followers on
September 17th Occupy movements popped
up on both Wall Street in New York City
and in San Francisco these were the
installations of Occupy that really
earned the movement widespread publicity
the movement grew exponentially from
there and on October 15th protests took
place as planned around the world based
on the same beliefs by the end of that
month over 2000 cities across the globe
were housing occupy sites the Occupy
movement grew organically and with great
help from the Internet and social media
these movements have happened before in
the past but they’ve all kind of
floundered and what’s keeping us alive
what’s keeping us together is the
Internet the fact that we’re able to
communicate and the fact that were able
to garner support from across the world
at a moment’s notice really is is very
very helpful a related idea popped up in
November bank transfer day called on
consumers to transfer their money out of
big banks to smaller credit unions this
idea was sparked by bank of Americas and
Wells Fargo’s choices to begin charging
fees for debit card use the bad
publicity caused the banks to ditch the
idea bank transfer day took place on
November 5th and resulted in an
estimated 40,000 joining credit unions
on that day alone after a month of
widespread protests some condemned
occupy for losing focus and support
other movements joined forces with
occupy but ultimately served to dilute
an already unclear set of demands
anarchists communists and others were
reportedly using occupy as a mask for
their own beliefs and activities the
movement was also criticized for its
hygiene and many of the tented
communities became
makeshift homeless shelters as the
protest progressed city officials and
police around the world lost patience
and attempted to evict the occupiers
sometimes by force or by violent means
by mid-november many groups were being
driven out of occupation whether or not
the Occupy movement does manage to
change the system there’s no denying it
was one of the biggest news stories of
2011
became one of the biggest news stories
of 2011 welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be learning about the rise
of the Occupy movement we’re trying to
determine how we feel how everyone here
feels and at the same time we want to
take it slowly and and work together
because you can’t build community
without communication at the end of 2010
a series of uprisings in the Arab world
began and these revolutions serve to
change the status quo this movement was
referred to as the Arab Spring and it
inspired the Occupy movement in 2011
however while the Arab Spring often
resulted in violence occupy aimed for
peaceful protests and occupations the
main goal of the Occupy movement was to
address the disparity in wealth
distribution that existed in societies
around the world and to challenge the
influence corporations had on democracy
early on media found it difficult to
pinpoint a clear-cut set of demands or
ideals for the group and in fact some
saw the Occupy movement as a rejection
of the direction of society as a whole
and not simply a financial problem
however anti-consumerist group Adbusters
eventually suggested a Robin Hood tax as
a goal for the group the Occupy movement
was made up of a variety of different
types of people however the most common
theme was unemployment I’m currently
unemployed I was a bike messenger for
many years and feeling that I was
working for the enemy to say lawyers
banking companies whatnot you know I
decided to screw it all this summer you
know changed my life and you know get
away from money one of the rallying
cries of the group has been the motto we
are the 99% this referred to the wealth
distribution between the majority of the
population and the top richest
percentile the movement began to gain
momentum in mid-may in Spain after
protests and demonstrations towards
similar beliefs took place by the end of
that month it was suggested that a
worldwide protest was necessary
scheduled for October 15th to
eleven a few months later Adbusters lent
its support to that idea and suggested
the occupation of Wall Street as a
symbol of corporate greed it was around
this time that the first occupy camp was
set up in kuala lumpur occupied dataran
began on july 30th 2011 another group
that supported the Occupy movement early
on was anonymous this international
hacking group promoted the idea of
full-scale occupations involving tents
kitchens and communities in occupied
areas they were also instrumental in
promoting the idea to their followers on
September 17th Occupy movements popped
up on both Wall Street in New York City
and in San Francisco these were the
installations of Occupy that really
earned the movement widespread publicity
the movement grew exponentially from
there and on October 15th protests took
place as planned around the world based
on the same beliefs by the end of that
month over 2000 cities across the globe
were housing occupy sites the Occupy
movement grew organically and with great
help from the Internet and social media
these movements have happened before in
the past but they’ve all kind of
floundered and what’s keeping us alive
what’s keeping us together is the
Internet the fact that we’re able to
communicate and the fact that were able
to garner support from across the world
at a moment’s notice really is is very
very helpful a related idea popped up in
November bank transfer day called on
consumers to transfer their money out of
big banks to smaller credit unions this
idea was sparked by bank of Americas and
Wells Fargo’s choices to begin charging
fees for debit card use the bad
publicity caused the banks to ditch the
idea bank transfer day took place on
November 5th and resulted in an
estimated 40,000 joining credit unions
on that day alone after a month of
widespread protests some condemned
occupy for losing focus and support
other movements joined forces with
occupy but ultimately served to dilute
an already unclear set of demands
anarchists communists and others were
reportedly using occupy as a mask for
their own beliefs and activities the
movement was also criticized for its
hygiene and many of the tented
communities became
makeshift homeless shelters as the
protest progressed city officials and
police around the world lost patience
and attempted to evict the occupiers
sometimes by force or by violent means
by mid-november many groups were being
driven out of occupation whether or not
the Occupy movement does manage to
change the system there’s no denying it
was one of the biggest news stories of
2011
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