When Was Occupy Wall Street. Protesters occupied the street at zuccotti park (formerly liberty plaza) in new york city. Occupy wall street is an ongoing series of demonstrations in new york city based in zuccotti park (formerly liberty plaza park), originally called for by the canadian activist group adbusters.
Occupy wall street (ows) was a protest movement against economic inequality that began in zuccotti park, located in new york city's wall street financial district, in september 2011.
I'm sure there are many causes. Occupy wall street takes some of the credit for introducing income inequality into the broader political discourse, for inspiring the fight for a $15 minimum wage everyone knows we were right, said caleb maupin, who was working in the insurance industry when he first joined the movement five years ago. When a university raises students' tuition for the umpteenth time, those students must occupy the administration's office until the board of trustees relents. The first saw the activists as a bunch of.