Occupy Movement Images for U.S. History

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Are your students learning about the Occupy Movement as they study his period in United States history? These images are here to provide an unbiased look at the movement. We have kept our captions to a minimum, merely giving locations (and in some instances, transcribing hard-to-read protest signs). What image do students have of this protest without journalistic input? How was the Occupy Movement similar to and different from the Tea Party Movement? What types of people were drawn to the Occupy Movement? What is meant by the terms "1%" and "99%", and into which group do students fall? What were the goals of this movement? What became of this movement? The Occupy movement was an international protest movement that began with Occupy Wall Street in New York's Zuccotti Park on September 17, 2011. Sparked by anger over the 2008 financial crisis and inspired by the Arab Spring and Spanish Indignados, protesters rallied against social and economic inequality. The movement popularized the slogan "We are the 99%" to highlight the concentration of wealth among the top 1% of earners. Characterized by leaderless, horizontal organization and weeks-long encampments in public spaces, Occupy protests spread to over 951 cities across 82 countries. Although most camps were evicted by early 2012, the movement successfully shifted public discourse toward concerns about economic fairness and inequality.

You Cannot Evict an Idea Whose Time Has come - The Revolution Will Not Be Apologized For - Occupy - Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

Instructions: To be used by the 1% only—not to be used by anyone with a student, car or home loan. Nice protest; so long as y'all keep payin' the rent. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

Occupy Union Square Day Five - Friday - 11:30 PM Barricade Burlesque Show (Safe for Most Ages and Religions) - EVICTION THEATRE - Nightly at Midnight Watch as NYPD (Bloomie's private army) continues the selective enforcement of park rules and city laws in a feeble attempt to stop #occupy main. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

Your life belongs to you and no one else - We are not meek because we love—because we have thus far refused to take up arms. It is not that we fear what might happen if we fight back, but because you are one of us, though you harm us every day. When all of us cease being afraid of what another world would look like and begin living it out now, then we would know the strength of love. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

We Are the 99% - Let Freedom Spring. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

The American Dream—to grow up, become president, and then kill people abroad! Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

Protesters in Union Square Park at 14th Street in Manhattan, New York City. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

This revolution is not solely about putting an end to exploitation and oppression. We want to overthrow the prevailing culture. In our civilization it is acceptable for some of us to go hungry, never reach their full potential, feel stifled by custom, endure terrorism at the whims of the powerful due to the chance of birth. Some of us believe that this is not because of the evil acts of individuals, but because of a system in which all of us are complacent. Each act of love we share is the beginning of this new world where no one is left behind and all of us can be happy. Don't wait to live. REVOLT. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

Union Square Park, looking west down Fourteenth Street. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012).

Union Square Park, looking north toward the steps. Union Square Park, NYC (3/23/2012)

A variety of pamphlets, brochures, etc., were free to take. They (on 3/23/2012) were primarily published by: www.inourheartsnyc.org, www.occupytheory.org, and www.occupiedmedia.us.

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