Occupy movement

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Occupy movement

Part of response to the late-2000s financial crisis and subprime mortgage crisis and the impact of the Arab Spring
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Worldwide Occupy movement protests on 15 October 2011

Location
Worldwide (List of locations)

Methods
Occupation
Non violent protest
Civil disobedience
Picketing
Demonstrations
Internet activism
General strikes
Direct action

Arrests/Injuries/Deaths

Arrests: 7,700+,[1]
Injuries: 400+,[2]
Deaths: 32[3][4][5][6][7]

The Occupy movement is an international protest movement against social and economic inequality, its primary goal being to make the economic and political relations in all societies less vertically hierarchical and more flatly distributed. Local groups often have different foci, but among the movement's prime concerns is the belief that large corporations and the global financial system control the world in a way that disproportionately benefits a minority, undermines democracy and is unstable.[8][9][10][11]

The first Occupy protest to receive wide coverage was Occupy Wall Street in New York City's Zuccotti Park, which began on 17 September 2011. By 9 October, Occupy protests had taken place or were ongoing in over 95 cities across 82 countries, and over 600 communities in the United States.[12][13][14][15][16] Although most active in the United States, by October 2012 there had been Occupy protests and occupations in dozens of other countries across every continent except