What made the Occupy Movement a national movement? It is hard for a movement to become national, and it is even harder to make it international. However, the Occupy movement overpassed frontiers and even seas. This is probably because the Occupy Movement was a protest that was adjusted to suit the needs of each country. The occupy movement needed to be adjusted to each country’s needs in order for it to be successful. While in every country the form of protesting remained the same, the reasons behind
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Germany and the U.S. and the articles about the Occupy movement will reflect this. I will see if they have a right or left or centric view in their stories. Also I will see how they view banks and their economic views. Currently I will be looking at the Occupy Germany protests, as well as their views on the Occupy movement in the U.S. and see what they have to say. I will pay close attention to what photos they put up of the occupy Wall Street movement. I would think that both outlets would be mostly
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League season had been occurring, but the riot it has spawned in Vancouver makes it look like something far more politically charged may be the cause. In the introduction of the text it states “On June 15, 2011, more than 150,000 fans assembled on the streets of Vancouver to watch game seven of the Stanley Cup Finals between the Vancouver Canucks and the Boston Bruins. Within minutes of the Canucks loss, a riot began. One aspect that made this event unique was that it was documented on Twitter” this would
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organization like Antifa and the tactic that they deploy accordingly utilize on their opposition to the right-wing conservative movements. The Antifac is following what Orwell argued back in 1940 – “the autonomous individual is going to be stamped out of existence”. The theme of the destruction of the individual by the all-powerful state is the aim of the left-wing movement. Orwell, by 1942, had developed additional ideas, along with a growing fear that the
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nationwide protest on the pay increase began in 2012 while occupy Wall Street was still going on. The New York Communities for Change began to show the struggles of low-income New Yorkers, since then it has snowballed into a protest that has gone through all states in the country. In 190 cities and thousands of low-income workers are protesting to increase the wage to $15 dollars an hour as soon as possible. Protesters took to the streets of New York City and 200 other American cities on tax day
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The Political Power Of Social Media In most of the inhabited land, before the 12th Century A.D, political power resided with the King/Monarch. Power was exerted through local feudal, and collection of taxes each year. In 1215 A.D, the Magna Carta was signed by the King of England, giving away some of those powers to the aristocracy. This initiative was replicated in Europe till the 18th Century. The American Revolution of 1775 and the French Revolution of 1789 were products of this period of enlightenment
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Running Head: POWER FROM PEOPLE 1 Corporate Personhood: Taking Power from the People Cindy Sanders Everest University POWER FROM PEOPLE 2 We the People-scratch that. We the People and Corporations of the United States. Probably more accurate would be, we the corporations and then the people. The way current laws are perceived; corporations hold the power in democracy, and they are put above the actual people of the United States. This is because current laws state that corporations
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in mid-January, the ad entitled “Unprecedented” touts the President’s job creation, ending dependence on foreign oil, and expanding clean energy. In an attempt to deflect criticism over Solyndra and possibly ride the momentum from the Occupy Wall Street movement, the ad also says that “oil billionaire’s attacks on President Obama are not tethered to facts”, and claims that his record on ethics has been described as “unprecedented”. The commercial goes on to say that Obama created 2.7 million jobs
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Jane Golden, Artist Contemporary Mural Painting Movement Jane Golden, artist and a mural painter became interested in the Anti-Graffiti Network Program established in Philadelphia, Pa. by the former Mayor Wilson Goode in the 1980s. Ms. Golden was given the task to establish an arts program to help turn young offender’s destructive energies into creative ones. In 1966, the project became the Mural Arts Program and under her direction, over 3,000 interior and exterior murals have been created
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themselves some of the credit.Occupy Wall Street is a movement to protest corporate greed, growing wealth inequality, and the absence of legal action against banking executives blamed for the global financial crisis. Led by the 99% of Americans who face decisions such as paying groceries or rent. This is the same group that works long hours for little pay and as low as no rights and is denied quality medical care(Susman). The Primary objective of Occupy Wall Street is to share the wealth, that is to
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