10 Years Later: What was the impact of Occupy Wall Street?
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17 Articles
'Another world is possible': How Occupy Wall Street reshaped politics and kicked off a new era of protest
On the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, we examine the legacy of the historic protests with three veterans of the movement: Nelini Stamp, now the director of strategy and partnerships at the Working Families Party; Jillian Johnson, a key organizer in Occupy Durham who now serves on the Durham City Council and is the city's mayor pro tempore; and writer and filmmaker Astra Tayor, an organizer with the Debt Collective. Occupy Wall Street "b…
Protesters tried to hold Wall Street accountable by taking over Lower Manhattan for 60 days. But 10 years later, the rich are richer than ever. What went wrong?
A decade after the Occupy Wall Street movement started, its organizers reflect on the movement — and why the gap between rich and poor hasn't changed.
Occupy Wall Street set the tone: A decade later, how protests against inequality made the GOP worse
Occupy Wall Street — which started 10 years ago on Friday — has long been understood as a historical novelty, a movement that swiftly rose to national prominence and almost as swiftly sunk below the waves, destroyed by the in-fighting and mission drift that unfortunately tends to plague leftist movements. But, a decade out, it's clearer than ever that the movement had an impact far beyond its own existence.Inspired by the Arab Spring a year befo…
Something broke open: Occupy Wall Street 10 years later
The Real News Network Executive Producer and host Eddie Conway talks to Nicole Carty of PowerLabs and filmmaker, writer, and activist Astra Taylor about the ways the Occupy movement changed the world and laid the groundwork for a multitude of new movements.
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