Occupy Wall Street is social injustice movement started by a Canadian activist group called AdBuster. It began on September 17,2011 in Liberty Square in the financial district of Manhattan, New York. The movement is inspired by the Arab Spring Movement where people are protesting against "dictatorship, human rights violations, government corruption, economic decline, unemployment, extreme poverty" in the Arab countries. The goal of the movement is to expose and inform about how the top 1% is controlling our economy. Other factors the movement focuses on are high unemployment rate, corp greed, income inequality, and the current economic situation. The protesters in this movement represent the rest of the 99% people. Started at Wall Street, this movement has spread to cities across the nation and globe.
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