Occupy wall Street Movement
|Posted October 20, 2011 11:35 AM by Omniron|
If you don't know what is happening in New York lately, then you probably don't keep up with the news, but there is a movement called Occupy Wall Street that is happening as you read this within Liberty square, NYC and also around the world. This movement began as a result of people's frustration of how Corporations treat people, and how their government seems to let it happen. Wanting change, people got together and formed this leaderless occupation and they will keep doing so until something is done.
It wasn't long before they started to form their own community, with makeshift kitchens and entertainment areas to make these motivated people feel more at home, while also making a consensus of all their demands. Just imagine, thousands of people from different walks of life, coming together and forming a society, an understanding of one another, and ways to make life better, and in the time-span of a month. Could you say the same thing about Congress? How long does it take US Representatives to do what they did?
This movement isn't just some typical political outrage or anti-corporation pow-wow. This is Art in its purest form; Feelings, aspirations, expressions actively being demonstrated in various behavioral and visual forms. One particular form of this expression is the all too familiar protest poster that people often hold up to voice their views. These days, thanks to the internet, people can actually do this from around the world. They can take pictures of themselves, and post them online for others to view it, symbolically joining the movement, even without physically being there.
Here are some Examples of people standing infront of ATMS or Bank related facilities.
This occupation has no signs of slowing down soon, and with more support being gathered everyday. It might just only be a matter of time before something serious happens; hopefully, for the better.
All Images were taken from individual Occupy Wall Street web pages, credit goes to them.
Related Sites:
Occupy Wall Steet: Occupy Wall Street site, containing more information about them.
Not Your Atm: A site where people can upload visual art photos to express there views on the matter, Among other related matters.
Livestream Occupy NYC: Get live streaming foottage of the ongoing protest from this site.
NYCGA: Another Site for Wall Street Occupation.