Occupy Wall Street 10 Years Later

Ten years ago this month, Occupy Wall Street unexpectedly inaugurated a new wave of protest. The domestic manifestation of a worldwide explosion of digitally networked social movements, it scaled up rapidly, attracting enormous public and media attention. But the protesters were evicted from New York City’s Zuccotti Park and other occupied spaces after only a few months, and Occupy dissipated soon afterward. Some commentators have dismissed it as a meteoric flash in the pan, while others have criticized its “horizontalist” structure and lack of concrete demands.

The past decade has witnessed some of the largest protests in US history, as well as the unprecedented impact of Sanders’s presidential campaigns and the growth in the number of young people (and some growth among older ones as well) who openly support socialism. Would all of this have happened without Occupy Wall Street?

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Was Occupy Wall Street More Anarchist or Socialist? Was Occupy Wall Street More Anarchist or Socialist?

Two OWS participants debate the ideology at the core of the anti-capitalist movement.

Sep 21, 2021 / The Debate / Natasha Lennard and Nikil Saval

Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street

Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street

Dozens of Zuccotti Park activists pushed the movement to confront race and gender oppression—and have continued that work in the decade since.

Sep 20, 2021 / Feature / Sarah M. Seltzer

Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street

Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street

Policies to address America’s enormous wealth disparities are now on the political map in a way they weren’t before Occupy Wall Street.

Sep 20, 2021 / Feature / Bryce Covert

Did Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference?

Did Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference? Did Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference?

Flash in the pan or the prelude to political organizing as we know it today?

Sep 17, 2021 / Feature / Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce, and Penny Lewis

What Occupy Wall Street Organizers Would Do Differently

What Occupy Wall Street Organizers Would Do Differently What Occupy Wall Street Organizers Would Do Differently

Do they still stand by the leaderless revolution?

Sep 17, 2021 / Feature / Various Contributors

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