Battle in Seattle to Occupy Wall Street

Krista Hayakawa and Timothy Berggren

The Battle in Seattle sparked a debate about the advancing global trade industry and how it affected the average person. Google Trends Search: 1999 Seattle WTO Protests

The large spikes in interest are during times when other WTO conferences were occurring.

Battle in Seattle

Battle in Seattle Media

Large corporations controlled newspaper media leading to censorship of coverage.

Coverage of the protests generated greater awareness of “symbolic violence.” Photo: A Policeman fires his weapon

point blank into a crowd of protesters who were attempting to gain access to the WTO conference.

Platform - Indymedia established to provide grassroots coverage of the 1999 WTO protests

Indymedia was the solution to censorship in traditional media. Before modern social media existed, Indymedia served as a place where activists could shareraw footage of thetruth.

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Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall street was the beginning of a movement for the 99%.

As a movement, Occupy is essentially dead as it failed to result in any concrete policy changes. However, the movement sparked international discussion about economic inequality.

Occupy Wall Street

Google Trends Search: Inequality (2011– present)

The general trend since Occupy Wall Street began in September 2011 is that there is greater talk about inequality.

Sep. 2011

Values of Occupy are still present in modern politics. As a main point of his campaign, Senator Bernie Sanders focused on inequality and the unequal distribution of wealth in the U.S.

Platforms

Facebook and Meetup were the primary sources of organization.

updates of protests and for less active citizens to engage with the movement.

Twitter was used to post live Although there are

many variations of Occupy, the movement has a strong Facebook following.

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Wikipedia

• Updated pages• Occupy Cal• Occupy Movement• Sasha Costanza-Chock• Anarchism and the Occupy movement• Michael Moore

• New pages• Jeffrey S. Juris- recorded and analyzed data on Occupy

movements• Occupy and the First Amendment- battling for the right to

occupy (and protest in) public spaces

Sources

Abouzeid, Rania. "Bouazizi: The Man Who Set Himself and Tunisia on Fire." Time. Time Inc., 21 Jan. 2011. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

Castillo9, Michelle. "Occupy Wall Street Gets Celebrity Support." CBSNews. CBS Interactive, 09 Oct. 2011. Web. 11 Dec. 2016.

Costanza-Chock, Sasha. "Mic Check! Media Cultures and the Occupy Movement." Social Movement Studies 11.3-4 (2012): 375-85. Web.

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