They also mentioned that the protesters committed robberies. Other team talked about Occupy Wall Street, place where all this movement start on September 17th of 2011 in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district. A group of activists were fighting for social equality and they want benefits. They were inspired of the movement that happened in Spain for social, political and economical changes.
“We are the 99%” is the motto of the Occupy movement. It refers to the income inequality between the richest one percent and the rest of the population. How the phrase came about is ambiguous but it is used to signify that the people have come together to protest. Corporate greed is one of the reasons that led to the one percent having most of the national wealth. The banks, as well as the government, have also played a part in fueling the movement.
They are both furious with governments, tired of the poor economy, and mistrustful of powerful institutions. New Jersey’s Governor, Chris Christie, said the two movements are “not that different” and they are both angry “because government has become dysfunctional.” While the two movements do have fundamental differences on issues such as spending and taxes, they have similar issues with Washington, the bailouts, and the economy. Both movements similar issue with Washington stem from the belief that politicians have special interests and favor corporations. Both movements are against the bailouts of the auto and financial industries, the Tea Party sees it as a form of socialism and the OWS sees it as symbol of favoritism to the wealthy and large corporations. And, finally they both are similar since they were both started due to the lousy
Assess the impact of the Stonewall Riots On Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Liberation as well as its effects the LGBT community as a whole. The Stonewall Riots were a series of violent protests against police harassment by the Gay community of New York City in 1969. While not planned; a spur of the moment uprising, the riots managed to explain to the world that the gay community are oppressed, and that we were not going to take it anymore. While not the beginning of the fight for homosexual rights, with demonstrations and other violent protests happening within America during the decades up until the ’69 riots. They affected great change in the mentality and approach of the then gay liberation movement.
To give context, Dalmia disagrees with the conflict theorist perspective proposed by Grusky regarding income inequality. Dalmia points out “Any indictment of capitalism worth its salt has to show not just that the rich are getting richer, but that they do so by making the poor poorer... Facebook recently floated an IPO making Mark Zuckerberg the richest 27-year-old in America. I didn’t notice my bank balance dip”. Many libertarians like Dalmia view income inequality as a social condition, rather than a social problem. As discussed in lecture this is an important distinction.
The March on Washington was about a large rally of civil and economic rights for African Americans. This event took place in Washington, D.C. on August 28, 1963. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivered his historic speech I Have a Dream advocating racial harmony at the Lincoln Memorial during the march. This march was helled by a group of civil rights, labor, and religious organizations, under the theme "jobs, and freedom." The march had about 200,000 police to over 300,000 leaders of the march.
What is at stake as a result of the Olympic Games are many, and I choose to focus on the effects on the gentrification and alienation of the Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside residents from a few articles of similarly related events. The series of events of the alienation for the downtown eastside resident happened mainly because of the Olympic Games, this alienation or rather gentrification can be a term used to describe the process happening to the downtown eastside residents. Similar series of alienation to the social life in the city happens at almost every city that held the Olympic Games. Almost every Olympic Game is held under scrutiny, and usually preceded by chains of controversy; the 2010 Winter Olympics held in Vancouver correspond to this very pattern. Vancouver’s Downtown Eastside area even pertains to Canada’s “Poorest Postal Code”, while not entirely considered as part of Vancouver’s title “Best Place to Live on Earth’ motto.
Occupy Wall Street The First Amendment guarantees both the freedom of speech and the right to "peaceably assemble." So why, on October 1, 2011 according to the New York City Police Department, were 700 Wall Street Protestors crossing the Brooklyn Bridge arrested, along with many more since then? From the Huffington Post Megan Barr says, “Some might say that the Occupy Wall Street Protesters are exercising their Constitutional Rights by calling for an overthrow of the System; The Constitution does not give us the right to overthrow the government because that is called treason”(Barr). To my knowledge our constitutional rights are always not certain. You have to somewhat read between the lines.
Occupy Wall Street Movement Domonique Goldsmith Mrs. Kristen Barnes Business Ethics 309 July 24, 2013 The main issues raised by Occupy Wall Street were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the perceived undue influence of corporations on government—particularly from the financial services sector. The OWS slogan, we are the 99%, refers to income inequality and wealth distribution in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population. To achieve their goals, protesters acted on consensus-based decisions made in general assemblies which emphasized direct action over petitioning authorities for redress. Income inequality is a focal point of the Occupy Wall Street protests,[ David R. Francis (January 24, 2012). "Thanks to Occupy, rich-poor gap is front and center.
Occupy Wall Street Movement BUS 309 Occupy Wall Street Movement The Wall Street Movement (OWS) first originated in the fall of 2011 which is a movement that started out with a small group of people from varied backgrounds and economic status. Protestors believed the economic system is only designed to financially benefit the rich and powerful people of the world. OWS movement was stated, to be people that are unemployed, poor, and homeless but also they are joined by techies, entrepreneurs, labor activists, lawyers, academics, and clergy (Gerald, 2012, p. 8). People have been successful with getting the support of Union organizations and supporters have been successful with developing media attention and tens of thousands of followers and union organizations here in the United States and in many other countries. Protestors meeting site locations are parks in the metropolitan areas of Manhattan, N.Y. and in various other sites throughout the country.