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"Adbusters" Make a Call
A Canadian magazine, "Adbusters" makes a call to occupy Wall Street. -
Anonymous Answer Call
A hactivist group known as Anonymous answer "Adbusters" call creating a video encouraging others to follow suit. -
It Begins
Nearly 1,000 protesters gather protesting coporate greed. They begin to occupy the financial district in New York City. -
Celebrity Shows Support
Roseanne Barr becomes first celebrity to lend support to this New York City Genral Assembly. This comes two days after the protest began. -
Arrests Begin
The New York Police Department begins to arrest protesters for wearing masks, citing a law that prohibits masked gatherings of two or more people with an exception: "a masquerade party or like entertainment." The police then become more forceful with the protesters. -
Movement and Unions Unite
Protesters interrupt a Sotheby's Auction, "in a show of solidarity with the art handler's union that had been locked out." This is first instance of protesters and labor unions uniting. -
Arrests get Nasty
A peaceful march goes awry as 80 protesters are arrested. A nonthreatening woman gets pepper-sprayed by a police officer. Video of incident goes viral. -
Name is Leaked
Two days after pepper-spraying an innocent women, the police officer responsible for the incident has his name and details leaked by Anonymous -
Support for Postal Workers
Protesters come out in support of postal workers protesting their reduced five-day work week. -
Transport Workers Union Joins In
Transports Workers Union votes to join in support of Occupy Wall Street. over 700 United Airline and Continental pilots demonstrate in front of Wall Street. -
March to NYPD
Over 1,000 protesters march on New York Police Department headquarters, protesting the police response against them. -
Brooklyn Bridge
Demonstrators march across Brooklyn Bridge. Over 700 of them are arrested for blocking traffic. -
Labor Unions Join
Major labor unions endorse the movement joining in on a march on New York's financial district. As many as 15,000 participate according to ABC News. -
The Movement Spreads
The movement spread to hundreds of U.S cities and around the world. A global day of action was planned for October 15. President Obama commented on the movement calling it a, "broad-based frustration about how our financial system works." -
Museum Shuts Down
A clash between protesters and security shuts down the Smithsonian National Ait and Space Museum in DC. An editor at the "American Spectator" named Patrick Howley claims he infiltrated the protest to "mock and undermine it." -
Arrests in Boston
Boston police arrest more than 100 demonstrators in Dewey Square in a late-night crackdow/ Members of Veterans for Peace were included in the incident. -
Wells Fargo Shuts Down
Protesters engage in a sit down in front of Wells Fargo headquarters in San Francisco at 7 AM. The offices decide to shut down for the day after the entrances were blocked for over five hours. 11 protesters are arrested by police. -
Eviction Thwarted
An eviction from Zuccotti Park is successfully thwarted by protesters. Arrests begin to rise in Denver, Seattle, Gainesville, and Portland. -
Global Day of Action
Tens of thousands of protesters flock to the streets on the Global Day of Action. Many protesters are removed from a Citibank branch at Washington Square Park in New York City with twenty arrest confirmed. In Rome, riots break out. In London, protesters attempt to occupy the London Stock Exchange. Demonstrations take place in over 80 countries. Arrest are made in Denver, Chicago, and Raleigh. Police raid the encampment in San Francisco. -
Robin Hood Tax
A global protest is called for on October 29. It demanded that leaders meeting ot the G20 summit in France impose a Robin Hood Tax. This levies a 1 percent tax on financial transactions and currency trades. This money would raise funds to protect public services, fight climate change, and combat poverty. -
Brutality in Austrailia
Almost 100 Demenstrators are removed from their City Square campsite in Melbourne, Austrailia. They endure eye gouging, pepper spraying, dragging, and brutal punches to the face from riot squads. -
Oakland Gets Violent
Police in Oakland crack down on the encampment at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza. They use rubber bullets, flash-bang grenades, and tear gas. 97 occupiers are arrested after tearing down the tents and destroying the site. -
Atlanta Protests
Police in Atlanta move in on Woodruff Park arresting 53 protesters, clearing the park by 2 AM. This came on the heels of the Oakland raid. -
General Strike Voted On
A general strike in Oakland on November 2 by the General Assembly. The proposal passes by a vote of 1,484 to 46. -
General Strike Occurs
The general strike of Occupy Oakland peacefully shuts down the Oakland Port. Protesters and police clash late at night after the abandoned Traveler's Aid building and surrounding straights are barricaded by protesters. -
The World Stands United
Mass Demenstration in New York protests recent crackdown on encampments nation-wide showing unity in the world.
