Timeline of Occupy Wall Street - AbsoluteAstronomy.com

The following is a timeline of Occupy Wall Street (sometimes called OWS or #OWS) which began on Saturday, September 17, 2011 as an occupation

Occupation (protest)

An as an act of protest, is the entry into and holding of a building, space or symbolic site. As such, occupations often combine some of the following elements: a challenge to ownership of the space involved, an effort to gain public attention, the practical use of the facilities occupied, and a...

of Wall Street

Wall Street

Wall Street refers to the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the United States as a whole, or...

, the financial district

Financial District

A Financial District is the central area in some large cities where banks, insurance companies and other large corporations have head offices. Financial districts are often home to skyscrapers...

of New York City and is an ongoing demonstration.

OWS was preceded and partly inspired by the Arab Spring

Arab Spring

The Arab Spring , otherwise known as the Arab Awakening, is a revolutionary wave of demonstrations and protests occurring in the Arab world that began on Saturday, 18 December 2010...

and Greek

2010–2011 Greek protests

The 2010–2011 Greek protests are an ongoing series of demonstrations and general strikes taking place across Greece. The protests, which began on 5 May 2010, were sparked by plans to cut public spending and raise taxes as austerity measures in exchange for a bail-out, aimed at solving the...

, Spanish

2011 Spanish protests

The 2011 Spanish protests, also referred to as the 15-M Movement and the Indignants movement, are a series of ongoing demonstrations in Spain whose origin can be traced to social networks and Real Democracy NOW among other civilian digital platforms and 200 other small associations...

, British

2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests

The 2011 United Kingdom anti-austerity protests were a series of anti-austerity protests that took place in the United Kingdom in early 2011...

, Chilean

2011 Chilean protests

The 2011 Chilean protests,Chilean Winter or Chilean Education Conflict are a series of ongoing student-led protests across Chile, demanding a new framework for education in Chile, including more direct state participation in secondary education and an end to the existence of profit...

, and Israeli protest movements. A precursor in the United States was the 2011 Wisconsin protests

2011 Wisconsin protests

The 2011 Wisconsin protests were a series of demonstrations in the state of Wisconsin in the United States beginning in February involving at its zenith as many as 100,000 protestors opposing the Wisconsin Budget Repair Bill. Subsequently, anti-tax activists and other conservatives, including tea...

occurring from late winter through the spring.

According to 15october.net, as of October 15, 2011, the protests spread to more than 1,000 cities in 82 countries and formed a single global protest.

Pre-September 17, 2011

June 9, 2011 – a Canadian anti-consumerist magazine called Adbusters
AdBusters
The Adbusters Media Foundation is a Canadian-based not-for-profit, anti-consumerist, pro-environment organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz in Vancouver, British Columbia...

registers the domain name occupywallstreet.org.
July 13 – Adbusters makes the initial proposal for a peaceful demonstration to occupy Wall Street.
July 14 – The domain name occupywallst.org is registered.
August 2 – with the "debt-ceiling deadline" of midnight August 2 drawing near (see: United States debt-ceiling crisis
United States debt-ceiling crisis
The United States debt-ceiling crisis was a financial crisis in 2011 that started as a debate in the United States Congress about increasing the debt ceiling. The immediate crisis ended when a complex deal was reached that raised the debt ceiling and reduced future government spending...

), a group calling itself "New Yorkers Against Budget Cuts" chose August 2 to incorporate a "General Assembly" with another group holding a strategy session for OWS. The two groups join in a demonstration at the Charging Bull
Charging Bull
Charging Bull, which is sometimes referred to as the Wall Street Bull or the Bowling Green Bull, is a bronze sculpture by Arturo Di Modica that stands in Bowling Green Park near Wall Street in Manhattan, New York City...

sculpture, which stands in Bowling Green
Bowling Green (New York City)
Bowling Green is a small public park in Lower Manhattan at the foot of Broadway next to the site of the original Dutch fort of New Amsterdam. Built in 1733, originally including a bowling green, it is the oldest public park in New York City and is surrounded by its original 18th century fence. At...

park in Lower Manhattan, at 4:30 p.m. Afterwards, these two groups "gather[ed] into working groups to plan for the September 17 event".
August 23 – The hacktivist
Hacktivism
Hacktivism is the use of computers and computer networks as a means of protest to promote political ends. The term was first coined in 1994 by a member of the Cult of the Dead Cow hacker collective named Omega...

group Anonymous
Anonymous (group)
Anonymous is an international hacking group, spread through the Internet, initiating active civil disobedience, while attempting to maintain anonymity. Originating in 2003 on the imageboard 4chan, the term refers to the concept of many online community users simultaneously existing as an anarchic,...

encourages its followers to take part in the protest.

September 2011

September 17 (day 1) – The first day of the OWS gathering. An estimated 1,000 people attend on the first day. Officers of the New York City Police Department
New York City Police Department
The New York City Police Department , established in 1845, is currently the largest municipal police force in the United States, with primary responsibilities in law enforcement and investigation within the five boroughs of New York City...

(NYPD) prohibited protesters from erecting tents, citing loitering
Loitering
Loitering is the act of remaining in a particular public place for a protracted time. Under certain circumstances, it is illegal in various jurisdictions.-Prohibition and history:Loitering may be prohibited by local governments in several countries...

rules. Actress and comedienne Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Barr
Roseanne Cherrie Barr is an American actress, comedian, writer, television producer and director. Barr began her career in stand-up comedy at clubs before gaining fame for her role in the sitcom Roseanne. The show was a hit and lasted nine seasons, from 1988 to 1997...

speaks to protesters during the first day of the demonstration.
September 19 (day 3) – The stock market opens on Wall Street for regular business. Keith Olbermann
Keith Olbermann
Keith Theodore Olbermann is an American political commentator and writer. He has been the chief news officer of the Current TV network and the host of Current TV's weeknight political commentary program, Countdown with Keith Olbermann, since June 20, 2011...

, of Current TV
Current TV
Current TV, or Current, is a media company led by former U.S. Vice President Al Gore and businessman Joel Hyatt. Comcast owns a ten percent stake of Current's parent company, Current Media LLC....

, becomes the first major journalist to focus on the protests. A couple days later, Olbermann criticizes mainstream media (MSM) for failing to cover Occupy Wall Street, saying, "Why isn't any major news outlet covering this? ... If that's a Tea Party protest in front of Wall Street ..., it's the lead story on every network newscast." Olbermann now devotes every program to the protests, interviewing union leaders and members, eye-witnesses and protestors. Many other major news sources begin to publish articles on the occupation and Occupy Wall Street caught some mainstream media attention across a wide variety of sources.
September 20 (day 4) – Police arrest mask-wearing protesters, using a law dating back to 1845 which bans masked gatherings unless part of "a masquerade party or like entertainment".
September 22 (day 6) – Local media is reporting that a largely African American crowd of about 2,000 people march down from Union Square
Union Square (New York City)
Union Square is a public square in the Manhattan borough of New York City, New York.It is an important and historic intersection, located where Broadway and the former Bowery Road – now Fourth Avenue – came together in the early 19th century; its name celebrates neither the...

, located at 14th Street
14th Street (Manhattan)
14th Street is a major crosstown street in the New York City borough of Manhattan. The street rivals the size of some of the well-known avenues of the city and is an important business location....

and Broadway
Broadway (New York City)
Broadway is a prominent avenue in New York City, United States, which runs through the full length of the borough of Manhattan and continues northward through the Bronx borough before terminating in Westchester County, New York. It is the oldest north–south main thoroughfare in the city, dating to...

, to Wall Street to protest the execution of Troy Davis
Troy Davis
Troy Davis is a Canadian Football League running back who is currently a free agent. He is best known for being the first NCAA Division I-A running back to rush for over 2,000 yards in back to back seasons while at Iowa State...

. Four people are arrested during the protests.
September 23 (day 7) – The action at Zuccotti Park, now renamed Liberty Square by the protesters, across the street from the One Liberty Plaza
One Liberty Plaza
One Liberty Plaza, formerly the U.S. Steel Building, is a skyscraper in lower Manhattan, New York City, at the location of the former Singer Building . 1 Liberty Plaza is currently owned and operated by Brookfield Properties. The building is tall and 54 floors. It was built in 1973...

building in New York City continues. The Colbert Report satirizes the protests and major newspapers including The Guardian
The Guardian
The Guardian, formerly known as The Manchester Guardian , is a British national daily newspaper in the Berliner format...

and The New York Times
The New York Times
The New York Times is an American daily newspaper founded and continuously published in New York City since 1851. The New York Times has won 106 Pulitzer Prizes, the most of any news organization...

are reporting on the protests.
September 24 (day 8) – At least 80 arrests are made by the NYPD after protesters begin marching uptown, forcing the closure of several streets. Soon after the arrests, videos begin to appear around the web. In particular, public concern is raised by a video released later in the day showing young women being maced by a police officer.
September 25 (day 9) – YouTube discloses that the hacktivist group Anonymous uploads a video around 4:30 pm on this day, threatening the NYPD: "If we hear of brutality in the next 36 hours then we will take you down from the internet as you have taken the protesters[sic] voices from the airwaves."
September 26 (day 10) – The name of the police officer who maced some young women on September 24 is revealed as Anthony Bologna. The official OWS website claims that this incident occurred without provocation, demanding jail time for Bologna and the resignation of NYC Police Commissioner
New York City Police Commissioner
The New York City Police Commissioner is the head of the New York City Police Department, appointed by the Mayor of New York City. Governor Theodore Roosevelt, in one of his final acts before becoming Vice President of the United States in March 1901, signed legislation replacing the Police Board...

Raymond Kelly. Noam Chomsky
Noam Chomsky
Avram Noam Chomsky is an American linguist, philosopher, cognitive scientist, and activist. He is an Institute Professor and Professor in the Department of Linguistics & Philosophy at MIT, where he has worked for over 50 years. Chomsky has been described as the "father of modern linguistics" and...

sends a public "strong message of support" to the organizers of the OWS protests. In the evening hours, filmmaker Michael Moore
Michael Moore
Michael Francis Moore is an American filmmaker, author, social critic and activist. He is the director and producer of Fahrenheit 9/11, which is the highest-grossing documentary of all time. His films Bowling for Columbine and Sicko also place in the top ten highest-grossing documentaries...

addresses the crowd at Zuccotti Park.
September 27 (day 11) – An OWS afternoon march ends not at Wall Street but at a rally by postal workers protesting against a five-day delivery week. OWS lends their support to this rally, supporting the belief that this cutback to the delivery week severely harms the postal service and will cause significant job losses. NYC Councilman
New York City Council
The New York City Council is the lawmaking body of the City of New York. It has 51 members from 51 council districts throughout the five boroughs. The Council serves as a check against the mayor in a "strong" mayor-council government model. The council monitors performance of city agencies and...

Charles Barron
Charles Barron
Charles Barron is a Democratic politician who represents the 42nd District of New York City in the New York City Council...

visits Zuccotti Park addressing those gathered with public support for OWS. Later, Dr. Cornel West
Cornel West
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America....

speaks to the gathering at the park and opens the daily General Assembly (now meeting at 7 pm each evening). Later it is reported by the official Occupy Wall Street website that "nearly two thousand people gathered to hear Dr. West speak."
September 28 (day 12) – According to various sources, the board of the local union of the Transport Workers Union of America
Transport Workers Union of America
Transport Workers Union of America is a United States labor union that was founded in 1934 by subway workers in New York City, then expanded to represent transit employees in other cities, primarily in the eastern U.S. This article discusses the parent union and its largest local, Local 100,...

(TWU Local-100) votes to support Occupy Wall Street. Police Commissioner Kelly publicly states that the NYPD cannot bar protesters from Zuccotti Park since it is a privately owned public park and plaza that is required to stay open 24 hours a day.
September 29 (day 13) – Pulitzer prize-winning reporter Chris Hedges
Chris Hedges
Christopher Lynn Hedges is an American journalist, author, and war correspondent, specializing in American and Middle Eastern politics and societies...

publishes a column in strong support of OWS. TWU Local-100 uses Twitter to urge members to take part in a "massive march and rally" on October 5. There are unsubstantiated claims that the October 5 event is now co-sponsored by another eight labor and community outreach organizations. Meanwhile, protesters in San Francisco attempt to occupy Citibank, Chase, and attempted to enter a Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab
Charles Schwab may refer to:*Charles M. Schwab , American steel magnate*Charles R. Schwab , founder of the eponymous brokerage*Charles Schwab Corp., an American based brokerage firm...

financial institution, with some media outlets citing OWS as the inspiration for the spread of such protests which are occurring more frequently around the nation.
September 30 (day 14) – More than 1,000 demonstrators, including representatives from various labor organizations, are holding a peaceful march to the NYPD headquarters, a few blocks north of nearby New York City Hall
New York City Hall
New York City Hall is located at the center of City Hall Park in the Civic Center area of Lower Manhattan, New York City, USA, between Broadway, Park Row, and Chambers Street. The building is the oldest City Hall in the United States that still houses its original governmental functions, such as...

, to protest what they said was a heavy-handed police response the previous week. No arrests are reported.

October 2011

October 1 (day 15) – More than 5,000 people march towards the Brooklyn Bridge
Brooklyn Bridge
The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River...

, while hundreds march onto its pedestrian area and car lanes, taking over part of the bridge. Traffic into Brooklyn is stopped by the police for roughly two hours. Police split the crowd into two sections, enclosing a few hundred that were on the bridge between two lines of netting and kettling
Kettling
Kettling is a police tactic for controlling large crowds during demonstrations or protests. It involves the formation of large cordons of police officers who then move to contain a crowd within a limited area. Protesters are left only one choice of exit, determined by the police, or are completely...

them – slowly closing in and keeping them from moving about. Over 700 arrests are being made, while police call for paddy wagons and buses to transport the arrested, including a New York Times reporter who was on the bridge. Some others caught on the bridge are allowed to walk away. The remaining protesters gather that evening in Zuccotti Park.

October 2 (day 16) – Videos went "viral" showing the police first preventing and then permitting some of the protesters to walk onto the bridge's main road where they were then arrested on traffic disruption charges:

October 3 (day 17) – Hundreds of protesters in New York City dress as "corporate zombies" and zombie walk
Zombie Walk
A zombie walk is an organized public gathering of people who dress up in zombie costumes...

past Wall Street with painted faces, carrying fake dollar bills.

October 5 (day 19) – Joined by union members, students, and the unemployed, the demonstrations swelled to the largest yet with an estimated 5,000 to 15,000 demonstrators marching from lower Manhattan's Foley Square
Foley Square
Foley Square is a street intersection and green space in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City and – by extension – the surrounding area, which is dominated by civic buildings. The space is bordered by Worth Street, Centre Street and Lafayette Street and lies...

to Zuccotti Park. The march is mostly peaceful until after nightfall when scuffles erupt and some of the younger demonstrators are arrested after they storm barricades blocking them from Wall Street. About 200 people tried to push through barricades and police respond with pepper spray and "kettle" them in with orange netting. Smaller protests continue in cities and on college campuses across the country.

October 6 (day 20) – About 5,000 protesters march in Portland
Portland, Oregon
Portland is a city located in the Pacific Northwest, near the confluence of the Willamette and Columbia rivers in the U.S. state of Oregon. As of the 2010 Census, it had a population of 583,776, making it the 29th most populous city in the United States...

, Oregon
Oregon
Oregon is a state in the Pacific Northwest region of the United States. It is located on the Pacific coast, with Washington to the north, California to the south, Nevada on the southeast and Idaho to the east. The Columbia and Snake rivers delineate much of Oregon's northern and eastern...

. More demonstrations were held in Los Angeles
Los Ángeles
Los Ángeles is the capital of the province of Biobío, in the commune of the same name, in Region VIII , in the center-south of Chile. It is located between the Laja and Biobío rivers. The population is 123,445 inhabitants...

and San Francisco, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

; Tampa
Tampa, Florida
Tampa is a city in the U.S. state of Florida. It serves as the county seat for Hillsborough County. Tampa is located on the west coast of Florida. The population of Tampa in 2010 was 335,709....

, Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...

; Houston
Occupy Houston
Occupy Houston is an ongoing occupation protest that stands in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street. The planned occupation officially started in Houston, Texas on Thursday October 6, 2011 when protesters returned from JP Morgan Chase Tower to establish an encampment at Hermann Square Plaza...

, Austin
Austin, Texas
Austin is the capital city of the U.S. state of :Texas and the seat of Travis County. Located in Central Texas on the eastern edge of the American Southwest, it is the fourth-largest city in Texas and the 14th most populous city in the United States. It was the third-fastest-growing large city in...

, Texas
Texas
Texas is the second largest U.S. state by both area and population, and the largest state by area in the contiguous United States.The name, based on the Caddo word "Tejas" meaning "friends" or "allies", was applied by the Spanish to the Caddo themselves and to the region of their settlement in...

, and Salt Lake City. Asked about OWS, U.S. President
President of the United States
The President of the United States of America is the head of state and head of government of the United States. The president leads the executive branch of the federal government and is the commander-in-chief of the United States Armed Forces....

Barak Obama replied: "I think it expresses the frustrations the American people feel, that we had the biggest financial crisis since the Great Depression, huge collateral damage all throughout the country... and yet you're still seeing some of the same folks who acted irresponsibly trying to fight efforts to crack down on the abusive practices that got us into this in the first place."

October 8 (day 22) – Protesters were pepper sprayed in Washington, D.C., as they attempted to enter the National Air and Space Museum
National Air and Space Museum
The National Air and Space Museum of the Smithsonian Institution holds the largest collection of historic aircraft and spacecraft in the world. It was established in 1976. Located in Washington, D.C., United States, it is a center for research into the history and science of aviation and...

and one protester pushed a security guard against the wall. The group of "100 to 200" protesters intended to target displays about military drones
Unmanned Combat Air Vehicle
An unmanned combat air vehicle or combat drone is an unmanned aerial vehicle that is designed to deliver weapons without an onboard pilot. Currently operational UCAVs are under real-time human control, but future version may enable autonomous operation, for example with pre-programmed route and...

; one was arrested. One thousand protesters marched from Zuccotti Park to Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park
Washington Square Park is one of the best-known of New York City's 1,900 public parks. At 9.75 acres , it is a landmark in the Manhattan neighborhood of Greenwich Village, as well as a meeting place and center for cultural activity...

, located in Manhattan's Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village
Greenwich Village, , , , .in New York often simply called "the Village", is a largely residential neighborhood on the west side of Lower Manhattan in New York City. A large majority of the district is home to upper middle class families...

, without incident amid speculation that the protests would relocate there.

October 9 (day 23) – A crowd of approximately 100 protesters gathered in Washington, D.C., outside the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

. The American Spectator
The American Spectator
The American Spectator is a conservative U.S. monthly magazine covering news and politics, edited by R. Emmett Tyrrell Jr. and published by the non-profit American Spectator Foundation. From its founding in 1967 until the late 1980s, the small-circulation magazine featured the writings of authors...

, a conservative monthly magazine, posted an article by assistant editor Patrick Howley in which he revealed he had infiltrated the group of protesters who had attempted to enter the National Air and Space Museum on October 8. Howley claimed to have helped instigate the events that prompted the museum to close in order to discredit the protest movement. Commenting on the incident, an activist at Occupy Wall Street said that there were "obvious provocateurs" in the movement, and that a committee had been set up to identify and warn others about them. Meanwhile, at Zuccotti Park, Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek
Slavoj Žižek is a Slovenian philosopher, critical theorist working in the traditions of Hegelianism, Marxism and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He has made contributions to political theory, film theory, and theoretical psychoanalysis....

addressed the crowd and expressed support for the protests during one of several "open forums" conducted throughout the day around Zuccotti Park.

October 10 (day 24) – NYC Mayor
Mayor of New York City
The Mayor of the City of New York is head of the executive branch of New York City's government. The mayor's office administers all city services, public property, police and fire protection, most public agencies, and enforces all city and state laws within New York City.The budget overseen by the...

Michael Bloomberg
Michael Bloomberg
Michael Rubens Bloomberg is the current Mayor of New York City. With a net worth of $19.5 billion in 2011, he is also the 12th-richest person in the United States...

suggested that he did not anticipate an effort by the city to remove the demonstrators. "The bottom line is, people want to express themselves, and as long as they obey the laws, we'll allow them to," the mayor told reporters at the start of the city's 67th annual Columbus Day
Columbus Day
Many countries in the New World and elsewhere celebrate the anniversary of Christopher Columbus's arrival in the Americas, which occurred on October 12, 1492, as an official holiday...

parade. The official @OccupyWallSt Twitter account declares, "Bloomberg said we can stay indefinitely! Big win!" Police reported that more than 140 protesters from the Occupy Boston
Occupy Boston
Occupy Boston is a protest that began on September 30, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dewey Square in the Financial District opposite the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston...

movement were arrested after they ignored warnings to move from a downtown greenway near where they have been camped out for more than a week.

October 13 (day 27) – Mayor Bloomberg told demonstrators they would need to clear Zuccotti Park for it to be cleaned. In response organizers issued a call for cleaning supplies and say they intend to clean the space themselves. The NYPD issued a statement saying that the protesters would no longer be allowed to keep sleeping equipment in the area. Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...

published an article in which they claimed to have found indirect financial links between George Soros
George Soros
George Soros is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes...

and Adbusters, the group which initiated the OWS protests.

October 14 (day 28) – Brookfield Office Properties postponed cleaning its Zuccotti Park. Reuters
Reuters
Reuters is a news agency headquartered in New York City. Until 2008 the Reuters news agency formed part of a British independent company, Reuters Group plc, which was also a provider of financial market data...

published an article in which they refuted an earlier claim to have found indirect financial links between George Soros
George Soros
George Soros is a Hungarian-American business magnate, investor, philosopher, and philanthropist. He is the chairman of Soros Fund Management. Soros supports progressive-liberal causes...

and Adbusters, the group which initiated the OWS protests.

October 15 (day 29) – Thousands of protesters marched through Manhattan to Times Square
Times Square
Times Square is a major commercial intersection in the borough of Manhattan in New York City, at the junction of Broadway and Seventh Avenue and stretching from West 42nd to West 47th Streets...

where they faced its U.S. Armed Forces
United States armed forces
The United States Armed Forces are the military forces of the United States. They consist of the Army, Navy, Marine Corps, Air Force, and Coast Guard.The United States has a strong tradition of civilian control of the military...

recruiting station to protest the money being spent on foreign wars instead of on people in the U.S. struggling with no jobs and no health care. Sparked by the OWS movement, dozens of protests were held in the U.S. and around the world. Most of the protests were peaceful, however many people were arrested across the U.S., largely for refusing to vacate public property. Cornel West
Cornel West
Cornel Ronald West is an American philosopher, author, critic, actor, civil rights activist and prominent member of the Democratic Socialists of America....

was arrested on the steps of the Supreme Court in Washington D.C. protesting corporate influence in politics. In Rome, the protests turned violent after rioters hijacked a peaceful gathering causing an estimated $1.4 million of damage.

October 16 (day 30) – President Obama extended support for the protesters. and the White House
White House
The White House is the official residence and principal workplace of the president of the United States. Located at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington, D.C., the house was designed by Irish-born James Hoban, and built between 1792 and 1800 of white-painted Aquia sandstone in the Neoclassical...

issued a statement saying Obama is working for the interests of the 99%. The New York City General Assembly Demands Working Group produced a call for a constitutional amendment and national convention to be held July 4, 2012, in Philadelphia
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the county seat of Philadelphia County, with which it is coterminous. The city is located in the Northeastern United States along the Delaware and Schuylkill rivers. It is the fifth-most-populous city in the United States,...

. However, it is not representative of OWS or the NYC General Assembly. It is a draft document and will remain as such until issues are resolved regarding the status of the Working Group.

October 17 (day 31) – Freelance journalist, Caitlin Curran, is fired from public radio station WNYC
WNYC
WNYC is a set of call letters shared by a pair of co-owned, non-profit, public radio stations located in New York City.WNYC broadcasts on the AM band at 820 kHz, and WNYC-FM is at 93.9 MHz. Both stations are members of National Public Radio and carry distinct, but similar news/talk programs...

for holding a protest sign and the Occupy Wall Street event at Times Square NYC on October 15. She was covering the event at the time. Her manager fired her for violating editorial standards by participating in a protest she was covering.

October 20 (day 34) – Freelance journalist, Lisa Simeone
Lisa Simeone
Lisa Simeone is a freelance radio host known for hosting "The World of Opera", a radio show produced the NPR affiliate radio station WDAV. She also worked on "Soundprint", a documentary show airing on NPR affiliate stations until she was fired on October 19, 2011...

is fired from her position as a host of Soundprint, a journalistic program produced for National Public Radio (NPR), for her leadership role in October 2011
October 2011
October 2011 is the tenth month of the current year. It began on a Saturday and ended after 31 days on a Monday.- Portal:Current events :This is an archived version of Wikipedia's Current events Portal from October 2011....

, an Occupy D.C.
Occupy D.C.
Occupy D.C. is a non-partisan people's movement focused on spreading the ideas of Occupy Wall Street and Occupy Together in Washington, D.C. The group has been demonstrating in McPherson Square since October 1, 2011. Despite crackdowns on other Occupy protects across the country, federal...

organization. Both Soundprint and NPR considered her role to be a violation of journalistic standards.

October 25 (day 39) – Egyptian activists
2011 Egyptian revolution
The 2011 Egyptian revolution took place following a popular uprising that began on Tuesday, 25 January 2011 and is still continuing as of November 2011. The uprising was mainly a campaign of non-violent civil resistance, which featured a series of demonstrations, marches, acts of civil...

who helped topple former dictator Hosni Mubarak
Hosni Mubarak
Muhammad Hosni Sayyid Mubarak is a former Egyptian politician and military commander. He served as the fourth President of Egypt from 1981 to 2011....

lent their support to the growing Occupy movement, releasing a statement in solidarity with occupiers. In Oakland, California
California
California is a state located on the West Coast of the United States. It is by far the most populous U.S. state, and the third-largest by land area...

, hundreds of police move against Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland is a series of demonstrations including the occupation of public spaces that began in downtown Oakland at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall in Oakland, California on October 10, 2011. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City and is one of...

protesters, launching teargas, beanbag rounds, and rubber bullets before clearing out an encampment and arresting 85 people. A protest march later in the day resulted in additional use of teargas and rubber bullets
Rubber bullet
Rubber bullets are rubber or rubber-coated projectiles that can be fired from either standard firearms or dedicated riot guns. They are intended to be a non-lethal alternative to metal projectiles...

. An Iraq War veteran from the U.S. Marines
United States Marine Corps
The United States Marine Corps is a branch of the United States Armed Forces responsible for providing power projection from the sea, using the mobility of the United States Navy to deliver combined-arms task forces rapidly. It is one of seven uniformed services of the United States...

is in critical condition after "being hit in the head by a police projectile."

October 26 (day 40) – Hundreds of OWS protesters marched near Union Square in support of Iraq War veteran and Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland is a series of demonstrations including the occupation of public spaces that began in downtown Oakland at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall in Oakland, California on October 10, 2011. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City and is one of...

protester Scott Olsen who is in intensive care as a result of a police-fired projectile during the October 25 Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland is a series of demonstrations including the occupation of public spaces that began in downtown Oakland at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall in Oakland, California on October 10, 2011. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City and is one of...

march.

October 27 (day 41) – Jean Quan, mayor of Oakland, said the Occupy Oakland protesters could stay, in the wake of Tuesday's violent police eviction of the encampment in front of City Hall.

October 29 (day 43) – Tensions flared in Denver, Colorado
Colorado
Colorado is a U.S. state that encompasses much of the Rocky Mountains as well as the northeastern portion of the Colorado Plateau and the western edge of the Great Plains...

near the State Capitol
Colorado State Capitol
The Colorado State Capitol Building, located at 200 East Colfax Avenue in Denver, Colorado, is the home of the Colorado General Assembly and the offices of the Governor of Colorado and Lieutenant Governor of Colorado. The building is intentionally reminiscent of the United States Capitol. Designed...

when police entered the campsite. There were reports of skirmishes between police and protesters, with more than a dozen arrests. A group of protesters characterized as "thugs" surrounded and pushed over a police motorcycle while the policeman was riding it. The police dispersed the OWS protesters by firing rounds of pellets filled with pepper spray.

October 30 (day 44) – Police arrested two dozen people in Portland, Oregon, for failing to leave a park when it closed at midnight. Police arrested 38 people in Austin, Texas after they refused to put away food tables at 10 pm. The arrested people contested the legitimacy of the Austin rule since it was issued by City Hall two days earlier and not passed by a City Council vote.

November 2011

November 2 (day 47) – Demonstrations continued in Oakland
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland is a series of demonstrations including the occupation of public spaces that began in downtown Oakland at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall in Oakland, California on October 10, 2011. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City and is one of...

, California, with a citywide general strike taking place in response to the serious injury sustained by a protester on October 25. Protesters shut down the Port of Oakland
Port of Oakland
The Port of Oakland was the first major port on the Pacific Coast of the United States to build terminals for container ships. It is now the fifth busiest container port in the United States, behind Long Beach, Los Angeles, Newark, and Savannah...

, the nation's fifth busiest port. A man was arrested for sexual assault and rape at the NYC OWS encampment.

November 3 (day 48) – Firing tear gas and flash bang grenades, riot police clashed with Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland
Occupy Oakland is a series of demonstrations including the occupation of public spaces that began in downtown Oakland at Frank H. Ogawa Plaza in front of Oakland City Hall in Oakland, California on October 10, 2011. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City and is one of...

protesters who had built a massive bonfire in the street and refused to leave. Over a hundred protesters were arrested, including an Iraq veteran who was seriously injured.

November 5 (day 50) – To participate in both Guy Fawkes Day and Bank Transfer Day
Bank Transfer Day
Bank Transfer Day is a consumer activism initiative calling for a voluntary switch from commercial banks to not-for-profit credit unions by November 5, 2011. As of October 15, 2011, a Facebook page devoted to the effort had drawn more than 54,900 "likes"...

, demonstrators protested outside major banks and financial institutions. In the preceding month, over 600,000 people closed their bank accounts and opened accounts with local credit unions.

November 13 (day 58) – Occupy Portland camp is, first, defended by the people of the City of Portland, and then cleared by Portland Police Bureau, with the assistance of local, state, and international police forces. A tense stand-off began at midnight and lasted until dawn, with the People forcing the retreat of the Police, until, exhausted and confused, the People were finally pushed out of their encampment when, early on Sunday morning, the Police made an unexpected raid on the camp, violently forcing out the remaining Occupants. The clearing of the camp included multiple arrests, mostly involving campers sitting and Police arresting them without incident. Multiple campers, who were not arrested, were injured at the hands of Police.

The clearing of the camp was followed by another standoff at the intersection of SW Main and 4th Avenue. The final stand-off of the day came to an end as the Police made another assault on the people, and on the Constitution, by forcing the move of a General Assembly taking place in the street. Few arrests were made, as only two protestors made symbolic stands against the unConstitutional assault by the Police. The Assembly, in the moments before the Police "cleared the street", made a decision to move their body to Pioneer Square and continue their discussion there.

November 14 (day 59) – Occupy Oakland is cleared by police; twenty protestors are arrested. Oakland Mayor Jean Quan cited the eviction as a response to the "tremendous strain" the camp had put the city's resources . The mayor's legal advisor, Dan Siegel, has resigned from his position in protest of the eviction.

November 15 (day 60) –
- Occupy Wall Street At about 1am, NYPD began to clear Zuccotti Park. City Councilman Ydanis Rodriguez is reported to have been arrested during the eviction, along with seventy other protestors. The official statement released by Mayor Bloomberg's office explained the purpose of the late-night eviction: "This action was taken at this time of day to reduce the risk of confrontation in the park, and to minimize disruption to the surrounding neighborhood...[Mayor Bloomberg] [has] become increasingly concerned – as had the park’s owner, Brookfield Properties – that the occupation was coming to pose a health and fire safety hazard to the protestors and to the surrounding community" . Journalists have been barred from entering immediate area of eviction since the raid began, and Mayor Bloomberg cited this as a way "to protect members of the press," and "to prevent a situation from getting worse". A CBS press helicopter was not allowed into the airspace above the park, which has been interpreted as an effort to limit media coverage of the event. A judge has issued a temporary restraining order in favor of the protestors, requiring Mayor Bloomberg to show cause for eviction . Protesters sporting copies of the court order attempted to reenter the park, but police continued to deny access to square. In response, impromptu general assemblies and meet-ups have started in different locations. Mayor Bloomberg is scheduled to address the court order at 11:30am ET. Occupy Wall Street's statement released in response to the eviction cited exercising their right to assemble and the need to create a "civic space" as essential to changing public discourse. The Mayor's Office released statement states that the right to freedom of speech has not been violated, and furthermore occupying a space with personal property is not included in First Amendment rights; but the Right to Assemble was not addressed in the statement. 5,554 books at The People's Library
  The People's Library
  The People's Library, also known as Fort Patti or the Occupy Wall Street Library, is a public library founded in September 2011 by Occupy Wall Street protesters in lower Manhattan's Zuccotti Park located in the Financial District of New York City...
  
  are confiscated.
- Occupy Cal
  Occupy Cal
  Occupy Cal is an ongoing series of demonstrations that began on November 9, 2011, on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, San Francisco Bay Area Occupy groups such as Occupy Oakland, Occupy...
  
  gathered over a thousand people at a rally at Sproul Hall plaza.
- Occupy DC staged a sit-in at the DC headquarters of Brookview Properties, which administers New York City's Zuccotti Park.
- Occupy UCDavis held a rally on the campus which was attended by approximately 2000 people. Later, about 400 individuals occupied the Administration building and held a General Assembly in the space.
- Occupy Seattle
  Occupy Seattle
  Occupy Seattle is a direct action and demonstration currently based at Seattle Central Community College with additional activity at Westlake Park and Seattle City Hall in downtown Seattle, Washington. Occupy Seattle is inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City in September,...
  
  rallied and marched downtown, police clashed with protestors, used pepper-spray, and arrested six. .

November 16 (day 61) – Arrests took place in Portland, Berkeley, San Francisco (95 protestors arrested that night), St Louis and Los Angeles.

November 17 (Day 62) –
- Occupy Wall Street saw crowds of more than 30,000 marching in the streets of New York City. Crowds assembled in and around Zuccotti Park
  Zuccotti Park
  Zuccotti Park, formerly called Liberty Plaza Park, is a publicly accessible park in Lower Manhattan, New York City. It is a controlled by Brookfield Properties. The park was created in 1968 by Pittsburgh-based United States Steel, after the property owners negotiated its creation with city...
  
  , Union Square
  Union Square
  Union Square may refer to:Asia* Union Square * Union Square station on Dubai MetroCanada* Union Square, Nova ScotiaUnited States* Union Square, Baltimore, Maryland* Union Square * Union Square, San Francisco, California...
  
  , Foley Square
  Foley Square
  Foley Square is a street intersection and green space in the Civic Center neighborhood of Lower Manhattan, New York City and – by extension – the surrounding area, which is dominated by civic buildings. The space is bordered by Worth Street, Centre Street and Lafayette Street and lies...
  
  , the Brooklyn Bridge
  Brooklyn Bridge
  The Brooklyn Bridge is one of the oldest suspension bridges in the United States. Completed in 1883, it connects the New York City boroughs of Manhattan and Brooklyn by spanning the East River...
  
  , and other locations through the city.
- Occupy Boston
  Occupy Boston
  Occupy Boston is a protest that began on September 30, 2011 in Boston, Massachusetts, on Dewey Square in the Financial District opposite the Federal Reserve Bank of Boston...
  
  - Judge issues a restraining order preventing police from evicting protestors.
- Occupy Cal
  Occupy Cal
  Occupy Cal is an ongoing series of demonstrations that began on November 9, 2011, on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, San Francisco Bay Area Occupy groups such as Occupy Oakland, Occupy...
  
  - Students at UC Berkeley maintained their re-established encampment.
- Occupy Dallas
  Occupy Dallas
  Occupy Dallas is a peaceful protest, demonstration and occupation that began on October 6, 2011 with a march to the Federal Reserve Building in Dallas, Texas. It is affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City, and also with the "Occupy" protests that have been...
  
  - Camp evicted, 18 arrests.
- Occupy Davis
  Occupy Davis
  Occupy Davis is an on-going protest in Davis, California. It was formed on September 17, 2011 as part of the Occupy Movement. Beginning October 15, protestors began an occupation of the city's Central Park....
  
  and Occupy UC Davis
  Occupy UC Davis
  Occupy UC Davis is an ongoing series of Occupy Movement demonstrations at the University of California, Davis. It is distinguished from the off-campus but allied Occupy Davis. Occupy UC Davis gained international attention on November 18, 2011 after a video on YouTube went viral of University...
  
  - Students continued their occupation of the administration building and protestors erected tents on the campus quad.
- Occupy Los Angeles
  Occupy Los Angeles
  Occupy Los Angeles is one of the many occupy movements in the United States, one of the first to establish following the original Occupy Wall Street protest. It first manifested on October 1, 2011 on the grounds of Los Angeles City Hall...
  
  - at least 30 were arrested. Protestors occupied Bank of America plaza.
- Occupy Milwaukee - Occupy protestors shut down the North Avenue bridge.
- Occupy Portland
  Occupy Portland
  Occupy Portland is a protest and demonstration that began on October 6, 2011 in downtown Portland, Oregon. It is based on the Occupy Wall Street movement that began in New York City on September 17, 2011....
  
  - Police in Portland used pepper spray on protestors there. At least 25 arrested on the Steel Bridge
  Steel Bridge
  The Steel Bridge is a through truss, double lift bridge across the Willamette River in Portland, Oregon, United States. Its lower deck carries railroad and bicycle/pedestrian traffic, while the upper deck carries road traffic and light rail , making the bridge one of the most multimodal in the world...
  
  .
- Occupy Seattle
  Occupy Seattle
  Occupy Seattle is a direct action and demonstration currently based at Seattle Central Community College with additional activity at Westlake Park and Seattle City Hall in downtown Seattle, Washington. Occupy Seattle is inspired by the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City in September,...
  
  Occupy protestors marched on University Bridge, blocked traffic.
- Occupy Spokane - permit issued permitting protestors to camp.
- Occupy St. Louis
  Occupy St. Louis
  Occupy St. Louis is an ongoing postpartisan people's movement and peaceful protest that began on October 1, 2011 against corporate greed, its influence over the economy, its corruption of government, and ensuing inequality...
  
  - Approximately 1,000 marched from the Kiener Plaza occupy site to Martin Luther King Bridge
  Martin Luther King Bridge (St. Louis)
  The Martin Luther King Bridge in St. Louis is a cantilever truss bridge of about in total length across the Mississippi River, connecting St. Louis with East St. Louis, Illinois. The bridge serves as traffic relief connecting the concurrent freeways of Interstate 55, Interstate 70, Interstate...
  
  , where 14 were arrested for blocking an onramp, and later in the afternoon a group temporarily occupies the old Municipal Courts Building adjacent to city hall and unveils large banners proclaiming "Occupy Everything".

November 18 (Day 63) – Police stage 2:00 am raid at Occupy Cal
Occupy Cal
Occupy Cal is an ongoing series of demonstrations that began on November 9, 2011, on the University of California, Berkeley campus in Berkeley, California. It is allied with the Occupy Wall Street movement in New York City, San Francisco Bay Area Occupy groups such as Occupy Oakland, Occupy...

. Campus police raid the OccupyDavis encampment in the morning, pepper-spraying multiple students with no provocation http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/19/uc-davis-police-pepper-spray-students_n_1102728.html :Cornell West, speaking on the closure of the NYC OWS, said, "To think that New York City spent all of that taxpayer money on policing the protesters and arresting people, while right there on Wall Street are all these financial criminals and no one has been charged...The hypocrisy is just too much to take.” http://www.nytimes.com/2011/11/19/business/occupy-wall-street-has-plenty-of-potential.html?ref=jamesbstewart

November 19 (Day 64) – Former Philadelphian Police Captain Ray Lewis was arrested at Zuccotti park. Protesters at the University of California, Davis, were pepper sprayed, prompting outrage. Newt Gingrich
Newt Gingrich
Newton Leroy "Newt" Gingrich is a U.S. Republican Party politician who served as the House Minority Whip from 1989 to 1995 and as the 58th Speaker of the U.S. House of Representatives from 1995 to 1999....

, former Speaker of the House
Speaker of the United States House of Representatives
The Speaker of the United States House of Representatives, or Speaker of the House, is the presiding officer of the United States House of Representatives...

, suggests OWS protesters "Go Get a Job Right after You Take a Bath."

November 23 (Day 68) – While giving a speech in New Hampshire, President Obama was interrupted by "The Peoples Mic" by Occupy Wall Street protesters. They said, "Mr. President, Over four thousand peaceful protesters have been arrested." before the crowd started chanting "Obama!" over them. Afterwards, a protester handed the president a small piece of paper which read "Mr. President: Over 4000 peaceful protesters have been arrested. While bankers continue to destroy the American economy. You must stop the assault on our 1st amendment rights. Your silence sends a message that police brutality is acceptable. Banks got bailed out. We got sold out." http://news.yahoo.com/blogs/ticket/occupy-protestor-hands-president-obama-note-201229558.html

November 30 (Day 75) – Police enter the Occupy Los Angeles encampment at City Hall and arrest protesters defying an eviction notice.

External links

Occupytogether.org Occupy Together's official website
"Occupy" photographs from around the nation from the Denver Post

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September 2011

October 2011

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