A group of concerned citizens who rightfully speak out against the extreme degree of inequality in America which now rivals that of some third world countries. Citizens who realize that you cannot have a strong economy without demand, and that 1% of the population owning 90% of the wealth is detrimental to a nation's prosperity. Citizens who oppose the assault on workers rights by multinational corporations, and realize that trickle down is bullshit. Citizens so concerned for the welfare of their country, they are willing to camp outside even in the harshest winter conditions to get the word out. Often bashed by people who fall in the top 1% (obviously) as well as spoiled, snobby, narcissistic rich kids who regard Atlas Shrugged as the bible and have never experienced any real-life hardships whatsoever because they live in the safety bubble of their parents.
Occupy Wall Street believes we should end the unsustainable Bush tax cuts, make RESPONSIBLE cuts in government spending rather than taking from those who have the least, and end the marriage of government and big business that started under the Bush administration and continues under Obama.
by Blue_Kahuna December 1, 2011
The 99% of the US. population who are struggling to make a living while the 1% live a life of luxury. We're not going to be the silent majority anymore.
The people gathered across the country in support of Occupy Wall Street, each large city had a camp in (occupy) and change was imminent. Occupy Fresno, CA. was a big inspiration for this Old Hippy Dude.
by leddyOHD October 21, 2011
To be annoyingly fed up with something to the point of taking a stand and sleeping like a homeless person.
glen: holy fuck I almost bricked my ipad installing the new iOs, thisclose to occupying wall street, man.
by cl0ud October 13, 2011
the biggest joke of a movement America has seen in a long time. made in response to the Great Recession. fueled by the thought that the Great Recession is a big enough excuse not to try to make a living and banks (no pun intended) on the idea that complaining is a great substitute for action. ignores the fact that "life is 10% what happens to you and 90% how you react to it." a complete kick in the face for those who have worked for everything they have owned. destroys the businesses, cars, public safety, and even lives. a complete disgrace. i grew up out of a liberal family, and I'm not that conservative, but these people make me sick.
Jack, one of the 99%: "Uggh, this economy won't let me get a job! Waaaa! Screw those fat cats upstairs! OCCUPY WALL STREET! Come on, gang, torch that family-owned general store! Stupid capitalists! Capitalism is evil!"
General Store Owners: "I could cry right now. I've worked way too hard and have stretched by budget way too much to have my successful general store go to shambles like this. Sure, this economy has driven down the profit of my store, but I still get by, and my family has loved me for it. How the FUCK am I one of those fat cats, you bastards?!?"
Justin, one of the 99%: "JP Morgan Chase's headquarters! Torch it!"
Jack, one of the 99%: "No, they've got security. And guns. And that building is way too big. One ear of corn at a time, Justin. Lets not work too hard now."
Mother of a dead child to Jack: "You guys killed my son! He was 10 years old!"
Jack, one of the 99%: "Lets put it this way, mam, at least he can't grow up to be an evil fat cat."
General Store Owners: "I could cry right now. I've worked way too hard and have stretched by budget way too much to have my successful general store go to shambles like this. Sure, this economy has driven down the profit of my store, but I still get by, and my family has loved me for it. How the FUCK am I one of those fat cats, you bastards?!?"
Justin, one of the 99%: "JP Morgan Chase's headquarters! Torch it!"
Jack, one of the 99%: "No, they've got security. And guns. And that building is way too big. One ear of corn at a time, Justin. Lets not work too hard now."
Mother of a dead child to Jack: "You guys killed my son! He was 10 years old!"
Jack, one of the 99%: "Lets put it this way, mam, at least he can't grow up to be an evil fat cat."
by SpecialK619 May 29, 2013
A group of activists believing that by yelling loudly enough some slogans they don't fully understand about some economic concepts they don't even begin to comprehend, they can change an economic situation they don't really like into a better one that they haven't quite defined yet.
"Fuck you, damn corporations! Save the environment! Save the poor! Save the whales! Stop AIDS! Screw all you evil banker people! Occupy Wall Street!"
by Zer0T October 11, 2011
Irish: Tuaisceart Éireann sometimes in British slang, known as Norlin Airlann or Norlin Airlan, it is militarily occupied by the British and is a neo-colony in the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland. As of 2011, its population was 1,810,863 constituting approximately 30% of the island of Ireland's total population.
Officially known as a British Scum State, it was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned on a sectarian headcount by an act of the British parliament. It was partioned after the Irish General Election in 1918 where the vast majority of the island of Ireland voted for independence from Britain Historically, it s marked by sectarian discrimination, internment without trial, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations and British state terrorism.
Officially known as a British Scum State, it was created in 1921, when Ireland was partitioned on a sectarian headcount by an act of the British parliament. It was partioned after the Irish General Election in 1918 where the vast majority of the island of Ireland voted for independence from Britain Historically, it s marked by sectarian discrimination, internment without trial, ethnic cleansing, human rights violations and British state terrorism.
Are you part of the Solution or the Problem? Indymedia ireland
Lethal Allies a book on British Government Collusion in the sectarian murders of ordinary innocent Irish people in British Occupied Ireland is written by leading journalist Anne Callwallader and produced by the Pat Finucane centre focused on the ethnic cleansing of the Glenanne Gang which still operates in Ireland.
The book documents members of the British police and the British Army who were part of this gang which murdered hundreds of innocent people, particularly in the 1970s, operating primarily from loyalist farms in counties Armagh and Tyrone.
Yes we can trade different perspectives on the bloodletting of British Occupation and neo-colonialism in Ireland until we the cows come home but the solution is not on that path. If you are sincere about peace then you don't have to be particularly bright to see where the solution lies, it's not rocket science.
Internment without trial is an instrument of War not Peace.
Lethal Allies a book on British Government Collusion in the sectarian murders of ordinary innocent Irish people in British Occupied Ireland is written by leading journalist Anne Callwallader and produced by the Pat Finucane centre focused on the ethnic cleansing of the Glenanne Gang which still operates in Ireland.
The book documents members of the British police and the British Army who were part of this gang which murdered hundreds of innocent people, particularly in the 1970s, operating primarily from loyalist farms in counties Armagh and Tyrone.
Yes we can trade different perspectives on the bloodletting of British Occupation and neo-colonialism in Ireland until we the cows come home but the solution is not on that path. If you are sincere about peace then you don't have to be particularly bright to see where the solution lies, it's not rocket science.
Internment without trial is an instrument of War not Peace.
by Irish Blog November 12, 2013
An astroturf movement made up of Women's Studies and Art History majors who think it's society's/capitalism's fault that high-paying jobs aren't falling out of the sky for them.
The Occupy Wall Street children are busy tweeting on their Apple Macbooks about how horrible capitalism is while sipping their Starbucks coffee and texting their friends on their Motorola/Apple/Google smartphones.
by gr4pe sod4 November 17, 2011