New Politics | Sep. 17, 2021
The Significance of Occupy Wall Street | By Dan La Botz, Robert Brenner, Joel Jordan
New York Daily News | Sep. 18, 2021
De-occupying Jails & Prisons, Wisely | By Harry Siegel
It was just a coincidence that when Gov. Hochul signed the Less Is More Act on Friday she did so on the 10th anniversary of the beginning of Occupy Wall Street, but it was a happy coincidence.
New York Magazine | Sep. 17, 2021
Occupy Wall Street Changed Everything Ten years later, the legacy of Zuccotti Park has never been clearer. | By Astra Taylor and Jonathan Smucker, Photographs by Tracie Williams
New York Review of Books | Sep. 16, 2021
Occupy Memory | Text and art by Molly Crabapple
A decade ago, a grassroots anticapitalist movement burst on the scene, galvanizing people with its slogan “We are the 99 percent.” It changed me, and many others, but how much did it change the world?
Photo by: Anna Betts
New York Times | Sep. 18, 2021
Was Occupy Wall Street the ‘Beginning of the Beginning’? Review: Generation Occupy; Reawakening American Democracy | By Michael Levitin
By Todd Gitlin
North Texas Daily | Sep. 16, 2021
Looking back on Denton’s 2011 Occupy Wall Street protests | By Max Lockhart
NY 1/Spectrum News | Sep. 17, 2021
How Occupy Wall Street changed New York politics | By Anna Lucente Sterling
Philadelphia Inquirer | Sep. 9, 2021
10 Years Ago, a Ragtag Army Called Occupy Wall Street Changed America, for Good | By Will Bunch
Ridiculed and harassed by militarized police, 2011's Occupy movement sparked a progressive movement remaking America a decade later.
Can’t believe it’s been 10 years since #OccupyWallStreet. pic.twitter.com/i5USvOsyuw
— Linda Sarsour (@lsarsour) September 17, 2021
Politics Outdoors | Sep. 16, 2021
Occupy at 10 (1/x) | By David S. Meyer
It’s 10 years ago September 17 that Occupy Wall Street commenced, and the decennial is a good time to see how (or whether) it mattered.
Politics Outdoors | Sep. 17, 2021
Occupy at 10 (2/x) | By David S. Meyer
Today is the tenth anniversary of Occupy’s first Occupation, and retrospective memoirs and evaluations are everywhere. The argument here is that Occupy mattered, even though the movement got little or less of what activists demanded in 2011.
Politics Outdoors | Sep. 18, 2021
Occupy at 10 (3/3) | By David S. Meyer
Occupy educated and politicized a generation of activists who spilled out into scores of loosely allied movements and American life. They represent a massive resource for every progressive effort that’s followed.
Real News Network | Sep. 17, 2021
Something broke open: Occupy Wall Street 10 years later (VIDEO) | By Eddie Conway
The Real News Network Executive Producer and host Eddie Conway talks to Nicole Carty of PowerLabs and filmmaker, writer, and activist Astra Taylor about the ways the Occupy movement changed the world and laid the groundwork for a multitude of new movements.
Rolling Stone | Sep. 17, 2021
The Real Story of Occupy Wall Street Is What’s Happened Since | By Nathan Schneider
Protesters took over Zuccotti Park 10 years ago today. The movement’s biggest legacy may be the 10-year crackdown that followed
Photo by Anna Betts
RT.com | Sep. 11, 2021
10 years after Occupy Wall Street, Minnesota’s pipeline fight, Amazon working with ICE
The 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street is approaching. Lee Camp goes over the lessons learned from the paradigm-shifting protest movement that gave us the language of the 99% and brought inequality into the spotlight.
RT.com | Sep. 17, 2021
Jay Ponti is the author of the upcoming book ‘The Political Revolutionary’s Handbook’ and a proud participant in the global Occupy Movement. This Friday is the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street.
Salon | Sep. 17, 2021
Occupy Wall Street set the tone: A decade later, how protests against inequality made the GOP worse | By Amanda Marcotte
"We are the 99%!" exposed a reality Americans couldn't unsee, making Democrats better and Republicans somehow worse
San Diego Union-Tribune | Sep. 17, 2021
From the Archives: Occupy movement had a moment 10 years ago
The Atlantic | Sep. 14, 2021
Occupy Wall Street Did More Than You Think | By Michael Levitin
The movement itself has mostly disappeared. But 10 years later, its legacy is everywhere.
The Guardian | Sep. 12, 2021
‘We showed it was possible to create a movement from almost nothing’: Occupy Wall Street 10 years on | By Andrew Anthony
Some say it inspired BLM and the growth of the US left. Others see it as an abject failure. A decade after the occupation of New York’s Zuccotti Park, the people who were there look back
The Guardian | Sep. 15, 2021
Life can be different: 10 years ago, Occupy Wall Street changed the world | By Rebecca Nathanson
The movement launched a generation of leftist activists –and gave them a vision of real change
The Hill | Sep. 17, 2021
Lessons from Occupy Wall Street for Today's Tax Fight | By Amy Hanauer
Right now, Congress is debating President Biden’s Build Back Better agenda, a plan that would make a meaningful dent in the key questions the Occupy movement raised. Who is the economy for? How can it work for all of us, not just the 1 percent?
The Indypendent | Sep. 15, 2021
The Rise of Occupy Wall Street: The Movement Moment That Revived The U.S. Left | By John Tarleton
Ten years ago this fall a protest movement took root in Lower Manhattan that transformed how we think about inequality and reinvigorated the Left.
The Indypendent | Sep. 15, 2021
As Occupy Wall Street's 10th Anniversary Approaches, I Choose Hope and Solidarity Because It's Our Duty to Win | By Priscilla Grim
The Indypendent | Sep. 15, 2021
Contested Ground: 9/11, Occupy Wall Street and the Future of America | By John Tarleton
9/11 and Occupy Wall Street took place within a block of each other at the center of American Empire. Their legacies couldn’t be more different, nor the futures they point to.
The Indypendent | Sep.15, 2021
Occupy Wall Street’s Impact Continues to Grow | By John Tarleton
Ten years later its legacy continues growing.
The Indypendent | Sep. 15, 2021
Sandy Nurse’s Journey from Occupy Wall Street to NYC City Council | By John Tarleton
Occupy Wall St. alum vows to bring her social movement values with her when she joins the New York City Council on January 1.
The Intercept | Sep. 17, 2021
Happy Birthday, Occupy Wall Street | By Jonathan Smucker
Ten years later, the Democratic Party ignores Occupy Wall Street’s warnings at its own peril.
The Jerusalem Post | Sep. 19, 2021
New York protestors wield Palestinian flags, endorse 'global intifada' | By Eliav Breuer
Groups including Within Our Lifetime and Occupy Wall Street affiliates marched in New York City on Friday calling to smash the "settler Zionist state" and calling to "globalize the intifada."
The Majority Report with Sam Seder | Sep. 17, 2021
The Nation | Sep. 18, 2021
Was Occupy Wall Street More Anarchist or Socialist? | By Natasha Lennard and Nikil Saval
Two OWS participants debate the ideology at the core of the anti-capitalist movement.
The Nation | Sep. 17, 2021
Did Occupy Wall Street Make a Difference? | By Ruth Milkman, Stephanie Luce, Penny Lewis
Flash in the pan or the prelude to political organizing as we know it today?
The Nation | Sep. 18, 2021
Fighting Inequality After Occupy Wall Street | By Bryce Covert
Policies to address America’s enormous wealth disparities are now on the political map in a way they weren’t before Occupy Wall Street.
The Nation | Sep. 17, 2021
What Occupy Wall Street Organizers Would Do Differently | By Michael Ellick, Sonny Singh, Yotam Marom, Cathy O'Neil, Suresh Naidu, Sandy Nurse
Do they still stand by the leaderless revolution?
The Nation | Sep. 17, 2021
Sexism and Racism on the Left: What Has and Hasn’t Changed Since Occupy Wall Street | By Sarah M. Seltzer
Dozens of Zuccotti Park activists pushed the movement to confront race and gender oppression—and have continued that work in the decade since.
The Nation | Sep. 18, 2021
David Graeber and David Wengrow’s Anarchist History of Humanity | By Daniel Immerwahr
In The Dawn of Everything, Graeber and Wengrow offer a sweeping and ambitious exploration of life without the state.
The New Republic | Sep. 17, 2021
Occupy Wall Street at 10: What It Taught Us, and Why It Mattered | By Micah L. Sifry
It basically started the wave of activism that revived the left—and taught people to get serious about power.
The Street | Sep. 17, 2021
The Legacy of Occupy Wall Street 10 Years Later | By Roland Marconi
The Ted Alexandro Show with Ted Alexandro | Sep. 15, 2021
Occupy Wall Street 10th Anniversary Series (AUDIO)
In the first of a series of Occupy Wall Street 10 Year Anniversary Shows, Ted welcomes award-winning photojournalist Giles Clarke. Giles Clarke has covered Yemen extensively in recent years, winning international acclaim for his work. Ted and Giles met during OWS.
The Ted Alexandro Show with Ted Alexandro | Sep. 17, 2021
Occupy Wall Street 10th Anniversary (AUDIO)
In the second episode of an ongoing series remembering Occupy Wall Street, Ted speaks with Bishop George Packard. George and Ted got arrested with dozens of others at Duarte Square in lower Manhattan and eventually stood trial for misdemeanor criminal trespassing.
The Ted Alexandro Show with Ted Alexandro | Sep. 18, 2021
Occupy Wall Street 10th Anniversary (AUDIO)
In the third of an ongoing series looking back on Occupy Wall Street, Ted speaks with the librarian and scholar Zachary Loeb.
The Ted Alexandro Show with Ted Alexandro | Sep. 15, 2021
Occupy Wall Street 10th Anniversary (AUDIO)
In the latest in an ongoing series of OWS anniversary shows, Ted speaks with comedian Jim Tews. Jim created a short documentary with Ted down at Zuccotti Park in October 2011. You can find it on youtube.
The Ted Alexandro Show with Ted Alexandro | Sep. 17, 2021
Occupy Wall Street 10th Anniversary: Photographer Tracie Williams (AUDIO)
In the sixth of a series of Occupy Wall Street anniversary shows, Ted speaks with photographer/artist Tracie Williams
Tribeca Citizen | Sep. 17, 2021
Seen & Heard: Protecting a symbol of power
Since today is the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, which took over Zuccotti Park in 2011 (where did that decade go?) the bull has been prepped.
Truthout | Sep. 15, 2021
Ten Years After Occupy Wall Street, Another World Is Still Possible | By Kelly Hayes
Waging Nonviolence | Sep. 13, 2021
An oral history of Occupy Wall Street, 10 years later | by Bill McGarvey
On the 10th anniversary of Occupy Wall Street, interfaith activists reflect on both the movement's failings and immense legacy and impact.
Washington Post | Sep. 18, 2021
Occupy Wall Street won the future | By Helaine Olen
In the immediate aftermath of Occupy Wall Street, pundits on both the left and the right pronounced it a failure. The thousands of people in attendance were angry at Wall Street, but they couldn’t say what, exactly, they wanted the government to do about it. There was no leadership and no list of demands.
WNMF Radio (Tampa, FL) | Sep. 17, 2021
Ten years ago: Occupy Tampa holds first protest in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street | By Seán Kinane
Writers Without Money | Sep. 18, 2021
Occupy Wall Street 10 Years Later
Writers Without Money | Sep. 18, 2021
An Early Occupy March in Downtown Manhattan
Yahoo News | Sep. 17, 2021
It's been 10 years since Occupy Wall Street — What's changed? | By Mike Bebernes
BACKGROUND
Slate | Nov. 18, 2011
Everything You Need To Know About Occupy Wall Street | By David Weigel and Lauren Hepler
A timeline of the movement, from February to today [2011].
New York Times | September 17, 2011 4:26 pm
Wall Street Protest Begins, With Demonstrators Blocked | By Colin Moynihan
Compiled September 19, 2021 by Bill Dobbs. Suggestions/corrections/complaints to: duchamp@mindspring.com