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Hello, my name is Wennie Chi.
I’m currently a student at the
University of Cincinnati studying
industrial design and enrolled in an
Intermediate Composition class.
I’ve been following the Occupy Wall
Street movement since October, and
really fell in love with the movement.
About the Author
Introduction
The Beginning
The First Occupation
The Introduction of Pepper Spray
Arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge
Global Day of Protest
Eviction of Occupy Oakland
Violence at UC Berkley
Eviction of Zuccotti Park and the Media Blackout
Pepper Sray at UC Davis
Conclusion
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Chapters
Introduction
I was introduced to the events via Twitter, a website that allows people to host their own virtual announcement board. The service is free, and each announcement board is personalized by each user who is allowed to post their own news as well as follow as many other users as they would like. The messages are limited to 140 characters, which keeps the announcements short and to-the-point. Another unique feature of this system is the ability to label the announcements or to add “hashtags” in order for the messages to be easily tracked by others. People can use these hashtags to find more announcements or users that share the same topic. This quick and effortless method of worldwide news streaming helps news spread fast.
There’s no denying that Twitter has become an invaluable resource for the
Occupy Wall Street movement. What Twitter offers is a quick and easy way to
publish updates and spread news. The 140 character limit keeps the messages
short and concise so that readers can digest the announcements just as quickly.
And with the way technology is streamlining, ‘tweeting’ has become only a click
away via cellphone. People who are interested can look up Occupy-related
hashtags such as #OWS, #OccupyBoston, or #WeThePeople to find out what is
going on. Or they can follow specific Twitter Accounts such as OccupyLA. If there
are any changes to the agenda they might find something like this in their Twitter
feed: “Occupiers if you are still at City Hall, move over to 350 S. Grand for the
march! #occupyLA” (Oct 6 OccupyLA). The ability for Occupiers to tweet on the
go is essential considering these people are out in the streets and in the parks
protesting, and don’t quite have the time or resources to make long blog posts or
send a newsletter. It has also been a large player in publicizing the events. People
live-tweeting at protest sites, sharing photos, links to articles or videos, and
hashtagging these with Occupy-related tags linking them to a larger community.
The Beginning
Occupy Wall Street spawned from the activist
group Adbusters who posted a blog post in
July calling for a “shift in revolutionary tactics”.
Inspired by the uprisings in Egypt and Spain,
the assembly of thousands of people in New
York City was described in the proposal.
Within the next week, OccupyWallSt.org
was launched along with a Twitter and the
hashtag “#occupywallst” to promot the first
demonstration on September 17.
The hacktivist group Anonymous jumps
aboard #occupywallst, releasing a video
and tweeting to support and promote the
September 17 demonstration.
Jul. 13
Jul. 24
Aug. 23
The First Occupation
September 17 marks the first day of Occupy
Wall Street. Close to 1,000 people gathered
in Lower Manhattan’s Zuccotti Park to
participate in this first march. The NYPD
quickly prohibited the use of tents so the
100 to 200 protestors who remained on site
slept in cardboard boxes over night. Soon the
encampment will have its own kitchen and
work on a steady food supply chain as well as
build a library and get WiFi.
#occupywallst#takewallst#sep17
Sept. 17
OccupyWallStNYC
democracynow
LupeFiasco
anonops
March starting RIGHT NOW! Join us!! #takewallst#sep17
TODAY: Hundreds expected to #OccupyWallStreet in peaceful NYC protest & beyond. t.co/NsglG6fg Follow @samalcoff for reports. #Sept17
If anybody needs me I’ll be on Wall St : ) #iwilloccupy #occupywallstreet @OccupyWallSt @OccupyWallStNYC
The Police ask to speak to the leader. We told them that there is no leader. They didn’t understand. #TakeWallStreet #OccupyWallStreet #Sep17
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The Introduction of Pepper Spray
Septermber 24 starts the second week of
the young Occupy movement. The public
is amazed to see this demonstration to still
be going on and also to be growing larger.
Today, 80 protesters are arrested, and a
video of a police officer pepper spraying a
nonthreatening woman goes viral.
#occupywallst#takewallst#NYPD#USDOR
Sept. 24
subversionletic
blogdiva
TPB_Stun
OccupyWallStNYC
@OccupyWallStNYC WE HAVE JUST MADE THE FRONT PAGE OF THE @NYDAILYNEWS #occupywallst #NYC http://yfrog.com/nvlt9twj
few of the people i spoke to said they found out about #OccupyWallStreet by accident. they all said they were there to bear witness
The peaceful #OccupyWallStreet protest march turned violent as the NYPD coralled and pepper sprayed the participants j.mp/q65ZEF
More than 50 ppl arrested 5 women maced in the face #nypd #usdor
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Arrests on the Brooklyn Bridge
On Saturday, October 1st, over 5,000 people
marched towards the Brooklyn Bridge. The
march was intervened by police who arrested
over 700 protestors. Traffic on the bridge was
shut down for 2 hours to make room for
all of the arrests. The remaining protestors
returned to Zuccotti Park.
On a side note, the “Occupied Wall Street
Journal” debuts with an initial print of 50,000
of its first issue and then a second printing
of 20,000 Monday. This was the answer to
protestors’ complaints of the mainstream
media not covering events sufficiently.
#occupywallst#occupywallstreet#takewallst#NYC
Oct. 1
BatmanWI
NYTMetro
jopauca
jeffrae
Would have made more sense to let us walk off bridge peacefully. Taking a long time to arrest. #occupywallstreet #wiunion
New arrest figures from the police: “400 to 500.” All charged with disorderly conduct, at minimum. #OccupyWallStreet
Ill be arrested momentarily. See ya’ll soon #OccupyWallSt #OccupyWallstreet
Okay Im signing off bout to be arrested on bridge #occupywallstreet
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Oct 15 Global Day of Protest
1000+ cities&
82 countries
On October 15, people gathered in cities
all across the world for an international
day of action. Tens of thousands of people
actively marched and protested today as a
unified voice to be recognized as a force to
be reckoned with. Cities around the world
including Sydney, London, Hong Kong, Paris,
Madrid, Puerto Rico, Rome, Berlin, and Tokyo.
Overall the protestors maintained a peaceful
demonstration that ended in hundreds of
arrests.
#globalchange#15o#o15#oct15#15oct
Oct. 15
takethesquare
occupyafrica
takethesquare
OccupyAusUnions
#Barcelona, of course!, is going to streets as well http://twitpic.com/70qosz! #OccupyTogether for #GlobalChange #15O #O15 #15Oct #Oct15
We are here #OccupyCapeTown beautiful people great voices real conversations http://yfrog.com/kkiqcyzj
Check out Madrid, its huge. Predictions that Sol wil be ful once more are coming http://yfrog.com/ochetej
@OccupyBrisbane A chilly 4am in City Sq in the first 24hrs of @OccupyMELBOURNE sees about 120 camping, chatting, sleeping, occupying #15O
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Eviction of Occupy Oakland
On October 25, hundreds of police officers
in Oakland, California move in to clear the
Occupy Oakland encampent. The means
were far from nonviolent. Police used teargas,
beanbag rounds, and rubber bullets in the
operation. This eviction resulted in a severe
injury. Former Marine and Iraq Veteran Scott
Olsen suffered a skull fracture from one of
the projectile smoke canisters thrown by the
police officers. After a time in intensive care,
Scott Olsen’s injury eventually resulted in his
death. Meanwhile, the official press release
by the police chief stated that the operation
was successful in avoiding any injuries of the
officers or the protestors.
#occupyoakland#solidarity
Oct. 25
FourYawkeyWay
JacqKD
occupyoakland
northoaklandnow
zero windows smashed, 2,400 arrested nationwide. #ows is peaceful, what are you, police? #occupyoakland
POLICE JUST FLASH BANGED US. Smoke everywhere. People running. (Including me.) #occupyoakland
#occupyoakland attacked by 500 cops in surprise assault. tear gas, rubber bullets, shotguns, flash bang grenades. Many injured.
Eyes.burning. throats on fire. Tear gassed. #occupyoakland Ppl crying and coughing
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Occupy Berkley
On November 9, protestors head to UC
Berkeley campus and starts to set up a new
encampment. The university campus police
was immediately ordered to break up the
Occupy Berkeley encampment and demand
removal of tents. Video footage reveals that the
“nudges” officers used to coral the protesters
were clearly much less of a nudging and more
of a violent jabbing. Officers broke students
ribs with their batons. Forty protesters were
arrested, and many injured.
#occupy#occupycal#ows#solidarity
Nov. 9
Angela Johnston
Mike Elk
Lucy Kafanov
jeffrae
Six students busted, dozens beaten by campus cops. For rallying against tuition hikes on the quad. #OccupyCal
While #occupycal is fighting budget cuts, Penn state students are rioting to support an enable of a child molester #homestateshame
This video of #OccupyCal police violence from today is pretty shocking t.co/O1bRm7XH #OWS
I’m getting sick of America’s War on Tents t.co/rqXBrZo3 #Occupy #Solidarity #OccupyCal
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Eviction of Zucotti Park and the Media Black out
In the wee hours of November 15, hundreds
of police officers militarized around New York
City’s Zuccotti Park. Ordered by the Mayor
Bloomberg, police were operating under the
orders of Mayor Bloomberg to evict of the
OWS demonstration from the park. The most
controversial aspect of the operation was the
forceful measures taken to prohibit any media
coverage of the event. About 200 people were
arrested including many journalists who were
just doing their job.
#occupy#nypd#ows#mediablackout
Nov. 15
Simon HB
phalic macdonald
SethGreen
DiceyTroop
Apparently the NYPD have destroyed the donated library at #ows - I don’t think you need a metaphor, but crushing 5000 books might be one.
Helicopters all over the place, riot police breaking up OWS, media ban, camera phones saving America #occupy #OWS
RT @Mike_Dougherty: wapo.st/R0fLu #MediaBlackout @MikeBloomberg & NYPD violate 1st amendment, ban press from #OWS eviction
Lots of cries to stay nonviolent. “This is a mvmnt about being good to each other. We are exercising our right to peaceable assemble.” #OWS
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Pepper Spraying at UC Davis
On November 18, video footage of police
brutality on the UC Davis campus was
captured and published all over Youtube. The
video shows a group of students seated on
the ground surrounded by a group of police
and other Occupiers. A member of the police
force walks out from the crowd displaying
the bottle of pepper spray in his hand before
spraying it onto the seated students. Most of
the students had their heads down, but several
were hit directly in the face. The victims and
the crowd were helpless to retaliate.
#occupydavis#occupycal#ows#ucdavis
Nov. 18
Matt Kowalczyk
Gavin Aronsen
Wil Wheaton
chaswied
What country are we in? Syria? China? No, it’s the good ol’ USA where ridiculous police action is tolerated. t.co/6lSZCfta
“He sprayed us at point blank range”: @xeni’s interview with #OccupyDavis protester: t.co/MBkWHwoT
“What I’m looking at is fairly standard police procedure.” What the actual fuck. goo.gl/82p9u #UCDavis #occupy #ows
No matter what side of the Occupy movement you occupy, this article is worth the read: Militarization of Campus Police huff.to/tzTFbK
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Conclusion
The Occupy Wall Street movement worked in harmony with the internet and its function as
a global connector and sharing platform. Much of OWS news is spread through the social
networking site Twitter. Twitter’s function as a news reporter works especially well with
the movement’s needs and ideals. Plus, the growth and development of Occupy Wall Street
movement can easily be tracked with through advent of the technology Twitter offers.
The instantaneous nature of Twitter with its constantly updating feed and the speed
of its response makes it a great resource for live updates and time sensitive announcements.
A movement as large as Occupy Wall St and as unestablished, lacking in a central headquarter,
relies on technology like Twitter to figure out what is going on! The crowds out there can be
so big, that you can’t see past the sea of people. In case something is happening on the front
lines, it’s so much easier to find updated Tweets on a cell phone.
The use of hashtags makes it wonderfully easy to spread information to those who
may be interested but may not know where to find it or be in the right network. The way
hashtags are used to link similar ideas to each other means people can find out what they need
more quickly and more easily.
Twitter isn’t just aiding the people within the movement, it’s also a resource for many
people not involved. News like #OWS spreads like wildfire and can go viral pretty quickly,
especially the events that involved police brutality. Links to video footage or images or articles
discussing the demonstrations serve as great way to spread awareness of the movement and
spark interests in people. I know that’s what happened to me. Thanks to Twitter I went from a
clueless outsider to an active follower. It’s amazing what technology can do today. Occupy Wall
Street would not have had the same success with out it!
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