Occupy Wall Street became a defining movement for digital-age protest organizing and livestream activism.
Movement Evolution
2011: Digital Native Organizing Utilized social media, livestreams, and digital tools from inception to coordinate protests and share information.
2011-2012: Global Expansion Digital organizing techniques spread to similar movements worldwide.
2012-2014: Legacy Building While physical occupations ended, digital organizing methods influenced future movements.
2014-Present: Tactical Inheritance Many organizers and tactics were adopted by subsequent social justice movements.
Digital Impact
The movement’s influence on digital politics includes:
- Pioneered livestream protest coverage
- Hashtag activism (#OccupyWallStreet, #WeAreThe99Percent)
- Decentralized social media coordination
- Real-time documentation of police interactions
- Digital consensus-building tools
Occupy demonstrated how digital tools could enable leaderless movements and real-time protest coordination.
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Timeline
Timeline events featuring the Occupy Wall Street movement
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Network Graph
Network visualization showing Occupy Wall Street's connections to platforms, people, and other movements.