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The OWS Protest in September 2011 to Make Economy Condition Even
The economic condition in the economic centre of the USA, Wall Street in Washington DC is problematic. That area is mastered by the high-class society who is rich. However, those rich people are only 1% of the whole citizens of the USA. So, there was the OWS protest in September 2011 to make economy condition even.
• What Do They do?
This OWS is an abbreviation for Occupy Wall Street. A lot of people came to the Wall Street area and try to occupy the areas by camping there. They wished to stop the USA economic activity since they occupy the centre of US capitalism.
They were camping in Zuccotti Park, two blocks in the north of Wall Street and one block away from World Trade Centre which was bombed on 11 September 2001, that was why the participants chose the date 17 September 2011, they wanted to commemorate that tragedy along with their aim.
They camped there for three weeks before finally dismissed themselves. They wore unique costumes to attract media and also held posters such as OWS: for a Better World. Some of them also do the silent protest by covering their mouth with money.
• The Slogan
They were known for the slogan “We are the 99%” which means that they belong to 99% people of America but their incomes were much much less than the minority, 1% of the society, the rich people.
They and agen judi bola argued that it is not fair when the major change in the USA was affected by those 1% people. They also argued that those 1% people affected the way of US see cultures and humanity which worse than before.
the OWS protest in September 2011 to make the economy condition even was not really successful in turning the condition into what they hope. However, this protest puts a major effect on American citizens and many of them still continue this protest.
Many other countries see that the USA is a powerful country that made so many decisions that in the end affect the whole world. However, the situation inside this powerful country itself is not as good as what is seen from the outside. So there is a movement to speak out this problem, OWS hope for equality.
• 99 Percent Against 1 Percent
This number may make people think that this movement will win. However, this slogan highlighted their suffering. The 99 percent of US citizens are included as poor people with minimum wage. Even some of them cannot get the right to get their minimum wage after working for a long shift. However, the one percent is the rich and powerful people who can make money out of nothing. They become richer and do not care about other people in need.
• Worse Social Condition
The slogan does not only highlight the economy condition but also the social condition. The 99 percent of US citizen is powerless against the one percent. They can do nothing when the one percent already gives out the rule.
Many people hoped that the one percent citizen will speak up for the 99% since they are more powerful. But it turns out that those one percent do nothing. So that is why Occupy Wall Street was held can is continuously held. It is the 99 percent’s hope to make a better condition for them. They took over the area of Wall Street so they can be heard well by the government and the world. Although they are not successful yet, they still have the spirit of equality.
Maybe they win of number, 99% against 1%, yet they should hold this protest continuously so that the OWS hope for equality can be reached. Just don’t give up and keep screaming “We are the 99 percent”!
OWS was a protest which was held in Wall Street, Washington DC, in September 2011. They protested against capitalism in the US and did the camp action in the heart of US economy activities. Not only that, but this protest also has a mission that OWS, an action to change the USA economic and social condition.
• The Economic Mission
This Occupy Wall Street protest, of course, has an economic mission that they carry while camping and try to occupy the heart of the US economy. According to them, Wall Street is the symbol of rat which becomes fatter and fatter, make the gap between the rich people and the ordinary people much further than before. It creates ordinary people’s life much more complicated.
• The Social Mission
They felt that the majority of US citizen is people without enough income but their voice was not listened by the government. On the other hand, the minority, the rich people, have been listened well. This was a bad thing according to them.
They believe that this way affects the country’s way of seeing the social aspects of a case. It also seems that money can solve everything, that is why rich people can easily change the rules of this country.
• Take the “Arab Spring” as the Example
This kind of protest is not the first one happened in the world. Actually, OWS takes the example from Arab Spring which did similar things when they protest to their government. OWS also did the same thing because they wanted to restore US democracy without any violence.
Was it successful that OWS, an action to change the USA economic and social condition? Well, apparently they didn’t make a major change that time but they indeed affected a lot of people to join them and to care more on the society.
As we all know, the social movement history happened in the 19th century has focused on three kinds of movements, that is, Marxism, utopian socialism, and anarchism. These three social movements have become very prominent in the US society and continued to today’s activism and organizations of the community. One of the organizations influenced by these three movements is known as Occupy Wall Street.
– The Influence of Social Mobilization
The crisis of economy which happened in 2008 has questioned the banks’ and Wall Street’s legitimacy as well as uncovered the destruction of financial capital. Nonetheless, far before the economic crisis, the problem in poverty, persistent unemployment, and also the income inequalities have raised since 1970s.
After quite long grueling experience on these problems, there has been a massive turn on the public opinion to fight against the government because of the releasing Wall Street and also the ignorance on the devastated economic crisis of people on the main street by having so many job losses and also foreclosures.
– The Appearance of the Community Movement
Right after this economic crisis in 2008, people started to begin protesting against the insurance companies and banks like AIG. Due to the weakening of the community movements and also the protest’s political culture in the Unites States, there were not many people paying attention to this protest. The recognition of the protest movement on the legitimacy crisis takes quite long time.
Occupy Movement has started its first protest in New York in September. This protest has soon begun to spread to all over United States. The protest started from a small group pf people or activists who occupied the Zuccotti Park and targeted the Wall Street firms’ roles in the neighborhoods. This was one of the clever tactics done by this movement to occupy the public squares.
The members of this agen bola have come from various fields such as community organizations, environmental groups, labor unions and also students. Many students who are just in touch with the political action happen to be the front lines in this movement. These students have been in cooperation with the knowledgeable activists of the economic justice. They have learned lots of things on how to seek for justice in the United States.
This is how the Occupy Wall Street movement has become very famous and has lots of active members who are to speak the equality in human rights and economy in Wall Street, in particular.