A man marching against capitalism with Democratic Socialists of America members at the Occupy Wall Street protest event, September 24, 2011Socialism includes various theories of economic organization that advocate public or direct worker ownership and administration of the means of production and allocation of resources, and a society characterized by equal access to resources for all individuals, with an egalitarian method of compensation.

It has been argued that this unemployment rate and poor economic situation has given Generation Y a rallying call with the 2011 Occupy Wall Street movement.

" Being ecologically aware, socially aware, culturally aware, environmentally aware … I think that ’ s going to continue whether or not it ’ s called Occupy Christmas or Buy Nothing Christmas "- An interview with Lauren Bercovitch

On October 8, 2011, the museum was temporarily closed after demonstrators associated with the Occupy D. C. demonstration attempted to enter the museum.

In 2011, participatory democracy became a notable feature of the Occupy movement, with Occupy camps around the world taking decisions based on the outcome of working groups where every protestor gets to have their say, and by general assemblies where the decisions taken by working groups are effectively aggregated together.

Those involved with the Occupy movement have been described as very much attached to their forms of participatory democracy, even to the extent of " fetishizing it.

Members of Bayan USA march in New York in solidarity with Occupy Wall Street

The ISO has participated in the Occupy movement, starting with the " general assemblies " used to plan New York City's Occupy Wall Street and its Summer 2011 predecessor, " Bloombergville ".

is notable for its global coverage of current events, such as Occupy Wall Street, often featuring live interviews with participants.

Symbolic, for all the reasons that eventually came to a head with last year ’ s Occupy movement.

In April 2012 activists affiliated with the global Occupy Movement held a four-day campsite at Menwith Hill.

In late 2011, the band released a new version of the song called " A Drug Against Wall Street ", with lyrics in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement, and made it available for free download from their site.

In a case of history repeating itself, a Food Not Bombs kitchen was removed in a late night police confrontation with Occupy San Francisco in mid-October.

Along with a range of other left groups, they also had a presence at the Occupy Melbourne protests.

Occupy Melbourne protesters than bombarded Robert Doyle with requests for an inquiry online during his 2012 election campaign, to which the Lord Mayor then closed his Facebook and Twitter accounts due to " abuse and harrasment ".

In 2011 lawyers associated with the NLG became involved in the Occupy movement in the United States, making use of temporary restraining orders on behalf of encamped activists in an effort to forestall the forced dispersal of their sites by law enforcement.

In June 2012, the Yes Men collaborated with Greenpeace and members of the Seattle Occupy movement to create ArcticReady. com, a parody website criticizing Shell Oil's drilling activities in the arctic circle.

The Riverside church donated 100 tents to Occupy Wall Street and joined with other NYC churches in a coordinated effort they called " Occupy Faith ".

On October 10, 2011, Carlos spoke and raised his fist at Occupy Wall Street.

On November 16, 2011, Third Eye Blind posted a new song, " If There Ever Was a Time ", in support of the Occupy Wall Street movement, to their Facebook page, for free download.

Arnold Schwarzenegger's love child scandal ; Standard & Poor lowering the United States score for the first time ; the Anthony Weiner sexting scandal ; the United States debt-ceiling crisis ; Rupert Murdoch and the News of the World investigation ; the Greek debt contagion ; the Arab Spring ( including the 2011 Egyptian revolution and the 2011 Libyan civil war ); the removal of Don't ask, don't tell ; the claims of homosexuality in Sesame Street characters Bert and Ernie ; the death of Osama bin Laden ; the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami in Japan ; the 2011 England riots ; the 2011 end times prediction by Harold Camping ; the widespread 2012 phenomenon ; the short-lived marriage by Kim Kardashian and Kris Humphries ; the de facto bankruptcy of Borders Group and Netflix ; Justin Bieber's new hairstyle ; " Friday " by Rebecca Black ; the Royal Wedding ; the Occupy Wall Street movement ; the deaths of Steve Jobs, Elizabeth Taylor, Betty Ford, Randy Savage, and Amy Winehouse.

Following a year of protest in many countries, from Tunisia to Cairo to the Occupy movement, the theme of 2011 recognized the significance of social media and technology in assisting human rights defenders in new ways.

Since spring 2012 he has been a member of the Coordinating Committee of the US National Council of Elders, a network of veteran activists of the crucial justice and peace movements of the mid-20th century who are continuing their nonviolent social action and are partnering with the new movements of the 21st century, such as the Occupy movement.

Many new movements are taking on P2P organizational formats, such as the alter-globalization movement and the " Occupy " movement ( i. e. Occupy Wall Street ).

In 2011, " Love, that's America " gained new notice as part of a video set to footage of Occupy Wall Street.

Another contemporary example of Jantelagen might be the unsympathetic view of the agent provacateur or unfriendly reporter of an Occupy movement collective he is infiltrating ; by reducing Occupy's relations into superficial rules, he will navigate within the social movement community, while remaining committed to opposing social relations.

The Brookfield name was not widely known outside of investing circles until more recently when it came into the news mainstream as owners of Zuccotti Park, the home to the Occupy Wall Street movement.

In the Fall of 2011, the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement made its appearance at two locales in Berkeley: on the campus of the University of California and as an encampment in Civic Center Park.

Ravi Batra argues that " all official economic measures adopted since 1981 ... have devastated the middle class " and that the Occupy Wall Street movement should push for their repeal and thus end the influence of the super wealthy in the political process, which he considers a manifestation of crony capitalism.

In order to clear his name, he wrote " Exact Description of Louisiana, of Its Harbors, Lands and Rivers, and Names of the Indian Tribes That Occupy It, and the Commerce and Advantages to Be Derived Therefrom for the Establishment of a Colony " in 1713 followed in 1714 by " The Route to Be Taken to Ascend the Missouri River.

Her son Aubrey, a photographer and film-maker who is " committed to social justice ", received media attention in 2011, when he participated in Occupy Dame Street.

* 2011 – Occupy Wall Street movement begins in Zucotti Park, New York City.

The song is about the Occupy Wall Street Movement.

In response to the Occupy Wall Street protests and the worldwide occupy movement calling for U. S. campaign finance reform eliminating corporate influence in politics, among other reforms, Representative Ted Deutch introduced the " Outlawing Corporate Cash Undermining the Public Interest in our Elections and Democracy " ( OCCUPIED ) constitutional amendment on November 18, 2011.

Harvard law professor and Creative Commons board member Lawrence Lessig had called for a constitutional convention in a September 24 – 25, 2011 conference co-chaired by the Tea Party Patriots ' national coordinator, in Lessig's October 5 book, Republic, Lost: How Money Corrupts Congress – and a Plan to Stop It, and at the Occupy protest in Washington, DC.

Reporter Dan Froomkin said the book offers a manifesto for the Occupy Wall Street protestors, focusing on the core problem of corruption in both political parties and their elections, and Lessig provides credibility to the movement.

On October 15, the Occupy Wall Street Demands Working Group, published the 99 Percent Declaration of demands, goals, and solutions, including a call to amend the U. S. Constitution to reform campaign finance.

Occupy movement protesters have joined the call for a constitutional amendment.

On October 10, 2011, protesters and civic activists began " Occupy Oakland " demonstrations directed against national social and economic inequality at Frank Ogawa Plaza in Downtown Oakland.

A January 28, 2012 attempt by Occupy Oakland protesters to overtake the vacant Henry J. Kaiser Convention Center resulted in hundreds of arrests by police, and that evening a break-in by vandals to Oakland City Hall resulted in damage to artwork and the building itself.

On 7 December 2011, the anniversary of his death, a memorial march by members of Norwich Occupy and Norwich Green Party took place and a wreath was laid by the gates of Norwich Castle.

This plan, however, was changed within a few months after Gálvez received the following orders: " Occupy and fortify San Diego and Monterey for God and the King of Spain.

On September 27, 2011, Sarandon spoke to reporters and other interested parties at the Occupy Wall Street protest in New York City.

In November 2011, Miller posted incendiary remarks pertaining to the Occupy Wall Street movement in his personal blog.

Del Naja and Thom Yorke of Radiohead threw an unofficial party at the occupied USB bank in the city of London in December 2011, in support for the international Occupy movement.

On November 16, 2011 Ellsberg camped on the UC Berkeley Sproul Plaza as part of an effort to support the Occupy Cal movement.