Occupy Frankfurt camp outside the European Central Bank, Germany
The Occupy movement is an international protest movement which is primarily directed against economic and social inequality.[7][8] The first Occupy protest to receive wide coverage was Occupy Wall Street in New York City's Zuccotti Park, which began on September 17, 2011. By October 9, Occupy protests had taken place or were ongoing in over 95 cities across 82 countries, and over 600 communities in the United States.[9][10][11][12][13] As of January 22 the Meetup page "Occupy Together" listed 2,818 occupy communities worldwide.[14] Occupy Wall Street was initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters,[15][16][17] and partly inspired by the Arab Spring,[18][19] especially Cairo's Tahrir Square protests, and the Spanish Indignants.[20][21][22] The movement commonly uses the slogan We are the 99%, the #Occupy hashtag format, and organizes through websites such as "Occupy Together".[23] According to the Washington Post, the movement, which has been described as a "democratic awakening" by Cornel West, is difficult to distill to a few demands.[24][25] Just after midnight on November 9 in London, Ontario, police evicted protesters from the city's Victoria Park, becoming the first forced evictions in Canada.[26] On the afternoon of November 11 in Halifax, Nova Scotia,[27][28] and later on the night of November 14, authorities forcefully closed down camps around the world in cities such as New York, Oakland and Zurich. Occupy protestors immediately regrouped and vowed to continue their protests, often returning to the cleared sites.[29][30] On November 24, Edinburgh City Council became the first governmental body in the world to grant the Occupy movement official recognition.[31] A worldwide poll conducted in January 2012 found that around 40% of respondents were familiar with the movement, and that just over twice as many were sympathetic to the Occupy movement compared to those with an unfavourable view
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