Agenda Presentation
Transcript: Egypt, South Africa, Tunisia, Argentina, Bolivia, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Dominican Republic, Ecuador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, USA, China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Israel, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Pakistan, Philippines, Russia, South Korea, Taiwan, Turkey, Austria, Belgium, Bosnia and Herzergovina, Croatia, Czech Republic, Denmark, England, Estonia, France, Finland, Germany, Greece, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Macedonia, Montenegro, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Russia, Scotland, Serbia, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, UK, Wales, Australia, New Zealand, Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan Wish you all the best of luck! Thank you! The Adbusters initiated the campaign, but is not in control of the protest. The Protest broke out on September 17th, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, New York City. Congressional Budget Office Wall Street Between 1979 and 2007, the incomes of the top 1% of Americans grew by an average of 275% while the 60% of Americans in the middle of the income scale saw their income rise by 40%. In 2007 the richest 1% of the American population owned 34.6% of the country's total wealth, and the next 19% owned 50.5%. Thus, the top 20% of Americans owned 85% of the country's wealth and the bottom 80% of the population owned 15%. General Assembly Agenda A The Occupy Wall Street Protest has been initially prompted by The Adbusters Media Foundation, the Canadian organization that publishes non-for-profit, anti-capitalist, and reader-supported magazine. Methods to relieve and solve the fundamental problem of Anti-Wall Street Movement The Rapid Spread of the Protest "We are the 99%!" the financial district of New York City the home of the New York Stock Exchange