Occupy Wall Street is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City[39] based in Zuccotti Park, formerly "Liberty Plaza Park". The protest was originally[40] called for by the Canadian activist[41] group Adbusters; it took inspiration from the Arab Spring movement (particularly the Tahrir Square protests in Cairo, which initiated the 2011 Egyptian revolution) and from the Spanish Indignants.[42][43]
The participants of the event are mainly protesting against social and economic inequality, corporate greed, and the influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government, among other concerns.[44][45] Adbusters states that, "Beginning from one simple demand – a presidential commission to separate money from politics – we start setting the agenda for a new America."[46]
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