Day: September 18, 2013
Memes Used to Shake Up Wall Street
On September 17, 2011, a group known as Occupy Wall Street protested at Zuccotti Park, located on Wall Street in NYC. They were striving for a more equal distribution of income to the 99% of poor/middle class Americans, rather than the 1% of wealthy/rich Americans.
Thousands of angry and restless protestors swarmed Wall Street in an eager attempt to have their voices heard and their needs met. How was a protest this massive organized, you might ask. Well there was a very simple yet impacting way of calling them to Zuccotti Park.
Memes.
Spread virally amongst the web, here are two very famous memes noted in Art21 Magazine that helped propel the occupation of Wall Street.
http://blog.art21.org/2011/12/29/top-10-memes-of-occupy-wall-street/#.UlNnN6XvyfQ
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