The Occupy movement is an international protest movement which is primarily directed against economic and social inequality. The movement started in Kuala Lumpur on July 30, 2011, with Occupy Dataran, followed by New York City and San Francisco on September 17, 2011, with Occupy Wall Street and Occupy San Francisco.
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.
As of November 4 "Occupy Together" listed "Occupy" communities in 2,464 towns and cities worldwide.
Initiated by the Canadian activist group Adbusters, the movement is partly inspired by the Arab Spring especially Cairo's Tahrir Square protests, and the Spanish Indignants.
Occupy protests take their name from Occupy Wall Street, and commonly use the slogan We are the 99%, the Occupy hashtag format, and organize through websites such as "Occupy Together".
The protests, which have been described as a "democratic awakening", are difficult to distill to a few demands.
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