Occupy Wall Street was the name given to a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district. The Canadian group and magazine Adbusters initiated the call for protest with assistance from the Manhatta... Explore this topic

Wall Street is the financial district of New York City, named after and centered on the eight-block-long, 0.7 miles long street running from Broadway to South Street on the East River in Lower Manhattan. Over time, the term has become a metonym for the financial markets of the... Explore this topic

An act of defiance or objection by an individual or group of people. Protests can take many forms: peaceful or violent, direct or indirect, large or small. Protests in the news are often political in nature, as groups of citizens voice their disagreement or dissatisfaction. Pr... Explore this topic

Police brutality is the abuse of authority by the unwarranted infliction of excessive force by personnel involved in various aspects of law enforcement while in performance of their official duties. The term is also applied to abuses by corrections personnel in municipal, stat... Explore this topic

Financial services are the economic services provided by the finance industry, which encompasses a broad range of organizations that manage money, including credit unions, banks, credit card companies, insurance companies, consumer finance companies, stock brokerages, investme... Explore this topic

Η Νέα Υόρκη, πρώην "Νέο Άμστερνταμ", είναι μεγαλούπολη των Ηνωμένων Πολιτειών. Βρίσκεται στην ανατολική ακτή της χώρας και είναι η πιο πυκνοκατοικημένη πόλη των ΗΠΑ, όπου ο μεν πληθυσμός της υπερβαίνει τα 8 εκατομμύρια ενώ η έκτασή της φθάνει τα 780 τ.χλμ.. Το σύγχρονο όνομά τ... Explore this topic

A stock exchange is a form of exchange which provides services for stock brokers and traders to trade stocks, bonds, and other securities. Stock exchanges also provide facilities for issue and redemption of securities and other financial instruments, and capital events includi... Explore this topic

Manhattan är en ö på 58,8 km² utefter nedre delen av Hudsonfloden i delstaten New York i USA. Manhattan är även en av de fem stadsdelar som tillsammans bildar staden New York. Manhattan har samma gränser som New York County, den ursprungliga staden New York. Till stadsdelen rä... Explore this topic

The "Occupy" protests are an ongoing series of international protests which began in mid-September 2011 and are primarily against social and economic inequality, corporate greed and influence of corporate money and lobbyists on government. The protests take their name from the... Explore this topic