<Li> 6,000 + marchers (Times Square recruitment center march, October 15, 2011) </Li> <Li> 50,000--100,000 marchers (2012 May Day march on Wall St .) </Li> <P> Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, receiving global attention and spawning a surge in the movement against economic inequality worldwide . </P> <P> The Canadian anti-consumerist and pro-environment group / magazine Adbusters initiated the call for a protest . The main issues raised by Occupy Wall Street were social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the perceived undue influence of corporations on government--particularly from the financial services sector . The OWS slogan, "We are the 99%", refers to income inequality and wealth distribution in the U.S. between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population . To achieve their goals, protesters acted on consensus - based decisions made in general assemblies which emphasized redress through direct action over the petitioning to authorities . </P>

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