the movement of occupy wall street

The current manifesto is very relevant to the tradition of making public the policies and goals of a political leader, group, or movement as proclaimed by a large audience, as was the case in the Occupy Wall Street movement on September 11, 2011, in New York City’s Zuccotti Park. The details, core points, and narrative structure of the Occupy Wall Street Movement are outlined in an organized and linear fashion, with the key events of the Occupy Movements illustrated. The things of rebellion demonstrations marked by a contentious and lengthy political culture are revealed in American history (Gitlin 6). The movement was initiated by a minor faction when individuals gathered in lower Manhattan in a camp at Zuccotti Park referring to themselves as the Occupiers of Wall Street way back in 2011. The controversial issues of economic inequality and related injustices are reflected as primary causes of contention, as the protesters are more aligned to the left-leaning political landscape (Gitlin 23). As it would later be learned without expectations, the movements were begun by a few people, nevertheless, as time went by, the situation became more electrified, and all the American cities fell into the wave of influence, an eventuality that would lead to the Occupy Wall Street protests across the world (Shrivastava and Ivanova 1205). The spread of the Occupy Protests was such a success, following the media influence and the resultant synergistic effects, “initial report on something very much in progress,” (Gitlin 56).The people were chanting the word “occupy” characterized by the phrase “the 99 percent”, allegedly to be added to the national conversation (Gitlin 12). Indeed, other than the elements of the Occupy Movements analyzed in the act, the political, economic, democratic, and social issues are critical in portraying the movement as modern day manifesto.

The American progressivism is lifted onto an elevated social and political platform by the movement, towering high in the American history. On the one hand, the movement was the best strategized and hence its ambivalence in the whole process. Nevertheless, there was caution that most of the leaders in the movement lacked the much-needed expertise to lead the protests (Conover et al. 6). Furthermore, the lack of clear objectives, well-marked out, and realistic goals as well as the selfishness among the individuals for personal gains were the primary defects that interfered with the successful processes in the movements. In this regard, issues remain torn apart and to a more extent unrealistic about the gains that will have been made at the end of the protests, just as Gitlin asserts, “incandescent compound of resentment, joy, barbarity, hope, imagination, and resolve” (Gitlin, 2012, p. 128). These are the central characteristics that mirror the movements, and but the lack of insight into the future of the Occupying of Wall Street is justified because, “Prediction is for fools and the jaded,” (98) a statement embodied strongly by a majority of the affiliates in the movement.

There are many underlying assumptions the movement commits, and perspectives that focus on how participants extract the roots, spirit, and promise of the campaign (Caren and Gaby 7). The Occupy Wall Street is a persuasive movement, whose strategic approach seeks to compellingly capture the minds of its audience as well as the people involved, the Occupy Nation birth, including the genuineness in the objectives it represents. The movement portrays how there was a need to change the influence of the moneyed one percent of the country over the 99 percent of the unwealthy, “1%” of the nation controls the workings of the government,” (Gitlin 278). Gitlin comes out strongly in the 1960s and 1970 to strategize the movements that call for sanity and rationality in the recent American history. Occupy Nation is a succinct and perceptive look at the Occupy movement at its crucial moment, as it evaluates its unanticipated power and contends with its future mission. The actions of Occupy Wall Street remain the most controversial social irritation of the time, yet the most historical in the recent history of the US. Other than offering the most desirable way of illuminating the issues based on coherence, leadership, power, and demands, the demonstrators established that the pro-government allegations were not only rumors but total lies. This meant that the Americans were not to be of ease to forget the movements that characterized the country in the twentieth century with such might, but should rather recognize the heat of the time and stand up for what was right. Indeed, the demonstrators noted that “The sort of sea changes in public conversation that took three years to develop during the long-gone sixties about brutal war, unsatisfying prosperity, debased politics, and the stifled democratic promise took three weeks in 2011” (Gitlin 241). The informed aptitude of the people and the ability to link the American history to the prevailing circumstances gave them the courtesy of claiming, “A fog of wishful recollection has rewritten the new history of American engagements to make them look more prevalent than, in their time, they were”(Gitlin 132).

The demonstrators and the masterminds use many strategies to organize, plan and lay out the movement in an orderly yet very striking manner. The ability to recollect the relevant prowess as consummate historians, realize their critical objectives, engage social media by using avenues like Facebook, emails, and tweeter to outline the need for rising to the occasion and embracing the moment as termed desirable by highlighting the failures and the successes are outstanding (The Guardian 2). For instance, the adept insight and eloquent capabilities of Gitlin help him to capture a wider audience of supporters. He engages a calm and technically practical approach to quell those opposed to the movement by spreading negative and false allegations. He rises against the propaganda of the time, elements that included the assertion that those affiliated with the movement were lazy students who had no ability to secure jobs, as well as the deranged homeless individuals (Gitlin 214).

Therefore, the occupy wall street movement is a critical picture in the American history that mirrors the modern day manifesto (Van Gelder 124). This is because the clear aims and objectives of the people are aired out to the government, and to all the responsible stakeholders whether in the privates or public sector. Furthermore, individual representatives have clear short-term, and long-term goals, which they hope are the fundamental mechanisms, strategised to help them access their rights in the America (Gandel 24). On the one hand, the manifesto is in the form of a politicized platform, on the contrary, when subject to reason, the arguments are essential and make sense at the time they were being raised, considering the rich American history and the constitutional provisions for all individuals` rights.

Works Cited

Caren, Neal, and Sarah Gaby. “Occupy Online: Facebook and the Spread of Occupy Wall Street.” Social Science Research Network (2011): 1–20. Web.

Conover, Michael D. et al. “The Digital Evolution of Occupy Wall Street.” PLoS ONE 8.5 (2013): n. pag. Web.

Gandel, Stephen. “Occupy Wall Street, Re-Energized: A Leaderless Movement Plots a Comeback.” Time 2011. Web.

Gitlin, Todd. “Occupy Nation: The Roots, the Spirit, and the Promise of Occupy Wall Street.” 2012: 1–320. Web.

Shrivastava, P., and O. Ivanova. “Inequality, Corporate Legitimacy and the Occupy Wall Street Movement.” Human Relations 68.7 (2015): 1209–1231. Web.

The Guardian. “Occupy Wall Street Rediscovers the Radical Imagination.” the Guardian (2011): 1–2. Web.

Van Gelder, S. This Changes Everything: Occupy Wall Street and the 99% Movement. Vol. 1. N.p., 2011. Web.