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Occupy Wall Street (OWS) is an ongoing series of demonstrations in New York City's Zuccotti Park in the Wall Street financial district which began on September 17, 2011 initiated by Canadian activist group Adbusters. The participants are mainly protesting social and economic inequality, corporate greed, corruption and influence over government—particularly from the financial services sector—as well as lobbyists and the jobless rate. The protestors' slogan "We are the 99%" refers to the growing difference in wealth and income growth in the US between the wealthiest 1% and the rest of the population.

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Protesters gather in solidarity with Quebec student protests in Rockefeller Plaza Tuesday, May 22, 2012, in New York. Organized by the Occupy Wall Street movement and by the group Strike Everywhere, the first New York event was designed to raise awareness about the Quebec protests while the second was about opposing anti-protest laws all over the world.

CHICAGO, IL - MAY 19: Protesters, some affiliated with the Occupy Wall Street movement, demonstrate in downtown Chicago on the eve of the NATO summit on May 19, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Sixty heads of state, 2,500 journalists and thousands of protesters have converged on Chicago for the two day NATO meeting which begins on Sunday and will look to address the situation in Afghanistan among other global defense issues. Chicago police are preparing for the worst with many officers in riot gear and with their numbers enhanced by police from outside the city.

A Chicago Occupy Wall Street Protester marches down Michigan Avenue surrounded by police vehicles in downtown Chicago, Illinois, May 19, 2012, on the eve of the NATO summit. After a decade in Afghanistan, NATO leaders gather for a key summit May 20, 2012, hoping for a show of unity in the final two years of combat -- even though allies are eager to bring troops home.

Chicago Occupy Wall Street Protesters sit in Daley Plaza for a moment of solidarity with protesters arrested earlier in the week as they march through the streets of downtown Chicago, Illinois, May 19, 2012, on the eve of the NATO summit. After a decade in Afghanistan, NATO leaders gather for a key summit May 20, 2012, hoping for a show of unity in the final two years of combat -- even though allies are eager to bring troops home.

CHICAGO, IL - MAY 19: Lauren Berg holds her four-month old baby Brody Berg while standing in front of Chicago police during a demonstration by supporters of the Occupy Wall Street movement on the eve of the NATO summit on May 19, 2012 in Chicago, Illinois. Sixty heads of state, 2,500 journalists and thousands of protesters have converged on Chicago for the two day Nato meeting which begins on Sunday and will look to address the situation in Afghanistan among other global defense issues. Chicago police are preparing for the worst with many officers in riot gear and with their numbers enhanced by police from outside the city.

A Chicago Occupy Wall Street protester covers himself with an American flag as he lies on the ground following a march through the streets of downtown Chicago, Illinois, May 18, 2012, on the eve of the NATO summit. After a decade in Afghanistan, NATO leaders gather for a key summit May 20, 2012, hoping for a show of unity in the final two years of combat -- even though allies are eager to bring troops home.

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