????“如果把左翼的所有動機都放入攪拌機，得到的就眼下這攤爛泥。”——福克斯新聞（Fox News），2011年10月1日

????“別譴責華爾街，別指責大銀行。沒工作沒錢只能怪自己！”——赫爾曼?凱恩，2011年10月2日

????“我來這里是為了接受教育……這個國家貧富差距懸殊。”——蘇珊?薩蘭登，2011年9月30日

????“那些貪婪的王八蛋搶走了我們的錢，我們已經受夠了。這場運動能持續下去嗎？廢話，看看周圍吧！”——國際服務業員工工會（Service Employees International Union）負責人，2011年10月5日

????目前尚不清楚這些抗議活動是否會對銀行系統（抗議的最主要目標）或整體經濟造成巨大影響，但這場運動正日益展現出這種潛力。另外，正如上述言論所示，在2012年選舉季節日益臨近之際，這場運動蘊含的火星可能加速階級斗爭口水仗的到來。

????“占領華爾街”抗議活動的大本營在祖科蒂公園（Zuccotti Park），也就是更廣為人知的“解放公園廣場”。該廣場坐落在曼哈頓市中心華爾街以北的地方。許多人認為，“占領華爾街”運動的靈感來自于“阿拉伯之春”，尤其是開羅塔希爾廣場（Tahir Square）的抗議運動。7月末，加拿大反消費文化雜志《Adbusters》在向其聯系人郵箱列表發出的郵件中提出了占領華爾街的想法，這或許就是這場抗議活動的直接導火索。

????9月17日，“占領華爾街”抗議活動在紐約爆發，短時間內就引起了美國和全球媒體的關注。這場運動的影響力也顯著擴大，短短三周便取得了以下成績：

????? Twitter粉絲超過6.3萬人；

????? Facebook粉絲超過17.5萬人；

????? 在以下城市舉行了大型的游行示威活動：曼哈頓，洛杉磯，波士頓，芝加哥，費城，邁阿密，波特蘭（緬因州和俄勒岡州），西雅圖，丹佛，卡爾加里，多倫多和蒙特利爾；

????? 獲得了蘇珊?薩蘭登，科內爾?韋斯特，羅素?西蒙斯，瑪格麗特?阿特伍德，亞力克?鮑德溫，喬治?索羅斯和約瑟夫?斯蒂格利茨等名人的支持；

????? 游行示威活動蔓延至全球70個城市；

????? 得到了美國14個大型工會的聯合支持；

????? 得到了眾議員羅恩?保羅，參議員伯尼?桑德斯，和前參議員羅斯?范戈爾德的政治支持。

????"If you put every single left-wing cause into a blender, this is the sludge you'd get." -Fox News, October 1, 2011

????"Don't blame Wall Street, don't blame the big banks, if you don't have a job and you're not rich, blame yourself!" -Herman Cain, October 2, 2011

????"I came down here to educate myself.... There's a huge void between the rich and the poor in this country." -Susan Sarandon, September 30, 2011

????"We're tired of the greedy sons of bitches taking our money. Does this movement have legs? Shit, Look around you!" -Leader of Service Employees International Union, October 5, 2011

????It's not yet apparent that these protests will have a major impact on the banking system, which is where their reforms are most focused, or the economy generally, but the movement is increasingly showing that it has potential. Further, as the quotes we've highlighted above suggest, the true catalyst coming out of this movement could be an acceleration of class warfare rhetoric heading into the 2012 election season.

????The Occupy Wall Street protest is headquartered in Zuccotti Park, more commonly known as "Liberty Park Plaza." This is a plaza located just north of Wall Street in downtown Manhattan. Many believe that the Occupy Wall Street movement has its inspirations in the Arab Spring and, in particular, the protests in Tahir Square in Cairo. The specific catalyst for the protest appears to have originated with a Canadian based anti-consumer magazine, Adbusters, which floated the idea of occupying Wall Street to its email list in late July.

????The Occupy Wall Street protest began on September 17 in New York. In a relatively short period of time, the protest has gained national and global media coverage. As well, the footprint of the protest had broadened dramatically. In just three weeks, the protest has done the following:

????? Acquired more than 63,000 followers on Twitter (@OccupyWallSt);

????? Acquired more than 175,000 followers on Facebook;

????? Held key demonstrations in the following cities : Manhattan, Los Angeles, Boston, Chicago, Philadelphia, Miami, Portland (Maine and Oregon), Seattle, Denver, Calgary, Toronto, and Montreal;

????? Received celebrity support from Susan Sarandon, Cornel West, Russell Simmons, Margaret Atwood, Alec Baldwin, George Soros, and Joseph Stiglitz;

????? Demonstrated in 70 cities globally;

????? Received union support from 14 of the largest labor unions in the United States; and

????? Received political support from Congressman Ron Paul, Senator Bernie Sanders, and former Senator Russ Feingold.