Fuelled by social media, the protests were horizontal in structure, decentralised with no identifiable leader, and took shape without the involvement of unions or political parties.
Talking about a revolution is fitting given the state’s performance over the past 25 years
Without the active participation of government, business and the community, development initiatives are doomed to fail in South Africa.
Hessel, resistance fighter, diplomat, writer of ‘Time for Outrage!’ and co-author of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, has died.
New York police arrested protesters celebrating the six-month anniversary of Occupy Wall Street near the stock exchange over the weekend.
People worldwide unite to free themselves from the shackles of dysfunctional systems.
One year on from the Arab Spring uprising following a death in Tunisia, it spread to Egypt, Libya and Syria. The youth revolt has truly gone global.
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/ 1 December 2011
Police have removed thousands of anti-Wall Street protesters from "Occupy" camps across the US, arresting 292 people in the Los Angeles operation.
Police in Los Angeles and Philadelphia have stormed Occupy Wall Street encampments in both cities, demanding protestors leave demonstration sites.
Occupy protesters got into the Thanksgiving spirit, congregating in the disputed New York square where their movement sprang up two months ago.
During the first two months of the Occupy protests, the movement cost the public at least $13-million in police overtime and other municipal services.
University of the Free State rector Professor Jonathan Jansen says the government’s attitude towards its people is appalling.
New York police have prevented protesters from shutting down Wall Street, arresting more than 200 people in repeated clashes.
Occupy Wall Street activists have clashed with police outside the New York Stock Exchange on the movement’s two-month anniversary.
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/ 17 November 2011
Debt ceilings, double dips, currency volatility and Walmart — the <em>Mail & Guardian</em> rounds up the business highlights of 2011.
Less than two dozen Occupy Wall Street protesters have stayed over in a downtown park that had been home to hundreds before the city cleared the site.
New York police have evicted Occupy Wall Street protesters from a park in the city’s financial district, two months after they set up camp.
New York police have begun clearing Zuccotti park in the city’s financial district, where Occupy Wall Street protesters have camped for two months.
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/ 13 November 2011
Anti-Wall Street protesters in several US cities on Saturday faced orders by officials to leave their camps.
New York’s billionaire mayor has lashed out at Occupy Wall Street protesters, calling them despicable after reports of self-policing in the movement.
Hundreds of anti-capitalists have poured into the French city of Nice for a march to protest corporate greed ahead of the Group of 20 summit.
130 protesters have been arrested after trying to camp out in the city’s Grant Park in solidarity with the Occupy Wall Street movement.
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/ 21 October 2011
The Global Wealth Report predicts that South Africa will produce more millionaires than 20 other emerging economies by 2016.
About 250 protesters set up camp outside St Paul’s Cathedral in the heart of London on Sunday, promising to occupy the site indefinitely.
Anti-greed protesters rallied globally on Saturday, denouncing bankers and politicians over the international economic crisis.
Hooded demonstrators have clashed with police in some of the worst violence in the Italian capital, setting cars on fire and breaking shop windows.
Demonstrators worldwide have shouted their rage against bankers and politicians they accuse of ruining economies and condemning millions to hardship.
Protesters worldwide geared up for a cry of rage against bankers, financiers and politicians they accuse of condemning millions to poverty.
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/ 14 October 2011
Anti-Wall Street protesters vowed a pre-dawn show of strength to prevent their eviction from the symbolic Manhattan square.
Activists in 650 cities have earmarked October 15 as occupation day. Local mobilisation is happening under the broad umbrella of Operation Ubuntu.
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/ 11 October 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement has raised questions of who is allowed to fight the system. Can one take privileged protesters seriously?
Wall Street demonstrators in the US say politicians from both major parties are to blame for policies they say protect corporate America.