With Occupy Wall Street (OWS) trending in social media and news headlines across the globe, colleges and universities are providing resources for their students to aid in the researching of this very timely topic. It’s a safe bet that students will be tapping the OWS topic to use in their final term projects and research papers due before the end of the semester. To aid in that research, Towson University (TU) in Towson, MD has produced a library guide to be used as an informational tool on the OWS movement. TU has incorporated material that contains frequently updated media updates; but they warn that although they wanted to offer the best information available, they cannot claim that some of sites are not free of bias. Below, see a fairly comprehensive listing of resources regarding Occupy Wall Street.
The Occupy Wall Street protest movement began in New York City’s Zuccotti Park in September of 2011. The movement has grown and spread throughout the country. On their website, they describe the movement as a non-violent fight, “against the corrosive power of major banks and multinational corporations over the democratic process, and the role of Wall Street in creating an economic collapse that has caused the greatest recession in generations.” ~ per TU
From the Movement
- Occupy Wall Street: Frequently updated webpage
- We Are the 99%: Photos and descriptions from those supporting the movement
- Common Dreams: Occupy USA Coverage: News, video and twitter updates as they occur
Related Groups
- Occupy Together: Aggregates Occupy Wall Street events and other events in solidarity with the movement
- Occupy Global: Unifying vision for Occupy movements
- Interoccupation Communication: Enables communication among Occupy movements
- Beginners Guide Video from Bristol, UK: Occupy movement in the UK
Local Group Sites
News Outlets
- New York Times: Topic page updated with the latest developments and linking to other New York Times content
- DNAinfo.com: Manhattan Local News: Local New York news outlet
- Salon: Topic page updated with the latest stories
- News Articles in Academic Search & MasterFILE: TU Community –Login to view News articles through the databases
Images
- Associated Press: Photographs of the Occupy Movement: TU Community –Login to view News articles through the databases
- Flickr: More photographs from the Occupy Movement
Charts, Graphs & Statistics
- Occupy Wall Street Overview: An Infographic
- Who is Occupy Wall Street?: An Inforgraphic
- Occupy Design: Building a Visual Language for the 99 Percent: Grassroots project connecting designers with on-the-ground demonstrators in the Occupy Together movement
- Wealth, Income, and Power in the U.S.: An Infographic
- Wealth & Income Inequality: From Mother Jones
Social Media
Miscellaneous Items
- Gallup Poll on Occupy Wall Street from October 18, 2011: U.S. opinion of Occupy Wall Street
- EPI (Economic Policy Institute) Report on Occupy Wall Street from October 26, 2011
- Pew Research Center on Occupy Wall Street from October 19, 2011
- Internet Archive: Occupy Wall Street: Collection of media about Occupy Wall Street and related movements
- Podcast: What is Occupy Wall Street?: From NPR
- Ways to Teach about OCW: From the New York Times blog
- Inequality.org: Portal for data, analysis, and commentary on wealth and income disparity from the Institute for Policy Studies
Opposing View Points
- The Heritage Foundation: The Conservative’s Guide to the Occupy Wall Street Protests: Research and educational institution for conservative public policies
- We Are the 53%: Photos and descriptions from those against the movement
- Townhall.com: Conservative news, politics, opinion, breaking news analysis, and commentary
(cover image: A protester affiliated with Occupy Wall Street demonstrates near Mayor Michael Bloomberg's Upper East Side home on November 20, 2011 in New York City. The protesters were only allowed to demonstrate at the end of the block Bloomberg resides on and are planning to demonstrate for 24 hours.)
Also see:
- UC Davis Chancellor prompted to resign over police pepper spraying protestors
- Occupiers marching from NYC to Baltimore asked to leave Patterson Park
- Frank Miller tells us what he & ‘Batman’ think of Occupy Wall Street movement
- Baltimore Mayor pulls the plug on Occupiers, literally (video)
(Source: TU)
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