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So it's Friday, and I'm sitting at work bored because there's no work for me to do. So I've been working on school work (the perks of an on campus job). I did some work for our group project "Doorsclosing". I created a Facebook page, worked on our Wordpress, and wrote a submission for my portion of our…

Sitting in Bruce Evensen's 501 class and we are watching clips of WCTU and their non-violent protest against alcohol. Hearing about this nation wide protest reminded me of the different #occupy that are taking place around the globe currently. So what if WCTU's protest took place today instead of the early 1870s. What would it look like? Would it have made a bigger impact than it did then?

Social media also played a big part on the #occupy being a world wide movement. I also wonder if…

Occupy Chicago is a movement that has formed in response to the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York City. The movement started to protest Wall Street and it's corrupt ways. Occupy Wall Street is a "leaderless resistance movement with people of many colors, genders and political persuasions." The thing that they all have in common..."They are the…

Occupy Wall Street reach mainstream media because of an isolated event that happened in New York. The YouTube video, where the police were pepper spraying protesters, has spread like wild-fire and has brought awareness to the issue. However, as Chicago jumps on the bandwagon it is lacking some of the fundamental organizational tools, which the New York protesters have utilized. Compared to New York, Chicago is lacking the sheer number of people and support from groups like Union…

There was a server lack of media coverage at the Chicago protest today.  What I found particularly interesting was a week ago the protests in New York City received a substantial amount of media coverage.  However, it was also the lack of organization that might be to blame.  Given that the majority of the people in attendance didn't really know why they were attending made it an almost lackluster protest that didn't really seem to have a real meaning.  Many people were giving different…

It started in New York City 12 days ago, a group of young people joined together to protest on Wall Street. The movement was called #OCCUPYWALLSTREET; a simple twitter hashtag that spawned an organized protest. The issues are varying but the hope is the same they want change.…

After being out with these protesters i see that they were not organized but i feel that they thought to get people to get people to care about their cause they needed chaos the problem was that even though chaos makes ears listen, their still needs to be some structure. I mean their is no one listening to the event that is going on in chicago. Even chicago news outlets are talking about occupy new york and what happen there, they dont care about the wats going on in their…

After observing and interviewing protesters on Jackson and Lasalle I can understand why not may people know about what's going here in Chicago compared to New York. The protest was unorganized where there weren't may people. Everyone was protesting about the same thing, but they really didn't have an idea of how to get more people involved. They complained about why the media wasn't giving importance to the protest. You need more than 50 people, have a mission statement, be on the same page,…

One hour ago, the Occupy Chicago tweets that the total number of protestor has reached to 100 plus.  It's a good start.  When Occupy…

"People over profit! Occupy Chicago." shouted a few dozen angry Chicagoans in protest of what many say is a fight for democracy. In light of the 80 protesters arrested in New York last Saturday for the protest being dubbed "Occupy Wall Street," the movement has spread to Chicago.

Many of the…

Generally, the point of a civil protest is to make vocal a specific stance on an issue and work towards some sort of reform. But the Chicago end of Occupy WallStreet seems to be polluted with nothing but overly eager young people with no real plan or sense of organization.

Since the resistance movement broke out over a week ago in NYC, major cities across the country have been hosting these rallies filled with the, '99% that will no longer tolerate the greed and corruption of…

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The lovely protesters out in Chicago on Jackson and LaSalle are clearly doing "theeee most."

What are they occupying exactly? I'm still confused about this.

Okay yes, New York is protesting on Wall Street about the bailout but why should people be protesting in Chicago?

One man that was out protesting, had a huge microphone and said "F the Federal Reserve",…

I decided to compare what's happening with Occupy Chicago through social media, Twitter and Facebook specifically. After being there tonight for a little…

                         "I'm mad as hell, and I'm not going to take it anymore." ~Howard Beale in "Network"

     The Dorito revolution outside the Federal Reserve building in Chicago is thus far a poor imitation of the like-minded rally in New York City. In New York, the mass has swelled considerably following viral video and news coverage of police attacking protestors. They've been beaten, and many were sprayed with mace.

     But here in Chicago, there's no such…

It was insanely weird on LaSalle and Jackson in Chicago today. Or should I say confusion. Protestors took the streets in quest to stand up for ‘’something.” Well, actually everyone had their own reason for protesting and some unclear. Some chanted about “school tuition” “wall street demons” and “Corporate injustices.”  What was clear is the lack of organization. The protestors shouted their personal issues to the city of Chicago whom all gathered for different reasons. This is odd,…

How does a protest gain traction or media coverage? 

Is it the sheer numbers of participants? Is it the message of the uprising? Or is it some combination of both?

Protesters for Occupy Chicago have similar interests as their New York counterparts, but have failed to match their media exposure.

When did the New York protests pick up steam? Is it only news now because of innocent protesters being…

The group of "protesters," if you can even call them that, are not making any kind of noise in the federal district because of poor communicational and organizational skills.  This protest is among multiple groups around the country but are not gaining any media attention because they are being blacked out, says the protesters.  A lot of the protesters are not on the same page with why they are protesting and majority of them do not have a purpose for protesting.  According to the…

As a young 20-something myself, I love being engaged with my community...feeling like I'm making a difference in the world, or that my voice is being heard. But growing up in a generation where our lives are revolving around social media and social networks, do we really know how to make a presence in ways that don't involve sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Well I think not so much, and OccupyChicago is becoming a prime example. The protest is mocking themselves off of the Wall Street…

Going out to the Occupy Chicago protests for just a few minutes made me aware of a few things. What their true purpose was for being out there was not one of them go. That's funny because you can usually tell right away what a protest is about.

Something even funnier is that I don't even know if I would want to call this a "protest" because everything seemed so scattered and disorganized.

I was able to speak to a young man who claims to be the head of social media for the…

Standing on the corner of Jackson and Lasalle a small protest is going on.  All types of people students, business men and woman, employed,…