One article that I chose to read, "Occupy Wall Street: Return of a Repressed Res-Publica" by Wendy Brown, asked why the Occupy movement started when it did. There were opportunities in 2008, 2009 and 2011 for it to come in to existence. However, the Arab Spring coupled with the Obama's administration to deliver on the hope his campaign had promised to bring were the catalysts for Occupy (with the recession intensifying the movement).
Networked Social Movements
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