By: Muhammad Heikal
As a result of the ongoing economic crisis in the US, the Occupy Wall Street (OWS) Movement, initiated by Canadian activist group Adbusters, led a series of demonstrations on Wall Street.
The protests that began on Sept. 17, 2011 in Zuccotti Park, New York, centered around a philosophy of fighting social and economic inequality, greed, corruption and the undue influence of corporations on the government.
With the background of the late 2008 global financial crisis, sometimes referred to as the Great Recession, current economic conditions in the US continue to deteriorate. Many analysts have said the financial crisis, which was sparked by subprime mortgage mismanagement, was a result of irresponsible, unethical, excessively voracious and illegal business practices over the last few decades.







