September 17, 1961
1,314 anti-nuclear protesters were arrested during a sit-down in London’s Trafalgar Square by 12,000 (authorities had denied a permit.) The organizers hoped to to ‘fill the jails’, with the intention of causing prison overload and large-scale disorder.
September 17, 2011
The Occupy Wall Street movement began in Zuccotti Park, in New York’s financial district. Within weeks, encampments sprang up around the world to join the protest against social and economic inequality for “the 99%”.
