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Occupy Reykjavík (OR) was a collaboration that included peaceful protests and demonstrations against economic inequality, social injustice and
corporate greed Criticism of capitalism ranges from expressing disagreement with the principles of capitalism in its entirety to expressing disagreement with particular outcomes of capitalism. Criticism of capitalism comes from various political and philoso ...
in Reykjavík, Iceland.


Protests

The general protest on 1 October 2011 was linked to the Occupy Wall Street protests in New York, United States. However, this protest coincided with opening of the autumn session of the parliament and concerned the slow pace of recovery from the
Icelandic financial crisis Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic alphabet * Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (disambiguation) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandai ...
. An actual occupation of a public square began on 15 October 2011, linked to the worldwide Occupy movement. On 30 October 2011, the police removed the main tent of the protesters in the Austurvöllur square in front of the Icelandic parliament,
Althingi The Alþingi (''general meeting'' in Icelandic, , anglicised as ' or ') is the supreme national parliament of Iceland. It is one of the oldest surviving parliaments in the world. The Althing was founded in 930 at ("thing fields" or "assembly ...
.


Influence

The Occupy Reykjavík protests were noticeable but small. Prior to the OR protests, the intense Iceland Kitchenware Revolution took place in late 2008 and early 2009, followed by the National Assembly of 2009 and the
Icelandic Constitutional Assembly Icelandic refers to anything of, from, or related to Iceland and may refer to: *Icelandic people *Icelandic language *Icelandic alphabet * Icelandic cuisine See also * Icelander (disambiguation) * Icelandic Airlines, a predecessor of Icelandai ...
of 2010 and 2011.


See also

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List of Occupy movement protest locations The Occupy Wall Street protests, which started in 2011, inspired a wide international response. There have been hundreds of Occupy movement protests worldwide over time, intended and organized as non-violent protest against the wealthy, as well ...


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