MOVEMENTS MAKING NOISE.

The article presents the author's views regarding the history of protest movements in the U.S. as of 2013, with information on economic changes behind the Occupy protest movement. Topics include popular protests, insurgencies, and uprisings against neoliberalism; worldwide demonstrations against austerity policies; and the political impact of popular protest and civil rights movements. The power of reform movements to disrupt major social and political institutions through strikes and demonstrations is examined.