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As of November 2011, the cost to local municipalities, funded by taxpayers, approached $20,000,000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111212082216/http://www.verumserum.com/?p=32348 Taxpayers Get the Bill for Occupations: $18.4M (Updated 11/23), Verum Serum, November 4, 2011]</ref> Occupiers engaged in [[terrorist]] actions, such as the bomb threat to the Cleveland Bridge as well as attempting to firebomb various vendors in Seattle.
As of November 2011, the cost to local municipalities, funded by taxpayers, approached $20,000,000.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111212082216/http://www.verumserum.com/?p=32348 Taxpayers Get the Bill for Occupations: $18.4M (Updated 11/23), Verum Serum, November 4, 2011]</ref> Occupiers engaged in [[terrorist]] actions, such as the bomb threat to the Cleveland Bridge as well as attempting to firebomb various vendors in Seattle.
Many Occupy Wall Street [[community organizers]] were involved in planning the [[Green New Deal]].
==Historical roots==
==Historical roots==
[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|250px|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]
[[File:Protesters of Occupy Knoxville oct 2011.jpg|thumb|250px|Protesters in Knoxville, Oct 2011.]]
Inspired by the [[Arab Spring]] protests in Cairo that were organized by the [[Islamism|Islamic]] [[Muslim Brotherhood]], the Occupy Wall Street protesters dubbed the September 17 rally a "Day of Rage," which finds its origin in "Days of Rage," a violent set of riots waged in Chicago in 1969 by the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]]s Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. Staged by [[ACORN]] and SEIU affiliates, the September 17 US Day of Rage's mission statement is "To help facilitate state and city level organization, and to organize the federal protest at the U.S. Capitol."<ref name=SEIUstephenlerner>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/seius-stephen-lerner-invokes-bill-ayers-days-of-rage-to-take-down-wall-street-this-september/ Who Is Behind the ‘US Day of Rage’ to ‘Occupy’ Wall Street this September 17th?], [[The Blaze]]</ref>
Inspired by the [[Arab Spring]] protests in Cairo that were organized by the [[Islamism|Islamic]] [[Muslim Brotherhood]]<ref>[http://canadafreepress.com/index.php/article/40397 "Day of Rage" Obama re-election team in disguise?], ''Canada Free Press'', September 2011 (Accessed October 16, 2011).</ref><ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/big-government/2011/01/29/did-muslim-brotherhood-learn-day-of-rage-egypt-protest-tactics-from-obama-allies-bill-ayers-and-code-pink/ Did Muslim Brotherhood Learn 'Day of Rage' Egypt Protest Tactics From Obama Allies Bill Ayers and Code Pink?], [[Breitbart.com]]</ref> , the Occupy Wall Street protesters dubbed the September 17 rally a "Day of Rage," which finds its origin in "Days of Rage," a violent set of riots waged in Chicago in 1969 by the [[Weather Underground]] [[terrorist]]s Bill Ayers and Bernadine Dohrn. Staged by [[ACORN]] and SEIU affiliates, the September 17 US Day of Rage's mission statement is "To help facilitate state and city level organization, and to organize the federal protest at the U.S. Capitol."<ref name=SEIUstephenlerner>[http://www.theblaze.com/stories/seius-stephen-lerner-invokes-bill-ayers-days-of-rage-to-take-down-wall-street-this-september/ Who Is Behind the ‘US Day of Rage’ to ‘Occupy’ Wall Street this September 17th?], [[The Blaze]]</ref>
During an interview with ''Chicago Mag'', Ayers, who was featured on a magazine cover while standing on the American flag, with no regrets, summed up his riot's intended purpose, stating,
During an interview with ''Chicago Mag'', Ayers, who was featured on a magazine cover while standing on the American flag, with no regrets, summed up his riot's intended purpose, stating,