Sign that reads Somos Los Indignados/We are the 99%

Label

Sign that reads Somos Los Indignados/We are the 99%

Creator

Unknown

Object Type

Signs

Description

In response to the austerity measures put in place by the Spanish government, the 15-M, or Los Indignados, movement was formed. Los Indignados, with their slogan "no house, no job, no pension, no fear," fought against precarity in housing, healthcare, education, employment, and pensions. As a global movement, Occupy Wall Street not only blossomed across nearly every continent, but it sought and found inspiration in youth-led, self-organized resistance around the world, inclusive of the 15-M movement. Signs announcing, "Somos Los Indignandos," or "We Are Los Indignados” were common at Occupy Wall Street.

Image Description

A double-sided, yellow sign with black text reads "Somos Los Indignados. Somos El 99%" on one side and "We Are the 99%. Somos El 99%" on the opposite side.

Citation

Somos Los Indignados small sign, circa 2011-2012; PE.029 Printed Ephemera Collection on Subjects; box 25, folder "Occupy Wall Street (Robert Reiss Donation)"; Tamiment Library/Robert F. Wagner Labor Archives, New York University

Collection

Printed Ephemera PE.29

Themes

• Wealth Disparity
• Grassroots Organizing and Mutual Aid

Declarations

• They determine economic policy, despite the catastrophic failures their policies have produced and continue to produce. They have donated large sums of money to politicians, who are responsible for regulating them.