Anti-Imperialism and Anti-War
Occupy evolved on the heels of the Bush-era anti-war movement. As one example of the intersection of the two movements, on the 10th anniversary of the war in Afghanistan, Occupy and anti-war protestors converged on Washington D.C. As the Obama administration continued many of Bush's policies in Afghanistan and Iraq, themes of anti-imperialism and anti-war were not uncommon at Occupy Wall Street.
