Occupy Texas State

Occupy Texas State
Part of the Occupy Movement
Date5 October 2011 – 2012
Location
San Marcos, Texas
Caused byEconomic inequality, corporate influence over government, economic inequality in education
MethodsDemonstration, occupation, student activism, protest, street protesters, community service
StatusEnded

Occupy Texas State is a student activist group formed at Texas State University - San Marcos.[1][2] It is distinguished from the off-campus but allied Occupy San Marcos.

Occupy Texas State utilizes the principles of peaceful protest that began on October 5, 2011[3] in the Quad around the "Fighting Stallions". It is affiliated with both the Occupy Colleges and Occupy Wall Street movements that began in Los Angeles, California and New York City, New York respectively.

The series of protests and demonstrations put forth by Occupy Texas State are the largest to occur on the campus since November 1969 when about 70 students at the then named Southwest Texas State University gathered in the Quad to hold a peaceful demonstration against the Vietnam War. The 1969 demonstrations resulted in ten students referred to as the "San Marcos Ten"[4] being expelled from the university and went before the US Supreme Court in 1970 which led to the creation of "Free Speech Zones" at several universities nationwide.[5]

  1. ^ O'Rourke, Ciara (October 13, 2011). "Occupy Texas State protesters rally at the Hays County Courthouse". The Statesman. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  2. ^ Rogers, Simon (October 17, 2011). "Occupy protests around the world: full list visualised". The Guardian. London. Retrieved February 24, 2012.
  3. ^ "Occupy Wall Street Reaches San Marcos". Archived from the original on 2012-01-20.
  4. ^ "San Marcos 10 still carrying torch for free speech". The Houston Chronicle. The Associated Press. October 23, 2001. Retrieved February 25, 2012.
  5. ^ "430 F. 2d 873 - Bayless v. Martine". Openjurist.org. Fifth Circuit Court. June 24, 1970. p. 873. Retrieved February 25, 2012.