The unmistakable fact is the Occupy Wall Street movement has been started and derives it's energies from a group that is known as the Millennial Generation.
If you've familiar with the works of historians William Strauss and Neil Howe you might have read their 2000 book, Millennials Rising: The Next Great Generation.
NOTE AND WARNING Inside that book are sweeping generalities regarding the various generations. Treat those generalities as trends - not all encompassing. Please don't get hung up on the inevitable "but I'm different" thoughts. In real life there is plenty of cross over and exceptions to the general trends.
What Strauss and Howe describe in the book regarding the Millennial Generation matches very closely the attitude, actions and strategies of the OWS protestors.
Read below the fold for a capsule description of what the Next Generation is all about: