Wasnt the last time this actually happened "occupy" and didn't that get dismantled and side-tracked pretty quickly?

IMHO not even a US specific issue, people in a whole lot of "western countries" seem to have forgotten how to meaningfully protest.

Sure, there is the occasional "against climate change" or "for this societal issue" marches, but they all have the problem of being incredibly obscure in their goals and demands.

Long gone are the days of large scale peace protests against very specific "interventions", like the invasion of Iraq triggered.