NEW-YORK: The US police have arrested nearly two thousand Occupy Wall Street protesters since the outbreak of the anti-corporatism and -corruption movement in New York in mid-September, an aware source reports.Fresh arrests come as the movement is spreading across the globe.Chicago police say they have made 175 arrests on Saturday after protesters refused to obey orders to leave public areas and as

more than 2,000 people marched from the Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago to Grant Park. Also on Saturday, nearly 90 demonstrators were detained in New York, while police forces apprehended over 70 people in Phoenix and Colorado.

Protesters have, however, pledged to remain on the streets, despite the heavy-handed clampdown.

The Occupy Wall Street movement was initiated on September 17, when a group of people began rallying in New York’s financial district to protest ‘corporate greed’ and top-level among other instances of social inequality in the United States.

The campaign has now spread to tens of major cities, including Seattle, Los Angeles, Dallas, and Boston, as well as hundreds of communities across the nation.

More and more Americans are, meanwhile, joining the demonstrations each day.