First, a Symbol of Occupy Wall Street. Then He Waded Into Syria. Robert Grodt was an activist at the Occupy Wall Street protests in 2011. Five years later, he traveled to Syria, where he died after joining a Kurdish militia. Share: Facebook Twitter Google+ Stumble Digg Email ThisBlogThis!Share to XShare to Facebook Related Posts:Brazil Arrests 8 at Mining Giant Vale Over Deadly Dam CollapseChina and U.S. to Continue Trade Talks Next WeekSexual Violence on the Rise in South Sudan, U.N. SaysU.S. Private Equity Investor Detained in Moscow on Fraud ChargesVatican Envoy to France Under Investigation for Sexual AssaultAt War: How Shannon Kent’s Peers Honored Her Career: With a ‘Sea of Khaki’