Occupy! : Scenes From Occupied America

In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, __Occupy!__ combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the celebrated __n+1__, as well as some of the world’s leading radical thinkers, such as Slavoj Žižek, Angela Davis, and Rebecca Solnit.The book conveys the intense excitement of those present at the birth of a counterculture, while providing the movement with a serious platform for debating goals, demands, and tactics. Articles address the history of the “horizontalist” structure at OWS; how to keep a live-in going when there is a giant mountain of laundry building up; how very rich the very rich have become; the messages and meaning of the “We are the 99%” tumblr website; occupations in Oakland, Boston, Atlanta, and elsewhere; what happens next; and much more. Explores The History Of The Occupy Wall Street Movement, Offering First-hand Accounts Of Its Early Days And Examining Protesters' Goals And Demands. Scenes From An Occupation / Eli Schmitt, Astra Taylor, Mark Greif -- One No, Many Yeses / Marina Sitrin -- Scenes From An Occupation / Eli Schmitt, Astra Taylor -- It Really Is About The 1% / Doug Henwood & The Cbo -- Scenes From An Occupation / Astra Taylor, Mark Greif -- Letters Of Resignation From The American Dream / Marco Roth -- Scenes From An Occupation / Elizabeth Gumport -- Standing Up / Manissa Maharawal -- Scenes From An Occupation / Sarah Resnick, Keith Gessen, Sarah Leonard -- The Theology Of Consensus / L.a. Kauffman -- Scenes From An Occupation / Keith Gessen, Astra Taylor, Sarah Resnick -- Drumming In Circles / Mark Greif -- Scenes From An Occupation / Astra Taylor, Slavoj Žižek -- Scenes From An Occupation / Astra Taylor, Sarah Resnick ; Nypd And Ows: A Clash Of Styles -- Scenes From An Occupation / Sarah Leonard, Keith Gessen ; Claiming Division, Naming A Wrong / Jodi Dean -- Scenes From An Occupation / Sarah Resnick, Sarah Leonard, Astra Taylor -- Chinatown Is Nowhere / Audrea Lim -- Stop Stop-and-frisk / Svetlana Kitto, Celeste Dupuy-spencer -- Labor, Again / Nikii Saval -- Occupy The Boardroom / Mark Greif -- Scenes From Occupied Atlanta / Kung Ki -- (un)occupy / Angela Davis -- Scenes From Occupied Oakland / Sunaura Taylor -- Throwing Out The Master's Tools / Rebecca Solnit -- Scenes From Occupied Philadelphia / Nikii Saval -- The Homeless Question / Christopher Herring, Zoltán Glück -- Scenes From Occupied Boston / Stephen Squibb -- Rumors / Astra Taylor, Sarah Resnick -- Bodies In Public / Judith Butler -- Laundry Day / Keith Gessen -- The American Crisis / Thomas Paine. Edited By Astra Taylor...[et Al]. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 215-216) In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the celebrated n+1 , as well as some of the world’s leading radical thinkers, such as Slavoj Žižek, Angela Davis, and Rebecca Solnit. The book conveys the intense excitement of those present at the birth of a counterculture, while providing the movement with a serious platform for debating goals, demands, and tactics. Articles address the history of the “horizontalist” structure at OWS; how to keep a live-in going when there is a giant mountain of laundry building up; how very rich the very rich have become; the messages and meaning of the “We are the 99%” tumblr website; occupations in Oakland, Boston, Atlanta, and elsewhere; what happens next; and much more. In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the celebrated n+1, as well as some of the world's leading radical thinkers, such as Slavoj Zizek, Angela Davis, and Rebecca Solnit.The book conveys the intense excitement of those present at the birth of a counterculture, while providing the movement with a serious platform for debating goals, demands, and tactics. Articles address the history of the'horizontalist'structure at OWS; how to keep a live-in going when there is a giant mountain of laundry building up; how very rich the very rich have become; the messages and meaning of the'We are the 99%'tumblr website; occupations in Oakland, Boston, Atlanta, and elsewhere; what happens next; and much more. The first book to explore the Occupy movement in depth, with reportage and analysis.