Title: Occupy! : scenes from occupied America /
Authors: Taylor, Astra; Gessen, Keith.
Publisher: Verso,
Year: 2011
Subjects: Occupy Wall Street (Movement); Protest movements United States History; Political participation United States History; Counterculture United States History
Abstract: Explores the history of the Occupy Wall Street movement, offering first-hand accounts of its early days and examining protesters' goals and demands.
Contents: 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.