{"product_id":"occupy-isbn-9781844679409","title":"Occupy!","description":"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, \u003ci\u003eOccupy!\u003c\/i\u003e 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 \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, as well as some of the world’s leading radical thinkers, such as Slavoj Žižek, Angela Davis, and Rebecca Solnit.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe 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.“\u003ci\u003eOccupy!\u003c\/i\u003e abounds with insights on how the occupiers have dealt with internal challenges to their experiment in direct democracy.”—Andrew Ross, \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Both analytical and full of vivid experience ... These blog-style pieces are interspersed with more substantive writings, which are the true strength of the collection ... but most interesting are those by lesser-known writers who bring us vivid historical analyses of various aspects of the occupations.”—Michael Sayeau, \u003ci\u003eObserver\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“Unlike most quickie publications, the book is gorgeous, a testament to beautiful book design ... the essays are thoughtful pieces of first-person reportage. [A] clear-eyed and sober examination of the dream world that we created this fall, along with a few brief, tentative explorations of what it will become in the future. It’s also an excellent proof-of-concept for speedily published book-length journalism that does work blogs and newspapers simply can’t do. This is not some dashed-off smear of a money-making scheme; I recommend it heartily.”—Paul Constant, \u003ci\u003eThe Stranger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“A heart warming anthology of the voices involved in this surprising grass roots movement.”—Robert Birnbaum, \u003ci\u003eOur Man in Boston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e“\u003ci\u003eOccupy!\u003c\/i\u003e, an anthology from the occasional \u003ci\u003eOccupy Gazette\u003c\/i\u003e published by \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e, includes ... a lovely piece on the difficulties of organising an occupation’s laundry, which works as a handy metaphor for some of the movement’s larger challenges.”—\u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eCarla Blumenkranz\u003c\/b\u003e is the managing editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/\"\u003en+1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eKeith Gessen\u003c\/b\u003e is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/\"\u003en+1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eMark Greif\u003c\/b\u003e is a founding editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/\"\u003en+1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Leonard\u003c\/b\u003e is an editor at \u003ci\u003eDissent\u003c\/i\u003e magazine and \u003ci\u003eThe New Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSarah Resnick\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior editor at \u003ci\u003eTriple Canopy\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNikil Saval\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate editor of \u003ci\u003e\u003ca href=\"http:\/\/nplusonemag.com\/\"\u003en+1\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eEli Schmitt\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer living in New York.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAstra Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e is the director of the documentary films \u003ci\u003eZizek!\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eExamined Life\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJudith Butler\u003c\/b\u003e is Maxine Elliot Professor in the Departments of Rhetoric and Comparative Literature at the University of California, Berkeley. She is the author of \u003ci\u003eFrames of War\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ePrecarious Life\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Psychic Life of Power\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eExcitable Speech\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBodies that Matter\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eGender Trouble\u003c\/i\u003e, and with Slavoj Žižek and Ernesto Laclau, \u003ci\u003eContingency, Hegemony, Universality\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAngela Davis\u003c\/b\u003e is a teacher, writer, scholar, and activist\/organizer.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJodi Dean\u003c\/b\u003e teaches political and media theory in Geneva, New York. She has written or edited eleven books, including \u003ci\u003eThe Communist Horizon\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDemocracy and Other Neoliberal Fantasies\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCeleste Dupuy-Spencer\u003c\/b\u003e is an artist who lives and works in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eZoltán Glu?ck\u003c\/b\u003e is pursuing a doctorate in anthropology at the CUNY Graduate Center.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eElizabeth Gumport\u003c\/b\u003e is an associate editor of \u003ci\u003en+1\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDoug Henwood\u003c\/b\u003e is editor of the \u003ci\u003eLeft Business Observer\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eChristopher Herring\u003c\/b\u003e is pursuing a doctorate in sociology at UC Berkeley.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSvetlana Kitto\u003c\/b\u003e is a writer, teacher, and oral historian living in New York City.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eL.A. 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