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A readable, compact account and analysis of the Occupy protests, ""The Occupy Movement Explained"" is thoroughly researched, painstakingly accurate, and fully documented. Debunking a number of prominent myths and misunderstandings, Nicholas Smaligo shows how the movement arose out of radical currents that have been active below the media's radar since the 1970s.

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Author:   Nicholas Smaligo
Publisher:   Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Imprint:   Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S.
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 22.80cm
Weight:   0.311kg
ISBN:  

9780812698558

ISBN 10:   081269855
Pages:   288
Publication Date:   02 October 2014
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Table of Contents: Introduction: What Happened to Occupy? 1. The Occupy Movement or The Movement of Occupations? The Problem of Direct Action in a Brand-driven World 2. ""It Just Came Out of Nowhere"": Occupy's Family Tree 3. White Kids and Homeless Folks: Who Participated in Occupy and Why? 4. ""Are. We. The 99%!?"" Police, Class, and Power 5. What Is Our One Demand? 6. Encampments and Their Discontents: Biopower, Drum-circles, and the Microcosm-effect 7. Is Occupy Anti-Capitalist? Reformism, Revolutionism, and the Implicit Assumptions of the Occupations 8. The Question of Violence: Chris Hedges versus the Black Bloc Conclusion: Long Live the Tactic of Occupation! Appendix: Primary Documents Index

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Nicholas Smaligo teaches philosophy at Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, has been involved in several Occupy events, and has spent hundreds of hours discussing the meaning of the Occupy Movement with Occupy activists from all over the country. He lives in Carbondale, IL.

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