Occupiers - The Making of the 99 Percent Movement

In the fall of 2011, motivated by the lack of a meaningful response to the global financial crisis and a paralysis of democratic politics, a small group of protesters gathered in Zuccotti Park in New York City. The Occupy Wall Street movement would go on to inspire camps in nearly 1,500 towns and cities, all of which were ultimately forcibly evicted by police.

List of contents

• Introduction: Enter the 99 Percent


• Chapter 1. Occupy before Occupy


• Chapter 2. Organizing for Occupation


• Chapter 3. Taking Liberty Square


• Chapter 4. Crossing Brooklyn Bridge


• Chapter 5. Escalation to Eviction


• Chapter 6. The Occupiers in Exile


• Chapter 7. Otherwise Occupied


• Chapter 8. Spring Forward, Fall Back


• Conclusion: Between Past and Future


• Notes


• References


• Index

About the author

Michael Gould-Wartofsky is a PhD candidate in Sociology at New York University. Gould-Wartofsky was one of the first social scientists on the ground at the occupation of Zuccotti Park on Sept 17, beginning his participant observation then and continuing uninterrupted ever since. He has written for The Nation, Monthly Review, Salon, and Mother Jones.

Summary

In the fall of 2011, motivated by the lack of a meaningful response to the global financial crisis and a paralysis of democratic politics, a small group of protesters gathered in Zuccotti Park in New York City. The Occupy Wall Street movement would go on to inspire camps in nearly 1,500 towns and cities, all of which were ultimately forcibly evicted by police.

Product details

• Authors: Michael A Gould-Wartofsky, Michael A. Gould-Wartofsky, Michael A. (Phd Candidate in Soci Gould-Wartofsky, Gould-Wartofsky Michael A.
• Publisher: Oxford University Press
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2015
• EAN: 9780199313914
• ISBN: 978-0-19-931391-4
• No. of pages: 328
• Subjects: Education and learning > Vocational and technical college books; Social sciences, law, business > Sociology > Sociological theories; USA, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Process / Political Advocacy, POLITICAL SCIENCE / Political Economy, Political Economy, United States of America, USA, Pressure groups, protest movements and non-violent action, Socialism & left-of-centre democratic ideologies, Demonstrations & protest movements, Left-of-centre democratic ideologies and movements