{"product_id":"generation-occupy-reawakening-american-democracy-9781640095564","title":"Generation Occupy: Reawakening American Democracy","description":"\u003cb\u003eThe fight for a $15 minimum wage. Nationwide teacher strikes. Bernie Sanders's political revolution and the rise of AOC. Black Lives Matter. #MeToo. Read how the Occupy movement helped reshape American politics, culture and the groundbreaking movements to follow.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Fluidly written . . . Levitin's enthusiasm is infectious . . . It is no exaggeration to say that Occupy Wall Street and its offshoots changed a good deal more of the landscape than Zuccotti Park's three-quarters of an acre in New York's financial district.\" --Tod Gitlin, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003eOn the ten-year anniversary of the Occupy movement, \u003ci\u003eGeneration Occupy\u003c\/i\u003e sets the historical record straight about the movement's lasting impacts. Far from a passing phenomenon, Occupy Wall Street marked a new era of social and political transformation, reigniting the labor movement, remaking the Democratic Party and reviving a culture of protest that has put the fight for social, economic, environmental and racial justice at the forefront of a generation. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe movement changed the way Americans see themselves and their role in the economy through the language of the 99 versus the 1 percent. But beyond that, in its demands for fairness and equality, Occupy reinvigorated grassroots activism, inaugurating a decade of youth-led resistance movements that have altered the social fabric, from Black Lives Matter and Standing Rock to March for Our Lives, the Global Climate Strikes and #MeToo. Bookended by the 2008 financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic, \u003ci\u003eGeneration Occupy \u003c\/i\u003eattempts to help us understand how we got to where we are today and how to draw on lessons from Occupy in the future.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Counterpoint LLC\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 09\/19\/2023\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781640095564\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 368\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.80lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.20h x 5.50w x 1.00d","brand":"Michael Levitin","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":43150375092405,"sku":"9781640095564","price":15.26,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0473\/0804\/6492\/files\/img_17297ee9-e67a-4913-b28a-60f6fde6d1ba.jpg?v=1696347028","url":"https:\/\/pastforward.org\/products\/generation-occupy-reawakening-american-democracy-9781640095564","provider":"Past Forward","version":"1.0","type":"link"}