Levitin Michael - Generation Occupy Reawakening American Democracy - Paperback

Binding: Paperback
Description: On the ten - year anniversary of the Occupy movement Generation Occupy 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. The 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 # Me Too. Bookended by the 2008 financial crisis and the coronavirus pandemic Generation Occupy attempts to help us understand how we got to where we are today and how to draw on lessons from Occupy in the future.
Title: Generation Occupy Reawakening American Democracy
Author(s): Levitin Michael
Publisher: Counterpoint
Barcode: 9781640095564
Pages: 368 Pages
Publication Date: 9/19/2023
Category: Politics & Government