palotin
23rd October 2011, 22:51
What resources have you found most useful for understanding the occupy movement? I'm trying to get sense of what's new about the form the have taken, why they've met with the level of success they have, where their weaknesses lie, and what is their relationship with previous organizing work (the "anti-globalization" movement for instance). Clearly, there's a ton of material out there now and, even in the smaller sphere of radical politics, any number of different views. In the spirit of mutual aid, I'd like to ask for some suggestions.
Personally, I've found David Graeber's writings to be pretty good and illuminating. We don't see eye to eye politically as much as we did a few years ago, but even if we disagree on the level of strategy and goals, he's very much in his element describing the practices and on-the-ground developments of this sort of action.
Personally, I've found David Graeber's writings to be pretty good and illuminating. We don't see eye to eye politically as much as we did a few years ago, but even if we disagree on the level of strategy and goals, he's very much in his element describing the practices and on-the-ground developments of this sort of action.