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Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse

Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse Softcover - 2013

by Nathan Schneider

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University of California Press, Berkeley, 2013. First Edition. Softcover. Very Good Condition. Size: 8vo 7 3/4 - 9 3/4". xvi + 195pp. Binding firm. Edges slightly marked. Ex-library, with minimal stamps and markings (Woodbrooke Quaker Study Centre). Laminated covers. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 500 grams. Category: Politics & Government; Modern; History. ISBN/EAN: 9780520276802. Pictures of this item not already displayed here available upon request. Inventory No: 51354. . 9780520276802
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  • Title Thank You, Anarchy: Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse
  • Author Nathan Schneider
  • Binding Softcover
  • Edition First Edition
  • Condition Used - Very Good Condition
  • Pages 216
  • Volumes 1
  • Language ENG
  • Publisher University of California Press, Berkeley
  • Date 2013
  • Features Bibliography, Maps, Table of Contents
  • Bookseller's Inventory # 51354
  • ISBN 9780520276802 / 0520276809
  • Weight 0.7 lbs (0.32 kg)
  • Dimensions 9.2 x 6.1 x 0.5 in (23.37 x 15.49 x 1.27 cm)
  • Themes
    • Chronological Period: 21st Century
    • Geographic Orientation: New York
  • Library of Congress subjects Equality - United States, Income distribution - United States
  • Library of Congress Catalog Number 2013007879
  • Dewey Decimal Code 339.209

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From the publisher

Thank You, Anarchy is an up-close, inside account of Occupy Wall Street's first year in New York City, written by one of the first reporters to cover the phenomenon. Nathan Schneider chronicles the origins and explosive development of the Occupy movement through the eyes of the organizers who tried to give shape to an uprising always just beyond their control. Capturing the voices, encounters, and beliefs that powered the movement, Schneider brings to life the General Assembly meetings, the chaotic marches, the split-second decisions, and the moments of doubt as Occupy swelled from a hashtag online into a global phenomenon.

A compelling study of the spirit that drove this watershed movement, Thank You, Anarchy vividly documents how the Occupy experience opened new social and political possibilities and registered a chilling indictment of the status quo. It was the movement's most radical impulses, this account shows, that shook millions out of a failed tedium and into imagining, and fighting for, a better kind of future.

From the rear cover

"Objective journalism, this is not."--The New York Observer

"The balanced book on Occupy I've been waiting for: sharp journalistic observation and insider knowledge, big picture knowledge of movement dynamics and attention to the telling details, writing that's witty and poignant. Schneider models for engaged intellectuals and thoughtful activists how to reflect on breakthrough events."--George Lakey, Swarthmore College, activist and author of Toward a Living Revolution

"This book is a gift and a tool. Full of thick descriptions and the voices of the protagonists themselves, you feel as if you are there, participating in the assemblies and occupations, feeling the joys and frustrations of the movement. A must-read."--Marina Sitrin, author of Everyday Revolutions: Horizontalism and Autonomy in Argentina

"It wasn't the revolution, but for a while, Occupy sure damn felt like it could be. Notes from the Occupy Apocalypse takes us back to those first few days of Occupy Wall Street, with all its beauty, its chaos, and its ridiculously long general assemblies. With a strong, often hilarious voice and the critical compassion that can only come from someone who camped out in Zuccotti Park himself, Nathan Schneider goes beyond the simplistic divides (violence or nonviolence? a movement or a moment?) to offer a true sense of what Occupy was. It was a diverse, complicated people, struggling to live up to its own revolutionary ideals. In short, Occupy was America, in all of our tragic glory." --Josh Healey, winner of Mario Savio Award, activist and author of Hammertime

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  • Publishers Weekly, 09/02/2013, Page 0

About the author

Nathan Schneider is the author of God in Proof: The Story of a Search, from the Ancients to the Internet (UC Press). He wrote about Occupy Wall Street for Harper's, The Nation, The New York Times, and Boston Review, among other publications. He is an editor of the websites Waging Nonviolence and Killing the Buddha.