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    Occupy

    By Noam Chomsky, Stanley Rogouski, Alex Fradkin and R. Black

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    A beta version was tested in three independent bookstores in NY where they sold like “hot f—ing cakes” to quote an email from McNally Jackson. Response at St. Marks Books is even stronger. Hard to keep in stock.

    The beta version is saddle stitched. 18 pages long with two photographs. This version is 128 pages, 12 photographs and approximately 400% more content on the level of word count. In addition to the piece in the beta version, this version features two interviews with Chomsky conducted a few weeks ago. These interviews are conducted with people in the Occupy movement.

    The book also features an excerpt from a very recent lecture in which the audience asked Chomsky about occupying foreign policy.

    The book closes the way it begins, with a tribute to Howard Zinn, who Chomsky says "laid the groundwork" for this movement and that it would have been a dream for him to have seen it and been part of it.

    As a resource, there is a brief "protestors support" page, written by the National Lawyers Guild, offering hands on advice to protestors who get arrested. (As of today, more than 6,500 people have been arrested in 11 states - See http://occupyarrests.moonfruit.com/


    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherZuccotti Park Press
    Release dateMay 1, 2012
    ISBN9781884519109
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    Noam Chomsky

    Noam Chomsky was born in Philadelphia in 1928 and studied at the university of Pennsylvania. Known as one of the principal founders of transformational-generative grammar, he later emerged as a critic of American politics. He wrote and lectured widely on linguistics, philosophy, intellectual history, contemporary issues. He is now a Professor of Linguistics at MIT, and the author of over 150 books.

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    • 5/5
      Mobilizing the (American) Public"The only way to mobilize the American public that I've ever heard of - or any other public - is by going out and joining them". The texts published in this book (communication, interview, conference) give a glimpse of Chomsky think about political action and society's organization. The emphasis resides in the Occupy movement and the challenges it poses and endures. Along the way, one can reflect in some concepts such as the meaning of anarchism ("... a highly democratic conception of a structured, organized society with power at the base") and the best way to political activism. The book ends with a homage to Howard Zinn. Enlightening reading.
    • 4/5
      The Occupy movement has been a breath of fresh air in a world that has fallen off the rails. The movement is amazingly elastic; defying attempts to pigeon-hole it. This book follows a similar line: the analysis is almost beyond dispute, and Chomsky, wisely, avoids the temptation to be didactic as to the solutions. Nothing destroys unity quicker than a leadership issuing diktats. This book may be short on answers, but, it is full of hope: the hope that the 99% will reassert themselves. The main problem, which I foresee, is that capitalism has been clever: it is no longer defined by nation states. The big companies are world-wide and, until there is a world government, our chances of catching up are limited. The prospects of world agreement must be on a par with England winning the next World Cup so, Occupy works from the bottom. There is a logic to the idea that those being disenfranchised by the system should pull together but, sadly, in reality, there are many on the bottom rung who accept what they are told: namely, that this is the only way that things can be. The ruling class have the right to rule. We have moved very little from the time at which the King had divine right upon his side. It is just, that now, those with the divine right operate behind the scenes, leaving politicians to dance to their tune so that the politician may appear to be making decisions.This book offers hope, but little else.