Generation Occupy, Michael Levitin
Generation Occupy, Michael Levitin
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Generation Occupy
Reawakening American Democracy

Author: Michael Levitin

Narrator: Alex Boyles

Unabridged: 14 hr 23 min

Format: Digital Audiobook Download

Published: 09/14/2021

Synopsis

From the fight for a fifteen-dollar minimum wage to the nationwide teacher strikes, from Bernie Sanders to Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and from Black Lives Matter to #MeToo, Generation Occupy reveals the lasting impacts of the Occupy movement on American politics and culture.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 #MeToo.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.

About Michael Levitin

Michael Levitin is a journalist and cofounding editor of the Occupied Wall Street Journal. He started as a reporter covering the Cochabamba Water War in 2000 for the English-language newspaper Bolivian Times. He earned his master’s degree from the Columbia Graduate School of Journalism and later worked as a freelance correspondent in Barcelona and Berlin covering politics, culture, and climate change. His writing has appeared in the Atlantic, the Guardian, Financial Times, Newsweek, Time, and the Los Angeles Times, among other publications. His debut novel, Disposable Man, was published in 2019. He teaches journalism at Diablo Valley College in the San Francisco Bay Area, where he lives with his partner and daughter. Find out more at MichaelLevitin.com.

About Alex Boyles

Alex Boyles has been acting pretty much his entire life. He got his BA in theater–acting/directing performance from CSU Long Beach and his MFA in acting performance from Ohio State University. He started narrating audiobooks in 2019 and hasn’t looked back!

Reviews

Goodreads review by Jonathan on October 13, 2021

This book is provides an informative narrative of the Occupy Wall Street movement, as written by a very talented journalist. Anybody who is interested in politics and social justice, and making a difference should read it. The book holds the reader's interest, because it reads like a fictional story......more

Goodreads review by Ruth on August 28, 2021

In a few short weeks, Occupy Wall Street became the genesis for the social change movement that is in full force today. Levitin, who spent much time at Zuccotti Park during the autumn of 2011, speaks with the movers and shakers who began their activism there and have become some of the major agents......more

Goodreads review by Randy on February 27, 2022

10 years have passed since Occupy Wall Street, it's long enough to take a historical stock about what has happened since. I really like the book's coverage and discussions, reminding me of a lot of things I didn't link to Occupy. The biggest contribution in my mind is that it opened new space for di......more

Goodreads review by Kane. H on September 12, 2021

Who watches the news every day? There was a time in my life that I had no choice to, 5pm my family and I would watch ‘The Weakest Link’ then a few years later it changed to ‘The Chase’ then for the next 2/3 hours would be BBC News then Channel 4 News. Then years later I had enough. Every week we are......more

Goodreads review by Dave on November 15, 2021

The book is a compelling window into the social activism that erupted from the 2007-2008 financial crisis, with all the flaws one would expect from an author who candidly admits the movement fell far short of its goals. While it probably could have been slimmed down here and there, and teeters on th......more

Quotes

“Narrator Alex Boyles[‘s] flinty vocal tone and strategic use of pauses give the audio appealing impact…[and] make this a riveting call to action. Winner of the AudioFile Earphones Award.” AudioFile

“Levitin’s enthusiasm is infectious…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.” New York Times Book Review

“A noteworthy contribution to the discussion over why Occupy Wall Street happened and what it meant.” Publishers Weekly

“A vigorous history…[and] an evenhanded account of a political strain that remains influential, if now relatively subdued.” Kirkus Reviews

“Offers a dedicated defense of the power of mass protest.” Mark Engler, coauthor of This Is an Uprising

“Levitin writes an elegant, hard-edged history of the American Left over the last ten years.” Michael Scott Moore, author of The Desert and the Sea

“Generation Occupy is a masterpiece that illuminates our past, present, and future.” Brian Platzer, author of The Body Politic

“Occupy was less a protest than the formulation of a new approach to economics and governance, whose full impact is only being realized today.” Douglas Rushkoff, author of Team Human

“This documentary account about the Occupy community refreshes North American nonfiction writing, creating a beautiful collage of stories about idealism, disenchantment, and influence ex post facto.” Rick Moody, author of The Ice Storm

Awards

  • AudioFile Earphones Award
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