Click here to read a special online dossier of critical reflections from activist-scholars that problematizes the popular Occupy Wall Street slogan “This Is What Democracy Looks Like!” taking it less as a self-congratulatory, if confrontational, chant and more as a literal goal. Essays gauge Occupy’s impact on a rainbow of social movements, from educational and student activists to trade unions, from debt abolitionists to LGBTQQ activists. They assess Occupy’s pitfalls and promises for trans-national and trans-ideological solidarity, as well as the roles of mutual aid, consensus and the police in stretching Occupy’s boundless energy into the future. Guest Editors: A.J. Bauer, Cristina Beltran, Rana Jaleel, and Andrew Ross. Contributions from: Anthony Alessandrini | A.J. Bauer | Suzanne Collado | Andrew Cornell | Rana Jaleel | Nicholas Mirzoeff | Manijeh Nasrabadi | Michael Ralph | Andrew Ross | Stuart Schrader | Zach Schwartz-Weinstein
Click here to read. This dossier takes its cue from one of the Occupy movement’s bedrock slogans, “This Is What Democracy Looks Like” (though this was first nurtured, as were many Occupy paradigms, tactics and customs, in the global … Continue reading “Is This What Democracy Looks Like?”
