dbo:abstract
- Occupy is a short study of the Occupy movement written by the American academic and political activist Noam Chomsky. Initially published in the United States by the Zuccotti Park Press as the first title in their Occupied Media Pamphlet Series in 2012, it was subsequently republished in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books later that year. An academic linguist at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Chomsky first achieved fame for his work as a political activist during the 1960s and 1970s. A libertarian socialist, Chomsky was a prominent critic of capitalism, the role of western media and the foreign policy of the U.S. government, dealing with such issues in bestsellers like Manufacturing Consent (1988), Hegemony or Survival (2003) and Failed States (2006). With the birth of the Occupy Movement – devoted to socio-political change – in 2011, Chomsky became a vocal supporter for the protesters, writing articles and giving speeches on their behalf, several of which were collected together and published as Occupy. The book opens with an introductory editor's note by Greg Ruggiero, praising the Occupy movement and its potential for the greater democratization of society. This is followed by the text to Chomsky's Howard Zinn Memorial Lecture, which he gave at Occupy Boston in Massachusetts. The third part of the book comprises Chomsky's interview with the New York University student Edward Radzivilovskiy, while the fourth contains the text of the InterOccupy conference call with Chomsky by Mikal Kamil and Ian Escuela. Part five offers an interview with Chomsky undertaken at the University of Maryland, while the book is rounded off by Chomsky's tribute to the late activist Howard Zinn and the National Lawyers Guild's legal advice to Occupy protesters. Throughout the book, Chomsky discusses what the Occupy movement is and what it is demanding, as well as advocating ways in which it could gain greater support and achieve governmental reforms, using historical examples as evidence. Press reviews were largely positive, with some noting that Chomsky had taken a more moderate, reformist position than they expected of him. (en)
- Occupy é um pequeno estudo do escrito pelo linguista e ativista político Noam Chomsky. Inicialmente publicado em 2012 nos Estados Unidos pela Zuccotti Park Press como o primeiro título da Occupied Media Pamphlet Series, coleção de 2012, posteriormente lançada no Reino Unido pela Penguin Books. Linguista e acadêmico do Instituto de Tecnologia de Massachusetts, Chomsky alcançou fama por seu trabalho como ativista político durante as décadas de 1960 e 1970, como socialista libertário e proeminente crítico do capitalismo. Com o nascimento do movimento Occupy, interessado nas mudanças sociopolíticas, Chomsky torna-se uma voz importante, escrevendo artigos e fazendo discursos em seu nome. (pt)
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- "Making moves in the direction of real democracy is not utopian. These are things that can be done in particular communities. And it could lead to a noticeable change in the political system. Sure, we should get money out of politics, but that's going to take a lot of work. One way to go at it is just to elect your own representatives. It's not impossible." (en)
- "Primarily, I think [Occupy] should be regarded as a response, the first major public response, in fact, to about thirty years of a really quite bitter class war that has led to social, economic and political arrangements in which the system of democracy has been shredded." (en)
rdfs:comment
- Occupy is a short study of the Occupy movement written by the American academic and political activist Noam Chomsky. Initially published in the United States by the Zuccotti Park Press as the first title in their Occupied Media Pamphlet Series in 2012, it was subsequently republished in the United Kingdom by Penguin Books later that year. (en)
- Occupy é um pequeno estudo do escrito pelo linguista e ativista político Noam Chomsky. Inicialmente publicado em 2012 nos Estados Unidos pela Zuccotti Park Press como o primeiro título da Occupied Media Pamphlet Series, coleção de 2012, posteriormente lançada no Reino Unido pela Penguin Books. (pt)