"We have all been swept up by the momentum of the Occupy movement. We
have seen the results of years of organizing in different communities
come together in ways that few could have imagined, bolstered by the
scores of people who have left the comfort of their daily routine
behind and taken to the streets. Yet as a movement so overflowing with
new social and political actors, we lack the framework we need to help
us all to understand what a social movement is, to understand how
change has happened in the past, to understand what this moment means
and what this movement makes possible.
We Are Many is a reflection on Occupy from within the
heart of the movement itself. Examining key questions - what worked? what
didn’t? why? how? is it reproducible? - the authors and activists in this
collection point toward a movement-based framework for future
organizing. Heavily illustrated and annotated, We Are Many is a celebration of what worked, and a thoughtful analysis of what didn’t.
Contributors include: Michael Andrews, Michael Belt, Nadine Bloch,
Rose Bookbinder, Mark Bray, Emily Brissette, George Caffentzis, George
Ciccariello-Maher, Annie Cockrell, Joshua Clover, Andy Cornell, Molly
Crabapple, CrimethInc., CROATOAN, Paul Dalton, Chris Dixon, John Duda,
Brendan M. Dunn, Lisa Fithian, Gabriella, David Graeber, Ryan Harvey,
Gabriel Hetland, Marisa Holmes, Mike King, Koala Largess, Yvonne Yen
Liu, Josh MacPhee, Manissa M. Maharawal, Yotam Marom, Cindy Milstein,
Occupy Research, Joel Olson, Isaac Ontiveros, Morrigan Phillips,
Frances Fox Piven, Vijay Prashad, Michael Premo, Max Rameau, RANT,
Research & Destroy, Nathan Schneider, Jonathan Matthew Smucker,
Some Oakland Antagonists, Lester Spence, Janaina Stronzake, Mattilda
Bernstein Sycamore, Team Colors Collective, Janelle Treibitz, Unwoman,
Immanuel Wallerstein, Sophie Whittemore, Kristian Williams, and Jaime
Omar Yassin."