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While this book offers interesting tidbits about anarchist history and the daily affairs of Occupy Wall Street it tries too many different things at the same time to succeed It tries to be a sociological exploration of OWS but reduces all interviews to soundbites that illustrate the writer s thoughts It tries to review the history and varying forms of anarchism but leaves enormous gaps and dismisses the types of anarchism that Bray isn t comfortable with It proposes that anarchism can offer an inclusive pragmatic and liberating framework for the left but at the same time it deals bitter jabs to liberals communists and other leftists whom Bray ultimately wants to have aboard. Translating Anarchy bookworm This all detracts from the book s coherency and importantly from its ultimate message In the final segment of the book Bray addresses the build up of parallel institutions that should be attractive to a broad segment of society while staying true to anarchist praxis He talks about the tension between alternative culture revolutionary change and mass appeal If Bray s goal was to address the translation of anarchist thought into practice and into society these are the topics he should have elaborated on Mark Bray love mark bray s writing this one is no different Mark Bray Insider look into Occupy Wall StreetI was surprised by what I learned about Occupy Wall Street I didn t realize that so much of that movements roots were grounded in anarchism I have a better understanding of OWS and the anarchist perspective after reading this although I still hold steadfast against the anarchist vision of the future as this author shares Mark Bray it s quite the feeling reading a book that explicitly and expertly asks all the questions you hope to spend your life answering Mark Bray This is an interesting history of Occupy Wall Street in New York City that looks specifically at anarchist involvement in the protest movement The author did a number of interviews with organizers to get their insights and thoughts on the topic so there is a lot of firsthand information that isn t available elsewhere It generally does a good job of explaining the role of anarchist ideas and the influence of anarchists in addition to looking at how organizers sought to transmit anarchist ideas to larger audiences Mark Bray
Translating Anarchy tells the story of the anti capitalist anti authoritarians of Occupy Wall Street who strategically communicated their revolutionary politics to the public in a way that was both accessible and revolutionary OWS organizer Mark Bray combines his direct experience in the movement with nearly 200 interviews with the most active influential architects of Occupy Wall Street to reveal the revolutionary anarchist core of Occupy Although The New York Times and CNN thought that OWS simply wanted tighter financial regulations and a millionaire s tax Bray shows that the vast majority of organizers called for the abolition of capitalism altogether By translating their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades Translating Anarchy The Anarchism of Occupy Wall StreetA little diffuse including a primer on anarchist history and some of Bray s own personal history but still really useful Kind of academic in approach at least in the first half Mark Bray Mark Bray is a historian of human rights terrorism and political radicalism in Modern Europe who was one of the organizers of Occupy Wall Street His work has appeared in The Washington Post Foreign Policy Critical Quarterly ROAR Magazine and numerous edited volumes He is currently a lecturer at Dartmouth College.
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