Occupying Language Occupied Media Pamphlet Series Marina Sitrin Dario Azzellini by Marina Sitrin & Dario Azzellini B009AIJ4CI instant download after payment.

“Occupying Language uses the vocabulary of new and emergent movements around the world to highlight the striking similarities of their practices and visions. Movements from the Zapatistas in Mexico and mobilizations for popular control in Venezuela, Argentina and Brazil, to the Arab Spring, the European and Israeli Summer, and Occupy, have made inclusiveness a priority and have insisted that the voice of every participant be heard and treated with respect. They have pursued a vision of democracy that is based on direct participation and on solidarity among the vast majority, cognizant of social and national divisions but creating a unity among differences. Those who identify with these movements should read this book for its beautiful and insightful evocation of an emergent radical perspective and for the hope that this book conveys that a new movement of movements can play a pivotal role in bringing about urgently needed change. This book is also crucial reading for those who would like to understand why so many in the new movements are more interested in occupying public spaces and institutions, and remaking them through democratic participation, than in making demands on governments dominated by remote and resistant elites." — Barbara Epstein, University of California, Santa Cruz