This newly-published anthology, edited by Sarah Van Gelder of Bainbridge Island, co-founder and executive editor of YES! Magazine, is one of the first primers and printed accounts of the movement that arose in this country this past year. The Occupy Wall Street movement named the core issue of our time: the overwhelming power of Wall Street and large corporations—something the political establishment and most media have long ignored.
But the movement goes far beyond this critique. This Changes Everything shows how the movement is shifting the way people view themselves and the world, the kind of society they believe is possible, and their own involvement in creating a society that works for the 99% rather than just the 1%. In This Changes Everything, the editors of YES! Magazine bring together voices from inside and outside the protests to convey the issues, possibilities, and personalities associated with the Occupy Wall Street movement.
Contributors to the book include Naomi Klein, Rebecca Solnit, Ralph Nader, David Korten, and others, along with early Occupy activists such as David Graeber (speaking at Elliott Bay Books later in the month, on January 25), Marina Stern, and Hena Ashraf. It offers insights for those actively protesting or expressing support for the movement—and for the millions more who sympathize with the goal of a more equitable and democratic future.
This evening should be a great way to look at the Occupy movement to date, and how things might develop in an eventful year ahead.
Tour ScheduleJanuary 9th at 5pm - Eagle Harbor Book Co.
Bainbridge Island, WA
January 12th at 2:30pm - Firewheel Books & BeansEverett, WA
Janurary 12th at 7pm - Village BooksFairhaven (Bellingham), WA
January 13th at 7pm - The Elliott Bay Book CompanySeattle, WA
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