The Legacy of Occupy - an audio interview with author Mark Bray at #DABF 2018

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An in-depth interview with Mark Bray, author of ‘Translating Anarchy’, a book which 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. [Audio]

By “translating” their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs, these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades. Andrew Flood, a WSM member, discussed the ongoing legacy of that anarchist influenced social movement with Mark, touching on its successes and failures and what we can learn from them