[A] much needed booka compelling portrait of the Occupy movementthat capture[s] the spirit of the people involved, the crisis that gave Occupy birth, and the possibility of genuine change it represents.
Eric Foner, author of The Occupy Wall Street movement arose out of a widespread desire of ordinary Americans to change a political system in which the moneyed 1% of the nation controls the workings of the government. In , social historian Todd Gitlina former leader of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who stood at the forefront of the birth of the New Left and the student protests of the 1960s and 70soffers a unique overview of one of the most rapidly growing yet misunderstood social revolutions in modern history. is a concise and incisive look at the Occupy movement at its pivotal moment, as it weighs its unexpected power and grapples with its future mission.