Resources

The resources included here will provide facts, theories, discussions, interpretations, and other information on issues of income, wealth, class, and equity in general, along with information on the Occupy movement more specifically.

To contribute materials to this webspace, or for questions, please email carmon [at] antioch [dot] edu (Dr. Cheryl Armon)

Books, Articles, & Videos (links included when available)

• Facts, figures, and visuals about the wealth of the 1%
  • http://motherjones.com/politics/2011/02/income-inequality-in-america-chart-graph
  • http://www.businessinsider.com/15-charts-about-wealth-and-inequality-in-america-2010-4?op=1

• A New Yorker journalist profiles the movement, at street level
  • http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2011/12/05/111205fa_fact_packer

• Video juxtaposing international demonstrations and the Occupy movement
  • http://front.moveon.org/the-most-powerful-occupywallstreet-clip-you-will-see-this-month/
    

• Firsthand report of the deeper structures of the movement and the goings on in Zuccotti Park.
  • http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/2011/nov/10/zuccotti-park/
    

• Richard Wolff, Professor of Economics Emeritus, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
  • Capitalism Hits the Fan:  www.capitalismhitsthefan.com

• Robert Reich, Chancellor's Professor of Public Policy at the University of California at Berkeley
  • http://robertreich.org/
    
  • http://youtu.be/ltxMtS1Frpk

• Branko Milanović, a Lead economist in the World Bank's research department in the unit dealing with poverty and inequality and a senior associate at the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, in Washington, D.C. Author of The Haves and the Have-Nots: A Brief and Idiosyncratic History of Global Inequality.

• The Branding of the Occupy Movement, By WILLIAM YARDLEY
• Occupy Language by H. SAMY ALIM

Links to movement (from general to more specific). Learn more and get involved.

http://www.occupylosangeles.org/

https://www.facebook.com/occupyLA

We Are The 99%:  http://wearethe99percent.tumblr.com/

If We Get Occupy Right, We Get Everything Right: http://occupylove.org/if-we-get-occupy-right-we-get-everything-right/

Women Occupy:  http://womenoccupy.tumblr.com/

Particularly appropriate for teach-ins: http://rebuildthedream.com/resources/teachins/pres.html