History written on the fly

For an account of how the Occupy Wall Street movement got started, click here to read "Reawakening The Radical Imagination: The Origins of Occupy Wall Street" by Matt Sledge for the Huffington Post.

Here's a brief excerpt:

The movement didn't get that big simply because AdBusters, a Canadian magazine, sent out a flashy email promoting it, or because the hacker collective Anonymous flicked out a few tweets. Instead, it took a group of about 200 committed activists 47 days to outline the ground rules that have allowed the protest to flourish.

Previous SLANTblog posts on Occupy/The 99%:

• Mic Check at Monroe Park is here.
• Occupy/The 99% Is Already Winning is here.
• Through a Partisan Prism Darkly is here.
• Occupy Richmond's Halloween Move is here.
• The 99% @ City Hall is here.
• Cantor's Overplayed Hand is here.