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The Democracy Project [Audio]

David Graeber
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Jonathan
Jul 19, 202616 July 2013
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Speaker(s): Dr David Graeber, Professor Craig Calhoun | From the earliest meetings for Occupy Wall Street, David Graeber felt that something was different from previous demonstrations. What was it about this particular movement that worked this time? And what can we now do to make our world more dem

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A discussion of David Graeber’s The Democracy Project centers on Occupy Wall Street as part of a broader global wave of revolt. The speakers explore debt, labor, direct democracy, anarchism, and state repression, arguing that Occupy’s lasting impact may be cultural and organizational rather than purely tactical or electoral.

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