Andrew Ross
Andrew Ross is Professor and Director of the Graduate Program in American Studies at New York University. His books include No Respect, Strange Weather, The Chicago Gangster Theory of Life; the editor of Universal Abandon?; and the co-editor of Microphone Fiends.Blog
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Beyond America's "one night democracy special"
This time a year ago, Occupy camps across the country found themselves dismantled, handcuffed, and power-washed away in a move coordinated by several city administrations, forcing the network of activists and anti-capitalists who once gathered in those public spaces to find alternative modes of protest.
A year later, at least here in New York, that network is leaping into action with a speed and force that's caused even the apparatus of the state -- FEMA and the National Guard, most notably -- to recognize Occupy Sandy and on some occasions seek its aid. Its a testament, at the very least, to the organizational prowess of a movement that has been continuously churning out projects, if not media-mandated spectacle, throughout 2012.
Sarah Leonard, one of the editors of last year's Verso title Occupy!: Scenes from Occupied America and a member of the Dissent Magazine team, recently surveyed the post-election landscape.
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Take Classes with Verso Authors at Free University Week
Do you have the urge to attain higher education, but don’t want to borrow exorbitant sums of money and cripple your financial future to do it? Well, you’re in luck because it’s Free University Week! As part of Occupy Wall Street’s birthday week, from September 18th to the 21st the Free University is facilitating more than 140 classes and workshops in Madison Square Park on topics like the global financial crisis, activism, social justice, and climate change.
A few past and present Verso authors will be teaching classes as part of this initiative—details are below, or visit here for a complete schedule.
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Bursting the Internship Bubble with Ross Perlin and Andrew Ross
On April 26th, Ross Perlin kicked off the US launch of Intern Nation: How to Earn Nothing and Learn Little in the Brave New Economy with an event at NYU's Department of Social & Cultural Analysis, where his presentation of the book was followed by Q&A with Andrew Ross. CSPAN aired a recording of the event on May 22nd, and you can watch it by visiting CPSAN's video library.
