Occupy and public space
 

Beck 432: "Zuccotti Park belonged to the commercial real estate firm Brookfield Properties, so in occupying it, the protesters realized on a small scale one of the movement's larger aspirations, which was to return the country's public and civic life to the actual public"
 
not totally sure I buy into this slightly strained formulation, but worth noting
> from Richard Beck's Homeland: The War on Terror in American Life (2024)

> tagged with #public_and_private, #real_estate, #resistance

> created October 24, 2026 at 12:35:52 PM


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