{"id":1614,"date":"2011-10-28T13:37:58","date_gmt":"2011-10-28T17:37:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.therowboat.com\/?p=1614"},"modified":"2011-10-28T13:46:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-28T17:46:25","slug":"occupying-memory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nathanschneider.info\/2011\/10\/occupying-memory\/","title":{"rendered":"Occupying Memory"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"My coverage of Occupy Wall Street continues, and evolves. The movement that started at Liberty Plaza is growing all the time, and as it does, I’ve been spending less and less time at the occupations themselves and more and more time writing about them, trying to take account of what has so far been the most tremendous, instructive, and hopeful political experience of my life, and perhaps of my whole generation. I’ve noticed many of the early organizers now stepping back some\u2014resting, letting others take leadership roles, trying to dodge the temptations of ego that come with a movement that has hit the big time, a movement that is not to be confused with particular individuals, even while being made up of nothing else.<\/p>\n

As a journalist, I’ve been doing the same. Everyone with a notebook or a camera seems to be covering the movement now, so I’m letting them do the work I was doing early on, when few others were there. I’m going through my notes and through my pictures and through my memories, trying to sort out where this came from and how. In the meantime, some more publications and appearances:<\/p>\n