Social Movements vs. "Social Movements": Comparing Occupy and the Tea Party

Scott Borchert interviews Anthony DiMaggio on his new book, "The Rise of the Tea Party: Political Discontent and Corporate Media in the Age of Obama" out in November 2011 from Monthly Review Press.

Scott Borchert: Your primary focus as a scholar is on media and communications. Why a book on the Tea Party?...  
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From Alexandia To Zuccotti Park: They've Been Destroying Books For 2,000 Years

Now the book assassins have come to Wall Street. They removed the people and property from Zuccotti Park, destroying or damaging thousands of books in the process. Occupiers and Supporters brought the surviving books to a press conference this week. They were "torn, wrinkled, coverless and even mangled," as Gianna Palmer reported for McClatchy. "Among the books visible on the table were a leather-bound copy of the Bible, a collection of Chinese mythology and a volume of selected poems by Allen Ginsberg."...  Read more:   Crooks and Liars