Writers for the 99% is a group of writers and researchers, active in supporting Occupy Wall Street, who came together to create this book. A list of all those contributing will appear at the back of the book.

• Introduction 1Beginnings 5An Occupation is Born 15The General Assembly 25Brooklyn Bridge 3560 Wall Street 43Students and Unions 51Living in the Square 61Defending the Occupation 99POCcupy—People of Color Occupy Wall Street Too! 111At the Edge of the Square 125Washington Square, Times Square 135The Art of the Square 145The Occupation Spreads 155The Media, Occupied 167Eviction 177The Future of the Occupation 187Day in the Life of the Square 197Timeline of a Movement on the Move 205Useful Contact Information 213Writers for the 99% 218

"I'm awfully glad these writers were taking notes and recording this history as it happened OWS is one of the most important developments in this country in many a year, and we need to understand how it happened and where it might go. This volume goes a long way toward filling that need!" Bill McKibben"An essential and galvanizing on-the-ground account of how oxygen suddenly and miraculously flooded back into the American brain." Jonathan Lethem"The last thirty years belonged to Wall Street. If Occupy gets it right, the next thirty should belong to us. This indispensable book is the first chapter in the story about the long revolution to come." Andrew RossThe emphasis will be on everyday details of the occupation a recreation of texture, in all its unfiltered smells and brain-bursting sounds.” The Daily Beast