%0 Journal Article
%T Lessons from #Occupy in Canada: Contesting Space, Settler Consciousness and Erasures within the 99%
%A Konstantin Kilibarda
%J Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies (JCGS)
%D 2012
%I Journal of Critical Globalisation Studies
%X Under a slogan of ¡®We are the 99%¡¯, the #occupy movement has won praise for its bold reclamations of public space and for re-centring class analysis in North America. Despite this, however, important critiques of the movement¡¯s elisions and erasures have also beenraised. This article examines how three #occupy encampments in Canada have engaged with these calls to #decolonise the movement and to address divisions within the 99%. These critiques question #occupy¡¯s ability to fix a ¡®broken social contract¡¯, ¡®reclaim Canada¡¯, or ¡®take back our democracy¡¯ without addressing the underlying racial contracts foundational to North American settler-states. Practical experiences with raising postcolonial critiques are examined through in-depth interviews with organisers at #occupy encampments in Montr¨¦al, Toronto and Vancouver.
%K Social Movements
%K Democracy
%K Postcolonial critique
%U http://www.criticalglobalisation.com/issue5/24_41_OCCUPY_IN_CANADA_JCGS5.pdf