nytimes September 19, 2021 11:00pm Was Occupy Wall Street the ‘Beginning of the Beginning’? #booksandliterature #demonstrationsprotestsandriots #occupywallstreet #zuccottiparkmanhattanny #incomeinequality #unitedstates #generationoccupyreawakeningamericandemocracybook #levitinmichael #news Was Occupy Wall Street the ‘Beginning of the Beginning’? In “Generation Occupy,” Michael Levitin argues that the 2011 protest against income inequality shaped both the substance and style of American politics.