Nationality American Name Micah White | Education Swarth College | |
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Occupation Founder, Boutique Activist Consultancy Website micahmwhite.com, activist.boutique | ||
Organizations founded Occupy movement | ||
Micah M. White is credited with being the co-creator, and the only American creator, of the original idea for the Occupy Wall Street protests. In December 2014, Esquire Magazine named Micah White one of the most influential under 35-year-olds. His first book, The End Of Protest: A New Playbook For Revolution, was published by Knopf Canada in 2016.
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He is the former editor of Adbusters magazine. He lives in Nehalem, Oregon and he is the founder of Boutique Activist Consultancy.
Biography
White "was born to a Caucasian mother and an African-American father". In middle school, he reportedly refused to stand for the Pledge of Allegiance. He attended Grand Blanc Community High School in Grand Blanc, Michigan. There he started a controversial student atheists club. As part of his experience he published an Op-Ed piece "Atheists Under Siege" in the July 21, 1999 issue of the New York Times. He was also interviewed on Politically Incorrect and received the 1999 Ruth Jokinen Memorial Student Activist Award from the Freedom From Religion Foundation. He earned a B.A. at Swarthmore College and an MA and Ph.D. at the European Graduate School.
At the time of the Occupy Wall Street protests, White was working as a Senior Editor for Adbusters magazine with Occupy Wall Street co-founder Kalle Lasn. As the Occupy Wall Street movement gained momentum, White served as the group's unofficial publicist and was not based in New York. After a group of Occupy Wall Street activists sought to raise funds for the movement by selling posters, White, who had already left Adbusters, used the group's Twitter account to declare support for the sale.
In December 2011, the San Francisco Chronicle called Micah White one of the "most fascinating people in the Bay Area 2011"
Political views
White is in favor of a transaction tax on international financial speculation, the reinstatement of the Glass–Steagall Act and revocation of corporate personhood. He is against advertisement and consumerism. He believes that "clicktivism", which denotes a form of internet-based activism and includes signing online petitions, is damaging to the possibility of political change.