Tidal

<p>Tidal magazine was born during the occupation of Wall Street in 2011. We created a space for the interaction and emergence of movement-generated theory and practice. In the print magazine, Tidal began weaving together the voices of on-the-ground organizers with those of political and cultural theorists to strategize next steps, explore the radical possibilities sparked by the 2011 wave of occupations and their aftermaths, and connect both strategy and theory in order to act.</p> <p>Tidal evokes the metaphor of a massive "tidal wave" of popular resistance. It combines voices and experiences from the movement with writings by thinkers like Gayatri Spivak, David Graeber, Sylvia Federici and others who have devoted their lives to thinking about these issues. Tidal highlights the historical stakes and global connections of OWS. It has helped to steer the strategic conversations within the movement through an ongoing feedback loop of action and thought, testing and assessment, affirmation and interrogation. It is in this sense that the magazine is a call to "Occupy Theory." The magazine is not theory about a separate entity called Occupy. For us, Occupy is not a static noun associated with an organization. Rather, it is an active verb that can be taken up by everyone in their own lives and struggles.</p>