Micah M. White

Micah M. White
Born	1982 Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Nationality	American
Occupation	Senior Editor, Adbusters
Known for	founding atheist club in high school, initiating Occupy Wall Street protests

Micah M. White is a senior editor at the magazine Adbusters and a writer for The Guardian. He was an early organizer of the Occupy Wall Street protests.^[1] He lives in Berkeley, California.^[2]

He attended Community High School in Grand Blanc, Michigan. There he started a controversial 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.^[3]

Political views

Micah White is in favor of a transaction tax on international financial speculation, the reinstatement of the Glass-Stegall Act and revocation of corporate personhood.^[4] He is against advertisement, consumerism,^[5] and clicktivism, a form of internet-based activism or, for their detractors, a form of slacktivism which includes signing online petitions.^[6]

References

1. ^ Andrew Fleming, “Adbusters sparks Wall Street protest”, Vancouver Courier, September 27, 2011. Consulted on November 14, 2011.
2. ^ Micah White Biography on personal web site
3. ^ 1999 Recipient--Ruth Jokinen Memorial Student Activist Award acceptance speech by Micah White, Atheist Under Siege Starts Atheist Club, Freethought Today, November 6, 1999
4. ^ Sira Lazar, “Occupy Wall Street: Interview With Micah White From Adbusters”, Huffington Post, October 7, 2011.
5. ^ Micah White's Thought Bubble, junkthought.org. Consulted on November 13, 2011.
6. ^ Micah White, Clicktivism is ruining leftist activism, The Guardian, 12 August 2010. Consulted on November 13, 2011. For instance: "In promoting the illusion that surfing the web can change the world, clicktivism is to activism as McDonalds is to a slow-cooked meal."

External links

• Official website
• Micah White at The Guardian

Persondata
Name	White, Micah M.
Alternative names
Short description	Journalist
Date of birth	1982
Place of birth	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Date of death
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