BOOKS: 'Sh*t’s F^&$ed Up and BullSh*t!' | Brenton Lengel
Unofficial Occupy Slogan/Internet Meme Come to Life
Brenton Lengel -- World News Trust
Feb. 19, 2015
I think everyone can agree we live in a really messed up world.
It’s been nearly four years since a handful of anarchists, progressive activists, social democrats, and other such malcontents like myself sat down in a park and demanded to be heard -- and heard we were -- and four years later I’m still not sure how to feel about the response.
Too often, activists are seen purely as critics of the social order, and like every other radical movement, Occupy Wall Street was accused from its very inception as being generalized outrage with no unified solution or voice -- all bluster and rage, but no plan of action.
Enter Mickey Z. and Occupy this Book. In the grand tradition of social radicals like the late, great Abbie Hoffman, from whose seminal work, Steal this Book, the author draws from and pays homage to, Mickey Z. uses wit and humor and a healthy dose of pragmatic compassion to draw attention to real-life social problems. Better yet, he provides a series of realistic grounded solutions and, perhaps more importantly, a lens through which we can acknowledge the gravity of what we’re facing yet still find a way to carry on with our lives.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned from activism, it’s that idealists, both young and old, can become paralyzed by the sheer enormity of the problems before us: environmental devastation, racial and gender oppression, war and militarism, social inequality, political dysfunction, and animal cruelty. Occupy this Book provides a compassionate, digestible framework that challenges the reader to see these things, take a deep breath, and find their own way forward.
If the author will forgive me a metaphor -- Occupy this Book will teach the reader to see the entire swamp, but still shoot the alligators closest to the boat. Though, of course, Mickey would say you probably shouldn’t shoot alligators at all, and that’s the beauty of what he’s put on the page.
Occupy this Book is a worthy successor in a grand tradition of radical texts, to be enjoyed and utilized by activists who are just now becoming aware of these problems as well as by grizzled veterans who need to re-center and re-evaluate their tactics and perspectives. It is a breath of fresh air in a world which is too often dour, dogmatic, and prescriptive.
Brenton Lengel
Activist, Yippie, Anarchist
Host of Insurrection with Brenton Lengel
Star Com Media LLC.
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