BOOKS: 'Sh*t’s F^&$ed Up and BullSh*t!' | Brenton Lengel

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Book cover illustration by Richard Cole

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.

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