Stories from Occupy Oakland. A mixture of older essays, and new material that has never been published elsewhere.
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37 of 50 people found the following review helpful
By A1Susan
The people who wrote this do not represent Occupy Oakland and made slanderous accusations against other Occupy Oakland activists that are repeated in the book. OO deserves a good history to be written, unfortunately this isn't it. All of these articles are available for free online.
39 of 54 people found the following review helpful
The people behind this book DO NOT in any way represent Occupy Oakland. In fact, during a General Assembly this group of individuals were officially denounced by Occupy Oakland and their committee was disbanded for trying to paint a member of the community as a terrorist/snitch. They then took it upon themselves to do anything and everything possible to divide, damage, and slander the Occupy Oakland movement. Nobody from Occupy Oakland wants anything to do with this group and will absolutely refuse to work with them. DO NOT support them financially!
DO NOT purchase this book, even if you would like to burn it. Nobody from the Occupy Oakland community is privy as to where these funds are going. The funds are certainly not being spent on organizing or jail support or anything to benefit the community.
Please DO NOT support people trying to co-opt and capitalize on our movement.
Thank you.
DO NOT purchase this book, even if you would like to burn it. Nobody from the Occupy Oakland community is privy as to where these funds are going. The funds are certainly not being spent on organizing or jail support or anything to benefit the community.
Please DO NOT support people trying to co-opt and capitalize on our movement.
Thank you.
31 of 43 people found the following review helpful
By Mcatlover
Wow....I hope people will read this review BEFORE buying this sham of a book! You should know who is producing a history of Occupy Oakland BEFORE buying a copy. These people who "edited" this book cut and run way early in the occupation of the plaza (if they even camped out there...like Tim Fong in particular). Did these people participate in committees ??? Seems to me I recall so many arguments coming out of the People of Color Committee that it resulted in the formation of an Occupy the Hood in Oakland and there went a small contingent of people. I resent anyone making a dime off of Occupy Oakland for the mere fact that OO had an unwritten, but well-known DISTASTE for anything sold w/ Occupy on it. Anyone who is seeking to make a dime off of Occupy Oakland or any occupy shouldn't be trusted. The MOVEMENT will not be sold or sold-out!
27 of 38 people found the following review helpful
By Bri.
I couldn't pick 3 of these authors out of a lineup because they have not been present in the movement for several months and most served on the OO Media committee that was disbanded last Spring 2012, (for the same reason people are denouncing this book, they spoke FOR Occupy Oakland without speaking TO Occupy Oakland) or the Finance Committee which effectively dissolved in the same time period. Shake Anderson, the first listed author has served a divisive role, seeking conflict where there is none, as well as access to various committees' autonomous funds and Occupy Oakland's general fund. Despite his wishes to act as an authority with regards to Occupy Oakland's transparency (and apparently its narrative now as well) he has never offered to do "behind the scenes" work that was not self-aggrandizing. He's been disrespectful to women, dedicating an entire "Sophisticated Hyphy" radio program to pressuring two female organizers within the movement into sexual relationships that were explicitly rejected over and over again.
Moreover, it is ironic that a "People's History" should have any part written by a man who never lifted a finger in the grunt work of the movement, such sweeping the plaza, standing on the food serving line, or sitting in front of Santa Rita in the rain and subjecting himself to search on a regular basis to visit our political prisoners or see a glimpse of them in court.
Finally, and this is the greatest point. Occupy Oakland is the arm of the movement that has seen some of the most severe repression, and at 788 arrests, percentage-wise, has one of the highest mass arrest rates for any part of the movement in the country.... Read more ›
Moreover, it is ironic that a "People's History" should have any part written by a man who never lifted a finger in the grunt work of the movement, such sweeping the plaza, standing on the food serving line, or sitting in front of Santa Rita in the rain and subjecting himself to search on a regular basis to visit our political prisoners or see a glimpse of them in court.
Finally, and this is the greatest point. Occupy Oakland is the arm of the movement that has seen some of the most severe repression, and at 788 arrests, percentage-wise, has one of the highest mass arrest rates for any part of the movement in the country.... Read more ›
8 of 11 people found the following review helpful
By victoria
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it is nice to hear different perspectives on the movement that have not been shut down by either the state nor by those that disagree and threaten differing opinions...
11 of 16 people found the following review helpful
By Alison Johns
or, to quote Bob Marley again, "Guiltiness rests on their conscious."
The negative reviews on this book, most posted on the day it was published, should send up a big red flag to Amazon customers looking to get a history of Occupy Oakland. These reviews are written by the people whom the book criticizes. I was an enthusiastic participant at some points, and was crushed to see how this insular, secretive group of white youth from god-knows-where ran Occupy into the ground, ignoring the people of color in their midst - and the needs of Oakland most of all. It was chillingly effective movement dismantling.
If you want to get a real perspective on what happened to Occupy Oakland, I suggest you start with this book.
The negative reviews on this book, most posted on the day it was published, should send up a big red flag to Amazon customers looking to get a history of Occupy Oakland. These reviews are written by the people whom the book criticizes. I was an enthusiastic participant at some points, and was crushed to see how this insular, secretive group of white youth from god-knows-where ran Occupy into the ground, ignoring the people of color in their midst - and the needs of Oakland most of all. It was chillingly effective movement dismantling.
If you want to get a real perspective on what happened to Occupy Oakland, I suggest you start with this book.
21 of 31 people found the following review helpful
By D00D
These people are shameless, trying to turn a movement into money for themselves. Don't support them, and definitely don't give your money for their liberal reformist drivel.
11 of 17 people found the following review helpful
5.0 out of 5 stars
Worth reading if trying to understand Occupy Oakland white privilege
December 30, 2012
By isa
Zappa has a very fair and nuanced way of critiquing the occupy mayhem.
His analysis of the racism and sexism that were prominent in Occupy Oakland is spot on, both in the book and on his website "Oakland Radicals."
Occupy Oakland is viewed as a white, privileged movement by POC within the Bay Area yet, the occupy intercore has done such amazing bulls**t PR for themselves that POC in other places actually think that occupy oakland was a majority POC movement. This book helps to clear that up and combat occupy propaganda by white academics and researchers claiming occupy was historically connected to the panthers and other bay poc centered radical groups. Lets get it straight, Occupy Oakland has a great deal of academic, white and class privilege all wrapped up in a pretty package of people proclaiming to be adverse to all those things.
Zappa is much more gentle with the Occupy intercore than I would be. Calamity, Mike King, Omar, etc are well known in Oakland for being power hungry. Many even suspect that there are mental health issues at the core of Calamity, King and Omar's actions since they tend to be incredibly disruptive in the groups they are part of to the extend that they appear to have deep anti-social tendencies. Much of the time this erratic and unnecessary behavior has been directed at POC who have voiced concerns about the connection between racism, shadow leadership, and power within occupy. Zappa's writing does a great job laying this all out.
I hope that the numerous Black and Brown people who have been attacked by Occupy can continue to speak out and publish.
I read that proceeds of Peoples History of OO are going to save the Marcus Garvey Building in Oakland! Buy a copy!
Please keep it coming, peoples history!
His analysis of the racism and sexism that were prominent in Occupy Oakland is spot on, both in the book and on his website "Oakland Radicals."
Occupy Oakland is viewed as a white, privileged movement by POC within the Bay Area yet, the occupy intercore has done such amazing bulls**t PR for themselves that POC in other places actually think that occupy oakland was a majority POC movement. This book helps to clear that up and combat occupy propaganda by white academics and researchers claiming occupy was historically connected to the panthers and other bay poc centered radical groups. Lets get it straight, Occupy Oakland has a great deal of academic, white and class privilege all wrapped up in a pretty package of people proclaiming to be adverse to all those things.
Zappa is much more gentle with the Occupy intercore than I would be. Calamity, Mike King, Omar, etc are well known in Oakland for being power hungry. Many even suspect that there are mental health issues at the core of Calamity, King and Omar's actions since they tend to be incredibly disruptive in the groups they are part of to the extend that they appear to have deep anti-social tendencies. Much of the time this erratic and unnecessary behavior has been directed at POC who have voiced concerns about the connection between racism, shadow leadership, and power within occupy. Zappa's writing does a great job laying this all out.
I hope that the numerous Black and Brown people who have been attacked by Occupy can continue to speak out and publish.
I read that proceeds of Peoples History of OO are going to save the Marcus Garvey Building in Oakland! Buy a copy!
Please keep it coming, peoples history!
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This is most of the essays collected in this work, for free, available on the internet. Please do not give these vultures any money.
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Published 6 months ago by M. Haley
1.0 out of 5 stars
Skeezy opportunism- DO NOT BUY THIS
Even if you have have some kind of rubbernecking desire to read this train wreck, please don't. There are other publications that will actually give an honest account of what... Read more
Published 6 months ago by wonderwomama
1.0 out of 5 stars
Of the many lies that this book propagates...
Of the many lies that this book propagates, perhaps the most egregious, is that editors tried and failed to find a native Oakland voice to include in the book, as posited in the... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Jaime O. Yassin
1.0 out of 5 stars
what is this I don't even
Although my participation in Occupy Oakland has mostly consisted of political activity (rather than interpersonal drama and infighting), I keenly observed the drama from a safe... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Andrew Reichart
5.0 out of 5 stars
I wouldn't use this book for kindling!
This is the worst book you can possibly imagine. It's worse than Mein Kampf, which I've also never read. The people who wrote this book are worse than the KKK. Read more
Published 6 months ago by cami
1.0 out of 5 stars
Stealing Stories For Profit Against People's Will..
This is thoroughly ridiculous, its a terrible book that is quickly being decried by many of the people who were part of Occupy Oakland. Read more
Published 6 months ago by James Wrigley
1.0 out of 5 stars
A Profiteer's History of Occupy Oakland
This book is a pathetic and transparent attempt to squeeze a dime out of Occupy Oakland by individuals who have no credibility in the movement.
Published 6 months ago by KM
1.0 out of 5 stars
Co-optation is an Ugly Thing
This book is a TRAVESTY. The editors were largely responsible for OO splitting along racial seams, when two of the editors (with the blessing of the rest) accused a Palestinian... Read more
Published 6 months ago by Kerie Campbell
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