@zellieimani Be weary of people in power inviting you to speak on the behalf of a group or giving you positions in their organizations meant to address their shortcomings with marginalized communities. It is often for show and get out of accountability card for them.
Capitalism not only normalizes exploitation, it celebrates it. A "great" or "savvy" business person is merely someone who learned how to exploit others efficiently and/or on large scale. These exploiters are revered & considered "model" members of society, even by the exploited.
There is nothing progressive about going on right wing propaganda trips supported by the Israeli government.
There's nothing progressive about crossing a picket line and spitting in the face of Palestinians.
There is nothing progressive about speaking over and for Palestinians.
Black capitalism is black bosses exploiting black workers, black landlords exploiting black tenants, black bankers indebting black borrowers, black owners profiting from black misery. Capitalism is the core of the problem facing the masses. It's not a path to liberation.
Livestock (horses, cows, sheep, chickens, pigs, etc.) shelter at the Boulder County Fairgrounds, 9595 Nelson Rd, Longmont. Pets (cats, dogs, etc.) can go with you to evacuation point at Iris/Broadway or to the Boulder Valley Humane Society, 2323 55th St, Boulder. #CalWoodFire
Never forget that the weapons and tactics that the police are using in cities across the country are regularly and brutally deployed by the US military around the world. Our struggle is global.
racism, misogyny, homophobia, etc are not issues of the government, they are issues of society and the state. these concepts thrive in a capitalist, bourgeois society because the exploiting class gains power through the subjugation of the oppressed working class
Forget cancel culture. Can we instead discuss how vapid provocation dressed up as contrarianism seems to always earn nitwits and bozos a devoted social media following that translates into professional opportunities unavailable to people still naively devoted to ideas?
The ICE decision to (effectively) boot international students isn't simply immoral; it will fuck up already-troubled campuses in ways that are difficult to fully imagine.