Hate to fundraise again but I had a bunch of jobs that I was counting on cancel or reschedule and now I’m kind of fucked for bills this month. I have like $20 in my bank account until I can get some more work lined up, please give me a hand if you can :,)
The ways in which the ecology of the entire North American continent has been so thoroughly decimated and eviscerated through this epoch of colonialism is so devastating. Every being is/has been actively oppressed & genocided. The people, the land, the animals.. 💔
@bimbohypno There were a small handful of people that made off with lawsuit money but disproportionately a lot of people that got wrapped up (and especially those that got arrested multiple times) got their lives completely fucked
you have to deal with your shame before you can even think of imposing yourself on someone for the rest of their lives. shame makes you dishonest and untrustworthy
you have to be stern and unlikeable on purpose sometimes to repel the people who are bothering you. never let anybody you dislike have any sort of access to you, even if it's just to talk. don't let anybody's energy stain you and cut them off right away
My friend got kettled in DC at J20 and it ruined the next ~decade of his life. Thousands in legal bills, a permanent record that still prevents him from being hired (even as a delivery driver for the fucking apps), trauma that still hasn’t healed. Getting arrested isn’t just respawning on the prison steps the next morning. It can, and does, ruin and end lives. Avoid it if at all possible! Don’t trust anyone telling you it’s no big deal.
60 Black kids have gone missing in Virginia since April 1. An 11 year old is missing from Newark. Multiple Black kids have been found hanging or dismembered.
before you can walk, you have to crawl. before you can run, you have to walk. why do some people advocate for armed uprisings when they have never participated in unruly protests? because they do not understand how people actually learn and develop tactics.
If y’all aren’t willing to stand ten toes down at these demonstrations while people are actively dying inside these concentration camps then please find another role as an activist. There’s so much other work that can be done. It’s not about you or your safety right now boo!
seeing someone u fell out with talk about the issues they never brought up with you is always so jarring.
when were you going to tell me so we could fix it together?
I really wish that in the same way Flotilla organizers continue to redirect concern about their fate to a focus on what Palestinians deal with, the conversation abt non-detainees at Delaney would not center "peaceful protesters" and instead foreground those on the inside striking
I had a realization a few years ago that I don't need to figure out why this person is doing a certain behavior I dislike. All that matters is I know I don't like the behavior and I can leave