This gets at the thought I keep having. It seems like if you want to apply pressure, having your allies not playing constant defense on multiple other fronts, etc (even under the best circumstances) will help tremendously. Having it be the biggest issue will also help tremendously.
Yes! this discussion between Brittany Cooper and adrienne maree brown should be required listening for the (let's be honest, mostly white) leftists planning to sit this election out b/c of Gaza. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Podcast Episode · How to Survive the End of the World · 09/25/2024 · 1h 25m
this has blown up and people keep chiming in to suggest that the existence of unhoused people riding transit all day for free is a problem that has to be solved before others can take advantage and that's blatantly untrue; zero fare reduces conflict and increases ridership, which make transit safer
Us voting only upholds the system if our refusal to do so brings down the system, and it just doesn't.
I’m under no illusion that Kamala will be any different than other agents of empire, but that consideration pales in comparison to the consequences for the immigrant community, for the LGBTQ community, for Black and Brown folks if Trump wins. No ideological commitment is worth their lives.
you’re bundling secular political documents with the word of God in a volume stamped by the living incarnation of the golden calf? yeah we scrappin’