Struggle is not the goal.
It’s the method.
To get free.
Too many people imagine struggle is the goal, so any acts of worldbuilding that prefigure freedom are dismissed as incidental, as distractions.
With millions at risk of losing SNAP in the coming days, a reminder: hunger doesn't happen in isolation. When food assistance disappears, families use rent money to eat. Then come evictions and homelessness.
Housing, food, healthcare—it's all connected. Cut one thread and the whole thing unravels.
If you or someone you know is affected by the government shutdown and needs assistance with getting food, medicine or other essentials, here's a resource. Just put in your zip code and you will get a list of nearby food pantries and orgs that can help. Please share widely! 🥰
findhelp.org
Unclench your jaw. Relax your shoulders. Get up and stretch. Drink your water.
Greta Thunberg, arriving back in Europe after her abduction by Israel in international waters, explains in 40 seconds why western governments are colluding in genocide:
Hotline for Immigrant Law Defenders:
213-833-8283
Legal representative line for CHIRLA (Coalition for Humane Immigrant Rights of Los Angeles):
213-201-3797
ACLU Rapid Response Hotline for LA County:
888-624-4752
A page from Let This Radicalize You by Mariame Kaba and Kelly Hayes, the chapter called "Violence" in Social Movements, page 111. Under the heading "They Will Call You Violent" the text reads: If your tactics disrupt the order of things under capitalism, you may well be accused of violence, because violence is an elastic term often deployed to vilify people who threaten the status quo. Conditions that the state characterizes as "peaceful" are, in reality, quite violent. Even as people experience the violence of poverty the torture of imprisonment, the brutality of policing, the denial of health care, and many other violent functions of this system, we are told we are experiencing peace, as long as everyone is cooperating. When state actors refer to "peace," they are really talking about order. And when they refer to peaceful protest, they are talking about cooperative protest that obediently stays within the lines drawn by the state. The more uncooperative you are, the more you will be accused of aggression and violence. It is therefore imperative that the state not be the arbiter of what violence means among people seeking justice.
Be careful, friends, when you read accounts of what is happening in LA. We will hear a lot about violence, and it is essential to remember who is defining that term.
"When state actors refer to peace, they are really taking about order..." (@prisonculture.bsky.social and @mskellymhayes.bsky.social)
When people break the law, and their actions are righteous and appropriate, we should applaud them. When people abide by or enforce the law, and their actions are repugnant, we should condemn them. We should never pretend the law is a moral dividing line.
#HandsOffUSPS teach-ins are happening in 20 states so far!
Shoutout AK, CA, CO, IA, IL, MA, MD, ME, MN, MO, NC, NH, NJ, NY, OR, PA, TX, VA, WA & WI
Would love signups in all 50 states by May 3rd and make it a truly National P.O. Soapbox Day 💌
#AskBelieveReceive lolol
usps-teach-in.carrd.co
A graphic list of how to host a read in including how to plan, announce, prepare, and execute
A read-in before a school board meeting is more than a protest – it’s a powerful stand for a wide variety of books, student voices, and the freedom to read. Let’s show up and speak out. #ReadInForRights #FreedomToRead #ProtectOurLibraries
The fight for abortion care and trans healthcare are inextricably linked, which is why many local funds provide funding for both!
Oliver Hall, Director of Trans Health at Kentucky Health Justice Network, spoke to @theintercept.com about providing this care despite escalating attacks.
nnaf.org/b
These are the senators who collaborated with the GOP.
Schumer
Fetterman
Cortez Masto
Durbin
King
Shaheen
Gillibrand
Schatz
Hassan
Peters
Don’t let them forget it. No peace for them.
Mike Davis was born on this day in 1946.
“At the end of the day, the best measure of the humanity of any society is the life and happiness of its children. We live in a rich society with poor children, and that should be intolerable.”
I actually appreciate this, let's me plan ahead accordingly! I think she also wanted to show off a lil bit, and one up the Palm Springs trip 🤭
I hope this kid escapes this country for good, the US prison system is incredibly cruel & unkind, especially to those who are disabled & have preexisting conditions, may he never get caught!
Chai Cinnamon Rolls!!!
It’s less chaotic over here 😌
