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This article by my favorite activist explains one reason why I sometimes don't back efforts to "do good" that originate and stay within the confines of our current societal system (i.e. charities, political stuff)

Bc the real solution to our ills lies OUTSIDE of the current system.

But we can't get discouraged. We have to act in the here & now to create a solution of care that will help us survive and dismantle colonialism and capitalism. Community!

wokescientist.substack.com/p/f

Cosmic Anarchy · Find purpose & meaning outside your job in community, to play a role in the revolutionBy Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.
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of course #Trump listened to the #FarRight #radical promoting #ConspiracyTheories

Trump fired at least 3 senior #NationalSecurity Council [#NSC] officials at the urging of the #extremist & conspiracist #LauraLoomer, according to a US official w/direct knowledge of the matter. The dismissals came a day after she met him in the Oval Office with a list of administration personnel she deemed #disloyal to him.

#USpol #military #idiocracy #kakistocracy
nytimes.com/2025/04/03/us/poli

Laura Loomer has been part of a group effort by some Trump allies to disparage members of the White House staff whom they consider fundamentally at odds with the president’s “America First” foreign policy.
The New York Times · After Meeting With Laura Loomer, Trump Fires National Security Council OfficialsBy Maggie Haberman

It kinda hurts my belief in humans when I see radicals choosing to expend significant amounts of energy on tearing down the works of other radicals, on the basis of overall minor issues or outright smear.

People who only know how to dismantle but not how to build are a real obstacle for real change to occur.

This doesn't mean you can't criticise your fellow radicals, but don't go on a f-ing crusade against them, and don't make dismantling your sole activity.

#praxis #resist #antifa #ancom #solidarity #solarpunk

There's a lot of excellent #advice going around about how to start getting involved in #DirectAction. I'm also thinking about how to keep the #momentum going once we've started, and #build upon what we're doing.

If you've read a #radical book, you can summarize it in a more #accessible format like a #zine, and share what you learned.

If you've planted a #VictoryGarden, you can share what you've grown with your #local #MutualAid network.

The #Harmful Ideology of #Radical #Unschooling by Kasia Baba #yt

youtu.be/CZQqwuL3_Lc

How should children in the future seize the means of production without the basic tools of reading and writing? This is manufacturing generational ineptness or serfdom. Without being able to formulate their own ideas and grasp more complex topics, they will be doomed to the whims of authority and people who have the aptitude to grasp those concepts. Am I missing here the point 🤔 This is madness. #imho

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#polsci #radical #liberationtheology theorists, point me at readings or authors to look at regarding alternative models for #contestation (ideas, access, executive authority). I'm interested in praxis and rhetoric, but also metaphysical insight (given conflict appears endemic) as long as complete submission to material injustice isn't the main strategy.

I've read a lot about transgression, accountability in the context of decarceral liberation but I don't know a lot about prefigurative models for conflict resolution. Boosts appreciated.

#Trumpism #Deplatforming #Cancelling #Radical #Left #Fediverse #refuge #Iceland #Canada #Mexico #FreeCascadia #FreeInternet

I see growing number of signals about radical people being rapidly and forcibly deplatformed (one could say "cancelled") by mainstream. Here is a prominent case:
meansworkwear.com/blogs/news/w…

James' store was shut down. Social media accounts banned. Payment processors pulled out, banks refused to work with him.

Now, isn't fediverse a place, where such persons could (and should) be welcome? With a little bit of communal knowledge and support we can start finding instances, where those prosecuted by the Trump mafia state could publish in peace, beyond #MuskRats' ability to reach them (at least easily).

These are people the fediverse is invented for, aren't they.
Let's start from listing (or creating) some instances willing and able to help. Any suggestions?

Means WorkwearWhat Happened To Comrade Workwear?In 2024, following the United Healthcare CEO incident, James released a deck of cards on his store inspired by the “Iraq’s Most Wanted” cards provided to the US Military during the Iraq invasion which depicted “wanted” Iraqi government officials. Comrade’s cards featured CEOs instead, with information about each of the