Aaron Johnson (American, 1975), A Phone Rings in the Forest, 2009. Acrylic on polyester mesh, 51 x 51 cm.
Black Panther Party in Philly at ICE protest ✊🏿
"Love your neighbors more than your government"
Sticker spotted in Savannah, Georgia
A government that won’t protect your neighbors is a government that shouldn’t exist.
Do you have any book recs on anarchy? You made a post one time about anarchy and I found it very interesting, especially after reading Unlearning Shame. I'm feeling confused and disconnected with the way I navigate the world and I'm trying to find a new way
I think the absolute best starting kit for new anarchists is David Graeber's work. The easiest one to start with is Bullshit Jobs; the more comprehensive and sweeping one is The Dawn of Everything, which took me over a year to finish but completely changed my life (and his colleague David Wengrow's stuff is really good too, if a bit more academic); for a book on anarchic decision making processes, I recommend Graeber's book The Democracy Project. For a critique of global capitalism that goes back very far in history, Debt: The First 5000 Years. His latest/posthumous essay collection has a great starting essay in it, too, about how "The West" doesn't exist, and that is a great entry point if you've historically been more liberal-leaning/democratic.
A major contemporary of Graeber's is Rebecca Solnit. I think her book A Paradise Built in Hell is a true manifesto of anarchic trust in the redemptive power of humanity. It completely changed my outlook on whether states are needed to keep us safe or organize us. It's also very resonant in COVID times. All of her stuff is fantastic and quite approachable.
Once you've gotten your beak wet, I think Lee Circuta/Butch Anarchy's work is another great place to go. The Anarchist Library online has tons of resources and readings on just about everything -- Abolish Restaurants is a fave. I really like Lee Edelman's book No Future and it has informed a lot of my child liberation work. Goodness, that's plenty to start with!
the first anarchist book that ever reached me was in my teenage years long ago. basic, but easy to read and understand. and shifted my worldview for the better.
it was days of war, nights of love from the @crimethinc collective
and i think it is a good shake up to any list of academic texts
because if nothing else, it's first line is one of the most honest from any given text imho:
"Warning: this book will not save your life"
"Break the ICE. No one is illegal"
Poster by Ferrero Pierre
I love being trans. I love testosterone. love mixed trait androgyny. I love being unidentifiable to whoever I meet. I love myself even when I face misogyny. I love myself even when people say my masculine features are disgusting. I love being me.
“Asking for a friend” by Cedric Smith
Do not forget the other victims of ICE
as much as we must mourn and stand in solidarity with Renee Nicole Good, please do not forget the other victims of ice raids, who are not white. Silverio Villegas González, a cook from mexico who was dropping his son off at daycare and was murdered Jaime Alanis, a farmer from mexico who fell off a green house at the farm where he worked to send money to his wife and daughter Roberto Carlos Montoya Valdez, a father and grandfather from Guatemala who was hit by a car Josué Castro Rivera, a garden from Honduras who was struck by a car And so many others who were killed or are dying in detention centres, prisons ect racial bias is always something we must be aware of, Renee will be focused on because she was a white woman and a US citizen, but do not forget all the other victims of ICE, may they all rest in power
i know its been said b4 but growing up suicidal and then reaching an age you never planned to live to is extremely stressful and terrifying, and we deserve more credit for not killing ourselves and THEN having to make up for the time we spent not caring if we lived or died and not doing work to improve our lives.
i feel behind in life because i spent the last 7 ish years not giving a shit about my future because i assumed id be dead before id have to deal with that, and now i have to start making decisions that many people started considering years ago.
i just feel like. suicidal people dont get credit for firstly, how stressful life is while suicidal, how difficult it is just to do simple tasks, and secondly, how hard it is to recover from years spent not caring once a person is no longer actively suicidal or no longer having suicidal ideations.
seeking help again 🙃 anything helps
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