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Comrade HawthorneThis non-violent stuff is gonna get y'all killed <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marxist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marxist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anticapitalist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classwar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/breakingbad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#breakingbad</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bettercallsaul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bettercallsaul</a>

Amici Is Me 🇵🇸 🇺🇦 🇳🇴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.<a href="https://fribygda.no/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://fribygda.no/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a>

Orion Ussner kidderThis shouldn’t even be controversial. These would have been perfectly “normal” things to do a mere 50 years ago, but <a href="https://mas.to/tags/LateCapitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LateCapitalism</a> / <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Neoliberalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Neoliberalism</a> would call it <a href="https://mas.to/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> based only on the fact that no hierarchical corporation would profit. Because that’s the new rule. If there’s no profit to be made, then we “can’t” do it. We deserve better.

anilmc<a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/polsci" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#polsci</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/liberationtheology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#liberationtheology</a> theorists, point me at readings or authors to look at regarding alternative models for <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/contestation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#contestation</a> (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.

Comrade HawthorneThey are slowly realizing it and they are scared <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Marxist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marxist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/meme" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#meme</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/antifa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifa</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anticapitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anticapitalist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#socialism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/communism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#communism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/classwar" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#classwar</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/climatechange" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#climatechange</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Revolution" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Revolution</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#propaganda</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/anarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#extremist</a>

QORDSLooking for a way to creatively support queer/trans youth in the south? take a look at <a href="https://qords.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://qords.org/</a>! 🌈 :transgenderflag:👋 We are a week-long radical sleep-away music camp for queer/trans youth ages 13-17 in <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/NorthCarolina" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NorthCarolina</a>! 🏕️ Campers get to experience building queer community with peers & elders, & have a week to create a song(s) & perform it at the end-of-camp showcase! In between that, there are many workshops & fun activities!😷 We have a COVID-19 policy; with multiple testing sessions throughout camp, & mask requirements at various periods. (We are also reworking it so more can safely enjoy camp!)💗 There are plenty of ways to contribute, including...-volunteering (we are especially looking out for nurses this year!) -doing a workshop (examples we've had: zine-making, voice-training, local ecology, self-defense, & more!) -spreading the word -donating funds, supplies, or materials💭 We will be dropping camper & volunteer applications soon, so please follow us to stay updated. Or email us (in our bio) for any questions.<a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Queer</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trans</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/TransYouth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TransYouth</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Camp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Camp</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Music" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Music</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radical</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Arts" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Arts</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Grassroots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Grassroots</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/NonProfit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NonProfit</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/Covid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Covid</a> <a href="https://todon.nl/tags/LGBTQ" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LGBTQ</a>

NonilexWouldn’t it be great, <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Musk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Musk</a> offered, if he had <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/access" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#access</a> to the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/computers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#computers</a> of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalGovernment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalGovernment</a>?Just give him the passwords, he said jocularly, & he would make the govt fit & trim.What started as musings at a dinner party evolved into a <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> takeover of the <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/FederalBureaucracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#FederalBureaucracy</a>. It was driven with a frenetic focus by Musk, who channeled his <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#libertarian</a> impulses & resentment of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/regulatory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#regulatory</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/oversight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#oversight</a> of his vast <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/business" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#business</a> holdings into a singular position of <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/influence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#influence</a>.<a href="https://masto.ai/tags/law" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#law</a> <a href="https://masto.ai/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a>

Sofie_unlabeled<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/German" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#German</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Anarchism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Anarchism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/Radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radical</a> >The problem of people calling themselves anarchists when they are not is widespread in the German-speaking world. Anarchists who find this appalling and criticize it are seen as enemies. This is a very good description of the state of the radical left-wing movement in Germany. As an anarchist who consistently stands for anarchism, it feels really shitty; you feel like a solitaire, lost in the diasporia, which is also the reason why anarchism in Germany really only exists in very small niches and is very quickly crushed when persecuted. And it's the reason why there's hardly any hope for a real social revolution here. Moreover, since October 7th, things have become even more toxic for anarchists. <a href="https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zundlumpen-radical-left-i-m-breaking-up-with-you" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://theanarchistlibrary.org/library/zundlumpen-radical-left-i-m-breaking-up-with-you</a>

Mx. Alba :tranarchy_punk_transgender:<a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Introduction" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Introduction</a> with a billion <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/hashtags" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hashtags</a>... I'm Alba, a <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/trans" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/nonbinay" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonbinay</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/bisexual" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bisexual</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/autistic" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autistic</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/vegan" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vegan</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/antifascist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascist</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/activist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activist</a> from <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Nijmegen" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nijmegen</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/NL" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#NL</a>. In addition to my <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/autism" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#autism</a>, I've also got <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ADHD" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ADHD</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/hyperlexia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hyperlexia</a>, related auditory processing and executive function issues, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/aphantasia" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#aphantasia</a> and <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/SDAM" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SDAM</a> (Severely Deficient Autobiographical Memory). I'm an IT <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/tech" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tech</a> at a large <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/international" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#international</a> company, a volunteer for the <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/radical" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/intersectional" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#intersectional</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/anticapitalist" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anticapitalist</a> <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/political" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#political</a> party <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/BIJ1" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BIJ1</a> and a freelance <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/translator" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#translator</a>. I speak <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Nederlands" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Nederlands</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/français" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#français</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/English" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#English</a>, <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Deutsch" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Deutsch</a> and <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/Esperanto" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Esperanto</a>. I play <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/saxophone" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#saxophone</a> - I have a bari sax, a tenor sax and a soprano sax. I also have a <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/flute" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#flute</a> and a <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/ukelele" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ukelele</a> but I don't play those nearly as well as the saxes. I love playing <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/TTRPG" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TTRPG</a> like <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/DnD5e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DnD5e</a> and <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/PF2e" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PF2e</a>, and I have two <a href="https://blahaj.zone/tags/cats" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cats</a>, an orange slonk called Hobbes and a void chonk called Nita. I used to hang out on mastodon.lol until early 2023 when that instance shut down. I then moved to todon.nl and recently decided to hop on to blahaj.zone :Blobhaj_Love:

StanceOfMindThis is the Radical Right's new Domestic Terrorism:Trump’s Pick for Counterrorism Called for Arresting BLM Leaders as Terrorists<a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/joe-kent-trump-blm-terrorism-counterterrorism-tulsi-gabbard-nomination/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/02/joe-kent-trump-blm-terrorism-counterterrorism-tulsi-gabbard-nomination/</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Politics</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Facism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Facism</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radical</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Extremism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extremism</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Authoritarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Authoritarian</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/DomesticTerrorism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DomesticTerrorism</a>

Jazmine Isa Qureshi (They/She)This work calls for a decolonised, liberated vision of nature that embraces fluidity, diversity, and interconnectedness by questioning the binaries that have shaped our relationship with the environment and ourselves."<a href="https://masto.nu/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/ecology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#ecology</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/series" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#series</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://masto.nu/tags/reimagining" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reimagining</a>

StanceOfMindA new executive order targets pro-Palestine international students to combat antisemitism, enlisting schools as “censors and snitches.”<a href="https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trump-deport-palestine-protester-students-antisemitsm-executive-order/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/01/trump-deport-palestine-protester-students-antisemitsm-executive-order/</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Extremist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Extremist</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radical</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Palestine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Palestine</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Education" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Education</a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Censorship" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Censorship</a>

MikeDunnAuthorHere is my long overdue review of “Hillbilly Nationalists, Urban Race Rebels, and Black Power: Community Organizing in Radical Times,” by Amy Sonnie and James Tracy (Melville House Publishing, 2021). Long overdue, but particular timely, with the recent passing of José "Cha Cha" Jiménez (August 8, 1948 - January 10, 2025), activist and founder of the Young Lords Organization, one of the key figures in the book. Particularly timely and, quite possibly, even more relevant and urgent today than when it first came out, thirteen years ago, as it provides an antidote for the fear, anger, dismay, and disillusionment so many are feeling with the re-election of Donald Trump and the rise of white supremacy and fascism in the United States. “Hillbilly Nationalists” is a well-researched and superbly written history of radical, poor white social movements of the 1960s and ‘70s, and their interracial solidarity with the Black Panthers, Young Lords and other groups of the era. This fascinating and largely forgotten piece of history debunks the myth that poor whites, hillbillies, and rednecks, the “deplorables” as Hilary Clinton derisively referred to them, are incurably racist and incapable of organizing beyond their immediate needs. Rather, Sonnie and Tracy not only provide numerous historical examples of revolutionary and anti-fascist working-class white organizations (e.g., Chicago’s JOIN, Young Patriots and Rising Up Angry; Philadelphia’s October 4th Organization; and White Lightning, from the Bronx), but also describe how these organizations were built through community organizing, providing insight as to how activists can accomplish the same today.Perhaps the most well-known, or best remembered, of the radical, multiracial alliances was the Rainbow Coalition, an anti-racist, working-class movement founded in Chicago, in 1969, by Fred Hampton and Bob Lee, of the Black Panthers, William “Preacherman” Fesperman of the Young Patriots Organization, and Jose Cha Cha Jimenez of the Young Lords. The coalition engaged in protests, demonstrations, and direct actions to fight poverty, corruption, racism, police brutality, and in support of tenants’ rights and other causes. The coalition’s first alliance was between the Black Panther Party and the Young Patriots Organization (YPO), putting into action the famous Fred Hampton quote: “You don’t fight racism with racism. We’re gonna fight racism with solidarity.”While most readers are probably quite familiar with the Black Panthers, and possibly the Young Lords, the YPO, or Young Patriots, were a less well-known part of the radical left of the late 1960s and early 70s. They were composed primarily of poor southern whites, Appalachian refugees from the Great Depression, who had migrated north and settled in in Uptown, Chicago, a neighborhood with so many Appalachian residents that it became known as Hillbilly Harlem. Young Patriots were proud of their Southern roots. They wore their hair greased back, sometimes covered with a cowboy hat. Some even wore Confederate flag patches on their jackets. Yet, they also wore buttons that read “Free Huey” and “Resurrect John Brown.” In a 1970 issue of “The Patriot,” they called for solidarity with Black Panther Bobby Seale (who was in prison for the Democratic National Convention protests and on trial for murder) and wrote, “Guns in the hands of the police represent capitalism and racism…. Guns in the hands of the people represent socialism and solidarity.”It might seem shocking to many readers that the Panthers, known for their militancy and their opposition to racism, would embrace a group of hillbillies sporting Confederate flag patches. And initially, many did not. It was really through the vision, and hard work, of Fred Hampton and Bob Lee, that they were able to convince their comrades that all poor people, including poor whites, had far more in common with each other, than they did with rich people, even of their own ethnicity. That they were subjected to similar police violence, crooked slumlords, and abusive bosses, and therefore had far more to gain by working together, in solidarity with other poor and working-class people, then they did in accepting the bogus claims of the fascists and white supremacists that their problems were caused by other marginalized and oppressed people.The challenge, of course, is how do you get people to make these connections and start working together in solidarity? The method Sonnie and Tracy so eloquently describe in “Hillbilly Nationalists” is community organizing, the most effective form of which occurring when organizers focused on building relationships, and really listening to the people, hearing their concerns, the things that mattered most to them, and turning them into actionable items that they could actually fight for and win, rather than coming in on their high horses and trying to impose their own agenda, as some of the early efforts by Students For a Democratic Society tried to do. Activists found that this relational organizing was much more successful at building trust, solidarity, and a feeling among their constituents that their organizations mattered, and were making a difference in their lives. “Hillbilly Nationalists” begins with the story of Peggy Terry who, by the end of the 1960s, had become one of the leading voices speaking out for the rights of poor whites. She even ran for Vice President of the U.S., on the 1968 Peace and Freedom ticket, as the running mate of Eldrige Cleaver, from the Black Panthers. But Terry did not start out as a radical hillbilly. Quite the contrary. She grew up in Kentucky, in a segregated community where she rarely came into contact with any people of color. Her grandfather was a Klansman, who took her to a KKK rally when she was only three. Her father was a racist, too. As a young woman, she worked as an agricultural laborer, alongside black and Mexican workers, but without much interaction. It was not until she was 35, when she witnessed Martin Luther King Jr. getting savagely beaten by white vigilantes during the 1956 Montgomery Bus Boycott, that her path toward racial justice really started to change. After emigrating to Uptown, Chicago she became active in the Congress of Racial Equality (CORE). Her first day with CORE, in 1962, she was arrested for blocking an intersection in protest of segregation in the Chicago schools. A couple of years after joining CORE, her friend and comrade Monroe Sharpe encouraged her to start organizing among poor whites. “You have to really know who you are before you ever know who we are.” Initially, she resisted. On the one hand, she felt she could do far more good if she continued her work with CORE, fighting for racial justice. On the other hand, she knew her own people, and had doubts (just like many on the left do today) about whether she could have any success organizing them to support the rights of people of color. What she did know from her experience with CORE was that the dilapidated and overcrowded classrooms that black kids in Chicago attended looked very similar to the dilapidated and overcrowded classrooms her children attended, and that the disdainful treatment that poor black residents experienced at the hands of caseworkers and bosses was similar to her own experiences. Even the police abuse of white residents looked similar, particularly when her own son was almost shot to death by the cops. Ultimately, it became very clear that there was common ground for interracial solidarity, and joint organizing, particularly around issues like economic justice, education, and police violence.Terry began working with JOIN (Jobs or Income Now), a project of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS). Some of their early efforts involved organizing tenants, encouraging them to withhold rent, and engage in building takeovers, when landlords failed to make repairs. In 1966, they won a collective bargaining agreement with one notorious landlord, the first such contract in the city. Victories such as these taught participants that organizing worked, that they could win small battles, and helped attract new members to the movement.The growth of the movement was not without conflict. As early as 1964, women were starting to speak out against the sexism at meetings and in JOIN’s power structure. And tensions also developed early on between the local Uptown residents and the middle-class college kids from SDS who seemed to dominate the decision-making. At the 1967 SDS national convention, Terry told SDS student leaders that “We believe that the time has come for us to turn to our own people, poor and working-class whites, for direction, support and inspiration, to organize around our own identity, our own interests.”You can read the complete review here: <a href="https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2025/01/11/review-of-hillbilly-nationalists/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://michaeldunnauthor.com/2025/01/11/review-of-hillbilly-nationalists/</a><a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/hillbillynationalists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hillbillynationalists</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/blackpanthers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#blackpanthers</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/younglords" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#younglords</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/youngpatriots" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#youngpatriots</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/whitesupremacy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#whitesupremacy</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/antifascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascism</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/rainbowcoalition" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rainbowcoalition</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/organizing" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#organizing</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/chicago" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#chicago</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/apalachia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#apalachia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/police" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#police</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/policebrutality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#policebrutality</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/poverty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#poverty</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/revolutionary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revolutionary</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/nonfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonfiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Kevin LaRose, #SlavaUkraini<a href="https://mastodon.social/@GottaLaff" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@GottaLaff</a> But <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Trump</a> will just say the obstructionist <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Marxist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Marxist</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#leftist</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Radical</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Democrats</a> are being unreasonable and it’s now all their fault.

Nat OleanderThe only reason to enforce the gender binary is to uphold the patriarchy.Trans, non-binary, agender, and gender non-conforming people threaten the concept that men are intrinsically superior.When the gender divide is blurred, male supremacy is exposed as the flimsy con that it's always been.<a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/transgender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transgender</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/lgbtqia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtqia</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/lgbtq" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lgbtq</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/genderfluid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genderfluid</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/nonbinary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#nonbinary</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/gnc" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gnc</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/gendernoncomforming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gendernoncomforming</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/patriarchy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#patriarchy</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/wagegap" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#wagegap</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/gender" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gender</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/feminist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminist</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminism</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/transpride" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#transpride</a> <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/genderbibary" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genderbibary</a>

nullagentBlack parents have historically been divided from our children by <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/enslavement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#enslavement</a>, the modern <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/carceral" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#carceral</a> system, + <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/capitalist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#capitalist</a> work demands. I'm committed to being present with my <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/baby" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#baby</a> while maintaining my <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> and <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> tech projects. That means <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/crowdfunding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#crowdfunding</a> support!$1451/ $3500venmo/cashapp nullagentpaypal nullagent@gmail.comI also survived a <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/racist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racist</a> attack on 9/15/24, I'm recovering from a <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/concussion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#concussion</a> + <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/depression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#depression</a>, + raising a <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/legalfund" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#legalfund</a> to fight back.<a href="https://chuffed.org/project/114004-support-a-protester-assaulted-while-defending-housing-rights" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://chuffed.org/project/114004-support-a-protester-assaulted-while-defending-housing-rights</a>

MikeDunnAuthorToday in Labor History November 16, 1849: Russian authorities gave a death sentence to author Fyodor Dostoevsky for anti-government activities linked to a radical intellectual group called the Petrashevsky Circle. He and his colleagues were lined up before the firing squad when, at the last minute, a cart arrived with a letter from the Tsar, commuting their sentence. He still had to serve 4 years hard labor in Siberia. Dostoevsky alludes to his experience before the firing squad in his 1868-1869 novel, “The Idiot.”<a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/workingclass" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#workingclass</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/LaborHistory" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LaborHistory</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/deathpenalty" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deathpenalty</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/executuion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#executuion</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/russia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#russia</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/dostoevsky" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#dostoevsky</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/writer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#writer</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/author" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#author</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/fiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fiction</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/novel" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#novel</a> <a href="https://kolektiva.social/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstadon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstadon</a>

Stan Carey"Radical" comes from Late Latin radicalis, from Latin radix, radic- "root", whose own root is Proto-Indo-European *wrād- "branch, root".This is the same source as "radish" (=root) and "eradicate", which is from ex- + radix, radic- "root out".A radical change is one that goes to the root of things.<a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/etymology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#etymology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/words" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#words</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/language" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#language</a> <a href="https://mastodon.ie/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a>

iteration523 :kverified:[CW transhate]So here's the thing. TERFs - that's an easy one. Usually vatnikoids these days, stuck in a 100+yo suffragette <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/feminism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#feminism</a> that was highly appropriate when there still was a Kaiser in Germany, but hasn't since, because it has achieved its main aim. Deal with them as with any other reactionary (the "R" in <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/TERF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#TERF</a> means REACTIONARY. There is nothing "<a href="https://discordian.social/tags/radical" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#radical</a>" about these rank and usually decrepit boomer booj.) and you're set.BUT: what about individuals who claim to be <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/trans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#trans</a> with a vengeance, only to rant and rail against the "<a href="https://discordian.social/tags/woke" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#woke</a> <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/genderism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#genderism</a> <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/conspiracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#conspiracy</a>", and who even promote the views of the most extreme breed of religious right fanatics who call consciously <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/queer" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#queer</a> people "animals" that ought to be "culled" etc?It's not a numerically significant problem, but these few people do have a toxic impact at the boundary of queer communities and the so-called "normal" people that is utterly without proportion to their numbers. They are the "good trans" the trans-haters leverage against queers.How does one confront them? I am always tempted to <a href="https://discordian.social/tags/deadname" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#deadname</a> them (since it seems highly likely they are not trans at all, just batshit insane - "cosplaying as trans" if you will)... but THAT is a road that does not look like it could lead to anything good.

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