Brown Paper Bag posted:

https://twitter.com/Jezzerat/status/1157647153520611329?s=19

Iridium posted:

https://twitter.com/n_super1/status/1157364553547747328

Impermanent posted:

its funny how everyone whose plan for teh epic economic disaster failure right around the corner i swear always always involves like, camping or learning to farm or something else that sounds like a Dad's Vacation and never like, getting a recession-proof job like bartending or mailman or consignment store retail employee.

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

ToxicAcne posted:

For all the valid problems about Amber Frost she had a really good article about this
https://catalyst-journal.com/vol4/no2/the-poisoned-chalice-of-hashtag-activism

I think people in leftist organization really need to have a deep discussion about how useful social media actually is. In it's present form it is the most extreme form of social alienation possible, and Internet Leftist types probably cause much more harm than any help.

quote:

Any information or activity more complicated and less disposable than a hashtag will eventually require stable institutions that can grow, build, and recruit in real space and real time. These institutions do not resemble the tyrannically structureless and voluntarist cattle calls of whatever fleeting online mob has made the rounds this week. Any use of the internet for movement-building should be considered with the ultimate goal of social media’s obsolescence, and its supplantation by unions, parties, and political organizations.

Activism must return to the traditional strategies of organizing and institution-building that have demonstrated a true record of success. This work will not move quickly, and most of it won’t be cinematic or produce a flurry of media attention, online or off. Most important, it cannot rely on the very platforms over which we have the least amount of control. Some seem to think that social media will act as the proverbial capitalist that sells us its own hanging rope — and this does have some small truth in it, to the degree it can be used as a bulletin board for promoting real-life events, but such organizing is the most flimsy and minor outreach. A desperate activist tweets. An aspiring activist uses Facebook. A fledgling organizer emails. An established organizer has phone numbers. A successful organizer is offered addresses.

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

doing socialism awfully

BrutalistMcDonalds posted:

danny fetonte died

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“This is not a political campaign, so it’s not a popularity contest,” Driver told the Sun-Times.

“We’re looking for the person to do the job, so community members’ voices are very important and their voice will be at the forefront,” he added. “But if somebody has 5,000 supporters and another person has 20 [and] the person with 20 seems way more qualified, then that’ll create an issue.”

An online petition endorsing Ernest Cato III — the Chicago Police Department’s former chief of counterterrorism and a finalist in the last superintendent search — has already drawn more than 700 signatures.

The drive was launched by Alees Edwards, who was recently elected to the new Police District Council for the Harrison District, which is charged with helping nominate members to the commission.

Fansy posted:

Clay's family has been here 80 years, I think they were in the rainbow coalition. Fred Hampton's buddies and other old cats came out to help the campaign.

She's spoken openly and publicly about socialism, and the real estate industry made sure everyone knew.

R. Mute posted:

ptb, babyyyyy.

joepinetree posted:

At its pre-pandemic peak there was certainly a major contingent of creepy guys who legitimately thought "it's ok, im just being sex positive" was a good excuse for hitting on every woman in the org.

One of the people I'd hang out with at DSA events was this woman who worked as a stripper. The only reason I learned she was a stripper was because I was having a conversation with her and some other guy recognized her, proceeded to identify the club she worked at, and started to ask questions about her schedule to go there and see her.

isn't that what swp stands for?

Weka posted:

I hope this is a joke but on the off chance