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France has joined the student revolution…🇵🇸
what would you be willing to lose? what will you build/write/believe to fortify yourself? what skills will you learn to preserve yourself and your loved ones so that you may survive/fight by any means necessary? what coalitions will you build? what words WON’T you say? 13/end
we will have to get guerilla with our tactics and move away from representation and celebrity/clout chasing if we truly want change. when confronted with the possibility that you might lose everything, including your life, how would you fight? what/who would you protect? 12/n
we must be asking ourselves and our students what we are willing to sacrifice and move from that empowered space. we are not only fighting /for/ our lives; we are fighting /with/ them. the tools and technologies of our enemies are different now. tactics must change. 11/n
the veil of the liberal academy has been torn. we know the truth now. things will never be what they were. being “seen” as an activist is all well and good but are you prepared for the repression? are you prepared for the toll this work will take on your spiritbodymind? 10/n
the State, esp under democratic rule, has developed the capacity to surveil and to k**l to maintain its power. soon mass arrests will simply be a funnel to incarcerate/enslave/extinguish people. negotiations only work when both sides can be held accountable for violations. 9/n
anyway, I say all this to say: how are we preparing for the reality that mass arrests and protests are psychologically & physically violent b/c protestors are facing militaries with massive budgets and unchecked power? what will be the aftermath for ALL of us? 8/n
posting your whereabouts and your actions on social media is inspiring, and they also increase state-sanctioned violence & surveillance. posting the books you’re reading in encampments is important, but it makes me wonder why folx want their tools of resistance to be visible. 7/n
- we have an inkling of what might happen by studying the rise of n**ism in Europe + the “disappearances” of activists post-Ferguson. we have living elders who are political prisoners who also demonstrate what can happen 6/n
these systems use AI and other technology to further surveil folx post-arrest. so yes, the charges may get dropped, but who tf knows what they can & will do with your face and prints when it’s all said and done. 5/n
this means a few things: - students and allies are not facing the police forces of the past. they are facing militaries. enduring war/like tactics of repression & violence. - arrests give these militaries access to your biological data. your fingerprints, unmasked faces… 4/n
made visible through the tech of TV brought the US under world ridicule. the rise of mass incarceration, the expansion of police power and funding, & the militarization of the police are all direct results of this. 3/n
arrests are not the same political tactic that they used to be in the 60s & 70s. during the CRM, arrests worked partially b/c the criminal legal system did not have the capacity to contain protestors. getting arrested “slowed down” police. the spectacle of arrests… 2/n
I want to offer this as resistance escalates on college campuses. as a former activist & organizer, as someone who has been ringing the alarm since pre-2020 about the rise of fa*cism, I implore those of us who work with students to consider the following as we fight back. 1/n
MAY 1, Harlem, NYC: A special screening of the classic “Finally Got the News” (1969) produced by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers of Detroit. Classic cinema on the history of racial capitalism Intro/Q&A lead by Ruthie Wilson Gilmore maysles.org/calendar/final…
Today in every reason why prisons should end.
Today in every reason why prisons should end.
Are you an activist and pondering writing about your point of view?
Are you an activist and pondering writing about your point of view?
Couldn’t sleep last night so I wrote instead. Here’s who I am, why Cornell suspended me yesterday, and why that won’t stop our national student movement. cornellsun.com/2024/04/27/wil…
Shabbat shalom from Columbia’s Gaza solidarity encampment. Students decided to do the service by the gate so that suspended Jewish students could join the ritual. A reminder that so many of the student protesters are proudly Jewish — and the repression does not keep anyone safe.
Update we didn’t, and the cops have left!
Update we didn’t, and the cops have left! https://t.co/YdjW10xDoj
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France has joined the student revolution…🇵🇸
what would you be willing to lose? what will you build/write/believe to fortify yourself? what skills will you learn to preserve yourself and your loved ones so that you may survive/fight by any means necessary? what coalitions will you build? what words WON’T you say? 13/end
we will have to get guerilla with our tactics and move away from representation and celebrity/clout chasing if we truly want change. when confronted with the possibility that you might lose everything, including your life, how would you fight? what/who would you protect? 12/n
we must be asking ourselves and our students what we are willing to sacrifice and move from that empowered space. we are not only fighting /for/ our lives; we are fighting /with/ them. the tools and technologies of our enemies are different now. tactics must change. 11/n
the veil of the liberal academy has been torn. we know the truth now. things will never be what they were. being “seen” as an activist is all well and good but are you prepared for the repression? are you prepared for the toll this work will take on your spiritbodymind? 10/n
the State, esp under democratic rule, has developed the capacity to surveil and to k**l to maintain its power. soon mass arrests will simply be a funnel to incarcerate/enslave/extinguish people. negotiations only work when both sides can be held accountable for violations. 9/n
anyway, I say all this to say: how are we preparing for the reality that mass arrests and protests are psychologically & physically violent b/c protestors are facing militaries with massive budgets and unchecked power? what will be the aftermath for ALL of us? 8/n
posting your whereabouts and your actions on social media is inspiring, and they also increase state-sanctioned violence & surveillance. posting the books you’re reading in encampments is important, but it makes me wonder why folx want their tools of resistance to be visible. 7/n
- we have an inkling of what might happen by studying the rise of n**ism in Europe + the “disappearances” of activists post-Ferguson. we have living elders who are political prisoners who also demonstrate what can happen 6/n
these systems use AI and other technology to further surveil folx post-arrest. so yes, the charges may get dropped, but who tf knows what they can & will do with your face and prints when it’s all said and done. 5/n
this means a few things: - students and allies are not facing the police forces of the past. they are facing militaries. enduring war/like tactics of repression & violence. - arrests give these militaries access to your biological data. your fingerprints, unmasked faces… 4/n
made visible through the tech of TV brought the US under world ridicule. the rise of mass incarceration, the expansion of police power and funding, & the militarization of the police are all direct results of this. 3/n
arrests are not the same political tactic that they used to be in the 60s & 70s. during the CRM, arrests worked partially b/c the criminal legal system did not have the capacity to contain protestors. getting arrested “slowed down” police. the spectacle of arrests… 2/n
I want to offer this as resistance escalates on college campuses. as a former activist & organizer, as someone who has been ringing the alarm since pre-2020 about the rise of fa*cism, I implore those of us who work with students to consider the following as we fight back. 1/n
MAY 1, Harlem, NYC: A special screening of the classic “Finally Got the News” (1969) produced by the League of Revolutionary Black Workers of Detroit. Classic cinema on the history of racial capitalism Intro/Q&A lead by Ruthie Wilson Gilmore maysles.org/calendar/final…
Florida is charging formerly incarcerated people $50 a day even if they’re no longer in prison. The “pay to stay” fee is based on the length of the original sentence, so even when they're released they must keep paying for a prison bed they’re not using. abcactionnews.com/news/local-new…
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Couldn’t sleep last night so I wrote instead. Here’s who I am, why Cornell suspended me yesterday, and why that won’t stop our national student movement. cornellsun.com/2024/04/27/wil…
Shabbat shalom from Columbia’s Gaza solidarity encampment. Students decided to do the service by the gate so that suspended Jewish students could join the ritual. A reminder that so many of the student protesters are proudly Jewish — and the repression does not keep anyone safe.
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