Muy hermoso leerte Rishab. Me alegra que nuestra conversación sea una pequeña semilla entre tantas otras, esas semillas que demuestran que el suelo es fértil. Hay que seguir cultivando nuestra imaginación política, decolonizarla, desafiarla, jugar con ella, darla vuelta y estirarla. Actualmente estoy en Mexico aprendiendo sobre el movimiento zapatista, tuve la suerte de participar en el Encuentro de Rebeldías y Resistencias que organizaron, y el tema fue “La Tormenta y el día después”. La tormenta ya está aquí, el capitalismo esta destruyendo mucho vida, ante eso, el llamado de los zapatistas es por la vida y por ser capaces de pensar y comenzar a construir “el día después” de la tormenta, es decir construir nuestra propia agenda. Resistir no sólo a tanta violencia, sino a través de la construcción activa de ese mundo. Will we be able to live in the world we imagine as the world we want? Let us do the active work of becoming beings who can live in it. Thank you for sharing this post! Big hug
thank you for sharing this in the context of on-going and global challenges. This is a thing that is doable today. But lets continue to think critially and imaginatively about ways we will destroy the patriarchy and put limits on profits at the cost of people. Capital moves faster than institutions, but culture also moves pretty fast and we will need to do more to leverage culture. In solidarity!
Currently limiting my consumption of politics coverage because I was getting in 2+ hours a day between podcasts and articles; just for it to be all wrong and wayyyyy more charitable to the left than American voters are. I am beginning to understand the draw of theory and abstraction, a step back from the particulars of the system that has its own kind of value - the same planting the community garden is a different sort of action than voting is. I'm gonna try and hit the books. Who knows, maybe I'll finally be able to understand your substack (low blow I know, I do really appreciate your switch to more accessible language.)
On the topic of community service that isn't canvassing or phone-banking for Harris, I saw a flyer for this recently and I am obsessed: https://lasagnalove.org/. I'm gonna become a LasagnaMama, and am brazenly hijacking your massive audience to compel them to do so as well.
Muy hermoso leerte Rishab. Me alegra que nuestra conversación sea una pequeña semilla entre tantas otras, esas semillas que demuestran que el suelo es fértil. Hay que seguir cultivando nuestra imaginación política, decolonizarla, desafiarla, jugar con ella, darla vuelta y estirarla. Actualmente estoy en Mexico aprendiendo sobre el movimiento zapatista, tuve la suerte de participar en el Encuentro de Rebeldías y Resistencias que organizaron, y el tema fue “La Tormenta y el día después”. La tormenta ya está aquí, el capitalismo esta destruyendo mucho vida, ante eso, el llamado de los zapatistas es por la vida y por ser capaces de pensar y comenzar a construir “el día después” de la tormenta, es decir construir nuestra propia agenda. Resistir no sólo a tanta violencia, sino a través de la construcción activa de ese mundo. Will we be able to live in the world we imagine as the world we want? Let us do the active work of becoming beings who can live in it. Thank you for sharing this post! Big hug
thank you for sharing this in the context of on-going and global challenges. This is a thing that is doable today. But lets continue to think critially and imaginatively about ways we will destroy the patriarchy and put limits on profits at the cost of people. Capital moves faster than institutions, but culture also moves pretty fast and we will need to do more to leverage culture. In solidarity!
Needed this. Thanks!
Currently limiting my consumption of politics coverage because I was getting in 2+ hours a day between podcasts and articles; just for it to be all wrong and wayyyyy more charitable to the left than American voters are. I am beginning to understand the draw of theory and abstraction, a step back from the particulars of the system that has its own kind of value - the same planting the community garden is a different sort of action than voting is. I'm gonna try and hit the books. Who knows, maybe I'll finally be able to understand your substack (low blow I know, I do really appreciate your switch to more accessible language.)
On the topic of community service that isn't canvassing or phone-banking for Harris, I saw a flyer for this recently and I am obsessed: https://lasagnalove.org/. I'm gonna become a LasagnaMama, and am brazenly hijacking your massive audience to compel them to do so as well.