american leftists seem extremely focused on anti imperialism (good) but rarely- if at all- discuss decolonization in their own fucking country, despite acknowledging that it is a settler colonial state.
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im serious about this though. as an urban indian, i definitely cant speak on this as much as a rez indian could. but i know from talking to rez friends i have and from what the american indian movement has screamed for over the years that we need land we can grow on, we need clean water, we need to allow the wildlife that once lived in this land to live here again (meaning you need to listen to us before building those high speed rails you all get so hard over).
you cant drool over the zapatistas while ignoring people in your own country who have a similar goal
a character using ‘they/them’ pronouns is not cue for you to ‘call them whatever pronoun you think suits them best :)’ its a cue for you to use ‘they/them’ pronoun you stupid motherfucker
So you know how you love me because you haven’t had a single meeting with anyone since I became your assistant? That’s because every time someone calls and requests a meeting with you, I always schedule it for March 31st.
Y’all have gotta bear in mind that while rent relief is absolutely important, so is mortgage relief. It’s not just a “what about the landlords?” thing; outside of the very largest cities, and especially in rural areas, it’s actually quite common for folks to own their primary residences even if they’re dirt poor – they just end up spending decades in crushing debt as a result. Like, “fuck the owning class” sounds good on paper, but not everybody who owns a house is functionally part of the owning class; a person with a shitty 1000-square-foot bungalow that hasn’t been renovated since 1977 and a thirty-year mortgage to show for it is not your enemy.
I definitely think the thing we need to be arguing is we 100% need both rent and mortgage relief right now
social distancing is crucial but. i also feel like the federal govt.’s hyper-focus on it is a strategy to cover its own failings. like a shift in blame. “oh we didn’t properly prepare/we’re bungling this now, but the public is the one truly to blame for not properly following social distancing.” it’s the straws and climate change sitch all over again (where like. yeah of course it’s good for ppl to reduce their use of plastic. but that doesn’t mean the govt. shouldn’t be doing a fuckton more)