David Palk#RejoinEU 💖🇪🇺🤎🕊<p>I have just come from a <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Council" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Council</span></a> meeting not directly associated with my <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Politics</span></a> but facing similar <a href="https://mas.to/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/communication" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>communication</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Issues" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Issues</span></a>. On the '<a href="https://mas.to/tags/Liberal" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Liberal</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Socialist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Socialist</span></a> ' wing we are fragmented, Many <a href="https://mas.to/tags/narcisstic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>narcisstic</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Officers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Officers</span></a> . I always argued for one <a href="https://mas.to/tags/media" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>media</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/office" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>office</span></a> to speak for all. 'We' had the £'s pre <a href="https://mas.to/tags/StopBrexit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>StopBrexit</span></a> & after to fund an office & the talent to staff it. Now? No one single voice speaking <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Truth" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Truth</span></a> to <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Power" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Power</span></a> @NRM @PeterCorr <br><a href="https://mas.to/tags/RejoinEU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RejoinEU</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/europeanunion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>europeanunion</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/EuropeanMovement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EuropeanMovement</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/ukpol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ukpol</span></a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/UK_politics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>UK_politics</span></a></p>
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FugaxanimaFlyer "against racism and right wing" <br>
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I moved near Paris due to work. And i'm so happy. I come from a small village where extreme right is popular and now I live in a city where people give this kind of flyers at the train station <br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/left?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antifacist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifacist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/frenchleftist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#frenchleftist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/lfi?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#lfi</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/gauche?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gauche</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antiracism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antiracism</a>
Verdant Square Network<p>Sabotaging Social Security: Trump & Musk Move Ahead with Plan to Cut Agency Staff & Critical Services <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/19/judd_legum_musk_doge_social_security" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/19/jud</span><span class="invisible">d_legum_musk_doge_social_security</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Martin Rundkvist<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://me.dm/@thomasembree" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>thomasembree</span></a></span></p><p>I agree. We on the <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> don't like bankers and we don't like militaristic nationalists. But most Jews are neither bankers nor militaristic nationalists. And vice versa.</p><p><a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/jewish" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>jewish</span></a> <a href="https://archaeo.social/tags/antisemitism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>antisemitism</span></a></p>
Ben Royce 🇺🇦<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://veganism.social/@old_hippie" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>old_hippie</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://sfba.social/@pmonks" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>pmonks</span></a></span> </p><p>that's exactly what has to happen</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MAGA" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MAGA</span></a> devoured the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GOP" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GOP</span></a></p><p>now the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> must devour the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Democrats" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democrats</span></a></p><p>only then can we get movement on things like <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rankedChoiceVoting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rankedChoiceVoting</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rcv" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rcv</span></a> where we get viable third parties</p><p>with ranked choice and stable third parties we get to vote our conscience free and clear for once in this damn country</p><p>rather than this endless insipid need for strategy in <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fptp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fptp</span></a> voting, compromising to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/centrist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>centrist</span></a> bullshit that saps the will and the passion</p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Bishop William Barber: GOP Tax Cuts "Mathematically Impossible" Without Gutting Medicaid and More <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/7/bishop_william_barber_gop_tax_cuts" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/7/bish</span><span class="invisible">op_william_barber_gop_tax_cuts</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Ken Roth on Israel's "Starvation Strategy" in Gaza & "Righting Wrongs" of Abusive Governments <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/3/3/gaza_ethnic_cleansing_trump_palestine_israel" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/3/3/gaza</span><span class="invisible">_ethnic_cleansing_trump_palestine_israel</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>‘It’s all been scrapped’: Women in wildland firefighting bootcamps canceled after DEI cuts <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-women-wildland-firefighting-bootcamps-canceled/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/02/dei-women</span><span class="invisible">-wildland-firefighting-bootcamps-canceled/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
Stuff I foundThis should be part of history education<br>
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<a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/history?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#history</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/activism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/activist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#activist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anarchism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anarchist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anarchist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/revolution?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#revolution</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/racism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#racism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/fascism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fascism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antifascism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antifa?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifa</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/antifascist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#antifascist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/guillotine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#guillotine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/eattherich?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#eattherich</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/anticapitalism?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#anticapitalism</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/war?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#war</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/peace?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#peace</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/stopwars?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#stopwars</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/freepalestine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freepalestine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/freeukraine?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#freeukraine</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/politics?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#politics</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/centrist?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#centrist</a> <a href="https://pixelfed.social/discover/tags/left?src=hash" class="u-url hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#left</a>
Nando161<p><a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Propaganda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Propaganda</span></a> against the <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a>, written by <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/Zionist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Zionist</span></a> writer <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/AshleyRindsberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AshleyRindsberg</span></a>. He is trying to <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/fear" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fear</span></a>-monger about <a href="https://partyon.xyz/tags/leftism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftism</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>Patients "Abandoned": Trump Order to Halt Global Medical Trials "Profoundly Unethical," Says Dr. Faden <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/17/usaid_trump_cuts_healthcare" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/2/17/usa</span><span class="invisible">id_trump_cuts_healthcare</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>"You Don't Have to Comply": U.S. Attorney, 5 DOJ Lawyers Quit, Refuse to Drop Case Against NYC Mayor <a href="http://www.democracynow.org/2025/2/14/ron_kuby_eric_adams_doj" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">http://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">democracynow.org/2025/2/14/ron</span><span class="invisible">_kuby_eric_adams_doj</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/progressivenews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressivenews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/DemocracyNow" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DemocracyNow</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/VSN" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VSN</span></a></p>
EVSHIFT<p><a href="https://www.evshift.com/319106/corvette-zr1-came-saw-conquered-and-our-engineers-left-nothing-but-records-behind/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">evshift.com/319106/corvette-zr</span><span class="invisible">1-came-saw-conquered-and-our-engineers-left-nothing-but-records-behind/</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Corvette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Corvette</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ZR1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ZR1</span></a> came. Saw. Conquered. And our engineers left nothing but records behind. <a href="https://channels.im/tags/chevrolet" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>chevrolet</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/conquered" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>conquered</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/corvette" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corvette</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ElectricCars" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricCars</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/ElectricVehicles" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ElectricVehicles</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Engineers" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Engineers</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/EV" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EV</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/records" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>records</span></a> <a href="https://channels.im/tags/zr1" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>zr1</span></a></p>
Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>(12/?) I was talking with a friend about some of these issues, and she also pointed out to me that part of why <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> are so exhausted is that we've been protesting, to the point of risking our reputations, jobs, health, and even lives, for a long time and haven't seen any change. The <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BlackLivesMatter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BlackLivesMatter</span></a> uprisings were quashed and Biden increased police department funding. The backlash to the protests calling for a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/CeasefireInGaza" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CeasefireInGaza</span></a> has been swift and punitive. A lot of people feel like protesting isn't effective, and that's a conversation that's been happening on the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> for a while now. A lot of people are looking for other ways to foster change</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activist</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Left</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Leftism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leftism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MovementBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementBuilding</span></a></p>
Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>(11/?) As to how we allow for that <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/rest" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>rest</span></a> on the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> and try to take care of our <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> so we don't <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BurnOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurnOut</span></a>, I don't have easy answers. I think <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MutualAid" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MutualAid</span></a> needs to be part of the answer, but I don't think it's the whole answer. I think consciously and authentically committing ourselves to <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a> and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a> is part of the answer, but I don't think it's the whole answer. I think building movements where people can safely ask for what they need and authentically be themselves is part of the answer, but it's not the whole answer. I think the whole answer is, perhaps, something we haven't tried yet, something we haven't quite hit on. If we could find it, though, I think it would be very powerful. And I think trying is worth it. I think we must try because the consequences of not trying -- <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a>, a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a>, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/oppression" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>oppression</span></a> -- are too high for us not to try</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MovementBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementBuilding</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Leftism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Leftism</span></a></p>
Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>(8/?) First, I think we have to understand why things went so wrong for so many <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> groups in the past and why so many movements that opposed the first <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration weren't sustainable.</p><p>I think that's a combination of the toxic culture and of the mindset of many of these groups.</p><p>And there's something about that toxic culture. I didn't notice it at the time, but after a 4-year break from Trump, I can see it now more clearly. It's fear. It's fight-or-flight. It's my brain switching into a kind of black-and-white survival mode where I am now assessing everyone, everywhere as potential enemies or friends. I have been very quick to judge people since the inauguration, and I feel like I'm constantly scanning everyone for signs of a potential threat. </p><p>I can't be the only one who feels this way</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MovementBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementBuilding</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/leftism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascist</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressive</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activsm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activsm</span></a></p>
Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>(5/?) At this point, I am only interested in mobilizing with a group able to acknowledge and work with this kind of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> that so many <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activists</span></a> on the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> have experienced. And I haven't really found groups that can hold space for that kind of experience. I don't know how we build the kinds of groups needed to hold that space, and ironically, I am too tired and traumatized to try to organize such a group. But I do know that even after a 4-year break from <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a>, I still find a lot of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a> to be triggering. </p><p>Also, like many people in the US, I don't have much of a support system. There aren't really people in my life I can rely on. So whatever <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a> groups I might be part of, I'm giving to them on top of trying to take care of myself and work a full-time job and take care of people in my life who need me. </p><p>We're all stretched too thin already, is what I'm saying</p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Fascist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascist</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MovementBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementBuilding</span></a></p>
Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>(4/?) After I departed the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/toxic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>toxic</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/leftist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftist</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a> group, I floated around to other groups and saw, perhaps less outright toxicity and infighting, but similar cycles of groups using people up, burning people out, and then replacing them with new people. </p><p>This is not only an unsustainable organizing model, but it's cruel. It is mirroring the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/disposability" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>disposability</span></a> mindset of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/capitalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>capitalism</span></a> in which people have no inherent worth but are instead only valuable in what they can produce. It is not a model that values <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/care" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>care</span></a>, <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/compassion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>compassion</span></a>, or <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>community</span></a>. And yet I see it over and over and over again in so many groups that claim to be on the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> or <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/progressive" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>progressive</span></a>.</p><p>If you want to know why people are tired, it's because we're past the point of <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/BurnOut" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>BurnOut</span></a>. I wasn't burned out when I stopped doing <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activism</span></a>--I was <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/traumatized" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>traumatized</span></a>. I had burned out and kept going until I physically could not and I'm still recovering. </p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MovementBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementBuilding</span></a></p>
Rat Can't Read (she/her)<p>(3/?) What other reasons are people too tired to rise up and resist a <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>coup</span></a>? For me, personally, it's the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/trauma" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>trauma</span></a> I'm still coping with from the first <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> administration. Specifically, for me, the trauma that hurt the most wasn't the pain inflicted upon people by the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/fascists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fascists</span></a>. I expected that. The pain that cut so deep it created a wound that won't heal came from the <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a>. It came from the cutthroat infighting between so-called "comrades" and <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/leftists" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>leftists</span></a>. It came from "I'm more left than you" posturing, accusing everyone who didn't exactly agree with them of being cops, and being ready, at a moment's notice, to ostracize and harass anyone they didn't like. There was a lot of toxicity in the left during the first Trump admin, and I ended up leaving an <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/activist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>activist</span></a> group I'd literally given my blood, sweat, and tears to because it felt like an abusive relationship. </p><p><a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Activism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Activism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPol" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPol</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/USPolitics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>USPolitics</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Fascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Fascism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/FightingFascism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FightingFascism</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/Coup" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Coup</span></a> <a href="https://tech.lgbt/tags/MovementBuilding" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MovementBuilding</span></a></p>
Verdant Square Network<p>The 19th opens applications for its fourth Frances Ellen Watkins Harper Fellowship cohort <a href="https://19thnews.org/2025/02/frances-ellen-watkins-harper-fellowship-2025/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">19thnews.org/2025/02/frances-e</span><span class="invisible">llen-watkins-harper-fellowship-2025/</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/left" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>left</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/news" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>news</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/vsn" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>vsn</span></a></p>
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