Welcome Comrades! Glad no one gave me a bollocking for not writing on Monday, frankly, I was a little preoccupied with this whole aging day and the vibes that came along with that. Thanks for that. In other wonderful news, this past weekend raised over a 1500€ that was just sent over to Doctors Without Borders and that’s a significant amount and I am once again, eternally thankful for all your support, trust and willingness to do good. Seriously, this really stoked me out.
In other Black Lodges related news, I am taking a little break product wise this week to catch up on shipping, a few pieces are going out -a lot actually - and there were some annoying returns thanks to covid-fuckery postal wise. IF this affected your order you will be getting an email from me tomorrow. I am going to release a new 3 part Riot Drop at the end of April, keep your eyes open for some teasers over the next few days over on IG and here, but yes, it will involve a damn black jump suit.
Some of you saw this over on IG already but here you go. It’s a good, weird one, hardly surprising considering the last week and all, but here you go. I am having fun with this one.
I wanted to point those of you interested in non-European ( you know the successful kind ) left wing activism, philosophy and socialism to Nestor Kohan. He’s a brilliant orator and philosopher from Argentina and the above image links to an interview in English on the worldwide struggle against fascism. Extremely relevant, insightful and if you are lucky enough to be fluent in Spanish I highly recommend the below documentary on Marx, Dialectics and Colonialism by the man himself.
Obviously, today’s email has to include another senseless murder at the hands of the police in the US, and yet, I do believe whatever needs to be said about this insanely, institutional racist, fascist and corrupt reality of the US has been said. Furthermore, plans to change this reality - and it desperately needs to change now- have been discussed, laid out and yet, fuck all is happening. No matter who the fuck anyone puts into a decision making position within the US government it all boils down to, at best, “thoughts and prayers”. Fact is, plans, good, solid, thought-through plans to change this insanity in the US exist, but the political will, as always, is what is maintaining the murderous status quo. Far from me to say what needs to be done, but when whatever little political solutions thought available have been exhausted, and there has been no change whatsoever, WE THE PEOPLE, have options available to us. I read this press release from the ACLU and yeah, the time for words is over.
NEW YORK — On Sunday afternoon in Brooklyn Center, Minn., Daunte Wright was the victim of another disgusting act of police violence. The 20-year-old was shot and killed by Brooklyn Center police after being pulled over due to air fresheners hanging in his rearview mirror. Mr. Wright’s killing is one of over 260 police killings that have taken place in just the first three and a half months of 2021, and happened less than 10 miles north of the trial of Derek Chauvin, the former Minneapolis police officer responsible for the death of George Floyd.
Back to the wide array of the fuckening. Again, a few of these will be linked for you to dip deeper into. Such as below. This is not a joke, this is the tech dystopia every sci-fi jam has been warning you about for 40 plus years.
No money for truly essential members of society such as nurses, but nuclear submarines and now this. Again, revolution, anyone?
Genuinely not interested in celebrity and or fashion nonsense, but if you needed anymore reason to fucking put all these wastoids up against the wall, feel free to read the below. Or, and this shan’t come to anyone’s surprise, some fancy high fashion label pulled some bullshit in berlin, flew in your favourite influencers ( hey Abloh, I see you ) and essentially shat on the quarantine, social distancing, lock down rules and threw parties in Berghain and the Berlin version of the Soho House. Wait for a solidarity collab where 10% of the profits will be “donated” and some limited sneakers to go along with it. Walls, people. Walls.