No Idea, No Revolution
Strap in Comrades, there is a lot to digest today and I’ve spent more time editing this down than actually putting all this together today. There is the Assange trial, Georgia voting, some more practical anti-capitalistic tips, music as well as your dose of shit-posts to enjoy. If you are enjoying all this I would be extremely happy for you to share these posts and possibly consider supporting this work.
I haven’t written much about Assange and the specifics of his trial only because I needed to read more to feel warranted to have an opinion on it all. Considering the sheer amount of misinformation spread by all parties involved it felt daunting to get to some understandable version of the truth, however, the fact remains that our governments in the West want to lock up a publisher of war crimes forever and throw away the key, whilst laying the “legal” groundwork to essentially incriminate any and all whistleblowing on our governments doing hugely immoral and illegal bullshit around the world to fatten their boss’s purses. Monday saw the court in London deny extradition of Assange to the US - a small but important victory as it would have meant life imprisonment in a max security prison, but that doesn’t change much. Today, the court will decide on his bail. Have a listen below to put a few things into perspective and stay tuned for further developments.
By the looks of it, the US state of Georgia will flip its Senate representation to their Democratic Party, giving the incoming administration control of Congress, the Senate and the White House. If I remember this correctly, the last time this was the case was during the first two years of the Obama administration. Now, I know for a lot of people this will be a sign of relief, the reality of it is quite the opposite. IF the Senate flips, and it sure looks that way, there is no technical reason for Biden / Harris to not implement some, ideally all, incredibly overdue social reforms the US needs - you know what I am talking about. What I worry about, and sadly history gives plenty of reason for this worry, is that Biden / Harris will do fuck all apart from further eroding social cohesion, fattening their donor’s pockets, returning to their normality that is hell for all of us and more importantly, paving the way for a smarter, younger, more effective Trump. It is incredibly important to remember that Trump and what he stands for is not a freak accident in any democratic system, Trumpism is the direct result of anti-democratic neoliberal capitalism disguised as a democracy.
How To Be An Anti-Capitalist in a Capitalist World
One of the core ingredients of organizing against the madness that is called capitalism are affinity groups - I know, it sounds wild to have to even mention this but in my experience the slogan of “ORGANIZE!” is wildly alien to many people, largely due to the enforced alienation from one another that is a key component of your participation in capitalistic structures. Taking away the threshold from organizing is hugely important and lays the groundwork for consensual mutual aid, that, again, is the foundation to all and any resistance. I had to learn how to operate in these structures and still have to learn - so with that I want to point you to essential pieces of writing that are a step-by-step guide to organizing. The first piece is linked in the above picture and the secondary piece that I recommend to anyone is linked here.
I am not the biggest rap fan in the world but like so many of us I was deeply saddened to hear of MF DOOM’s death over the new year. I wanted to share to two tribute mixes of his work that really did it for me in the hope that you’ll find these as fitting as I do.
Without much further ado, here is a wild array of shit posts to carry your rage forward.