As we endure these unprecedented assaults on our institutions and Democracy by Felon47 please take these wise words from James Baldwin to heart! We are the #Opposition let’s make their inhumanity our sole focus. Call it out every damn day!!
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I have found so much wisdom and hope and reflection and outlets in rereading James Baldwin. It's shocking and heartbreaking that so much he wrote about so long ago is still accurate as a description for the reality of the US today.
Meanwhile, do not collaborate, do not cooperate do not facilitate but seek to frustrate this administration at every turn! Take keys from the non-violent campaigns of the French resistance! Drag your feet, slow your pace, make them wait, make mistakes, misdirect, misinform! Frustrate them!
I'm a James Baldwin fan!! Love his books and loved his debate against arch conservative William F. Buckley. He kicked Buckleys ass. Watch it on YouTube, its great
Appealing to their higher selves is useless. How many Americans elected a felon and sexual predator as POTUS? They don't see a problem with his nominees or legislation. McConnell could have stopped this assault on our democracy.
... That Bowling Green State University was the first academic institution with which Baldwin affiliated himself was the consequence of many factors not least of which, as Baldwin later said, was that nobody had asked him before. ...
I raked blueberries
In Maine,
a migrant for a day.
An old man with a stick
Barked at me, 'You're leaving
Too many behind.'
As I battled
Flesh-eating flies.
A taste of hardship
Changed my view.
Empathy born,
Understanding grew.
I never questioned that for a fraction of a second.
My decision at the moment is whether to stay and deal with what will quite possibly be a physical fight, or leave until he's out of office and continue to fight with words and money from afar.
That's so helpful--thank you! I also remember the words of Eleanor Roosevelt: "No one can make me feel inferior without my consent." I'm not giving my consent ever again.
There are songs that embody where we are. Holly Near, a folksinger, wrote a song I Ain't Afraid. It calls out people who use their religion to destroy people. I'm always wary about posting music. Search I ain't afraid and Holly Near. She has some other songs that capture my heart.
Good on using #Opposition - beats the hell out of mere resistance.
I might try #SmashBack/#TwatSmasher and derivatives sometime. But i have begged others to try #Opposition because #Resistance concedes some level of failure IN ADVANCE
Part 2. We need to list the new American heroes, that have stood up to the rapist. Please suggest, I might miss some:
1. Governor Gavin Newsom
2. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
3. LA mayor Karen Bass
4. Senator Adam Schiff
We have got to all speak up and stand UNITED.
#SolidarityMovement2025
“There are more of us than there are them.” -Lech Walesa (who’s still alive, btw)
MAGAs think Donald Trump is some kind of religious figure dedicated to world peace and understanding among humankind. They think he's been cheated out of his Nobel Peace prize. That they love this vengeance-seeking demagogue makes you wonder if there are hallucinogens in the water.
We can’t forget his lies about 2020 election…
We can’t forget January 6 riot…
We can’t forget women’s loss over their bodies…
We can’t forget his approval of militant groups…
We can’t forget mandate 2025…
'Religious' people, forcing hate and destitution on whole racial classes of people. SHOCK HERE: Jesus was a brown skinned liberal!! Oh, but they don't follow Jesus' teachings anymore, it's all about power, money, woman, pain, cruelty, perversion...
I'd love it if an expert hacker would interrupt the onslaught of propaganda and take over the mainstream channels, in a way that's seen as convincingly informative rather than disruptive or combative.
PLEASE DON’T DESPAIR; THIS IS JUST TEMPORARY; MILLIONS OF US ARE DOING EVERYTHING TO GET THRUE THIS CRISIS ;
DON’T THROW YOUR LIFE FOR THIS IMBECILE!
HE IS NOT AT ALL WORTH IT!
DON’T PLAY INTO HIS PLAY!
WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN & SUCCEED!
‼️KEEP STRONG, TAKE CARE, STAY SAFE ; RESIST WITHOUT VIOLENCE; STAY CALM, TRY TO SPEAK INTO YOUR OPPONENTS WISELY BY GIVING THEM ALTERNATIVES EVENTUALLY THAT HE WILL REGRET HIS ACTS WHEN IT WILL BE TO LATE FOR HIMSELF! BE SURE IF YOURSELVE!
WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN & SUCCEED! BE CONFIDENT!
Focusing on Baldwin's (or others') stirring rhetoric is useless unless accompanied by meaningful, forceful, multi-front action. Those of us still committed to democracy in the 🇺🇸 and 🇨🇦 must mobilize collectively for this fight. We are 50 years behind the fascist wealthy right.
Listen, his assaults are
happening because our own GOP leaders are not doing anything to stop him! He's being allowed to do anything he wants on behalf of this great country! They even confirmed all the worst nominees we ever have! Alcoholic & rapist! The other one is a dog abuser & killer!
Where is the outrage; where is the opposition; have they broken and worn us down that much? This is an assault on all that America has stood for, for 250 yrs! ⚖️🩸🪖🗽🇺🇲
Uniter
Opposition to Inhumanity is Our Strength
#ResistanceEarth #BlueEarth
Vonnegut: “When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if the Earth could say, in a voice floating up perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, ‘it is done.’ People did not like it here.”
He was/is such an intellectual powerhouse 🖤💌🫂🧠✌🏽🙏🏽🤝
One can just imagine the articles he would have written about this particular time in American history....
We're such a capitalist driven country that a well-organized boycott would be more crippling than a physical, violent clash. But I do wonder how many people got "inspired" by Luigi and are planning as we speak. I don't condone violence, wish Americans could organize better.
We just need it to be not a protest but a STRIKE! It really doesn’t even necessitate leaving the house for those who aren’t so inclined. Don’t work, don’t participate in the economy, use technology as a weapon. If the point is just wanting them to hear us it will fail. It has to be painful.
Everyone should read The Fire Next Time NOW! Please consider checking it out from your local library or listening to the audio book (2 hours)! It’s filled with incredible insights, including this quote.
Stop making broligarchs rich. Drain them. Quit buying American goods, quit Apple, quit Amazon, quit NYT and WaPo, quit Meta, quit Tik Tok, and FFS don’t buy anything via nutsack Leon
The election taught us that inhumanity doesn’t matter to 2/3 of Americans unless it directly impacts them. You have to focus on how Trump is hurting them if you expect them to pay attention.
Keep calling out his cruelty and hypocrisy, but that can’t be the sole focus.
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https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lgnobkmkzc2w
https://www.bgsu.edu/arts-and-sciences/cultural-and-critical-studies/ethnic-studies/dr-james-baldwin.html
... That Bowling Green State University was the first academic institution with which Baldwin affiliated himself was the consequence of many factors not least of which, as Baldwin later said, was that nobody had asked him before. ...
This is excellent!
My favorite is “Go Tell It on the Mountain.”
I dare you to prove me the contrary.
This means a lot about this insane man and fuck, this is so not normal.
There is nothing to comprehend from Trump, the only solf solution is to hang him.
Pacification is passe'.
In Maine,
a migrant for a day.
An old man with a stick
Barked at me, 'You're leaving
Too many behind.'
As I battled
Flesh-eating flies.
A taste of hardship
Changed my view.
Empathy born,
Understanding grew.
Naval gaze later.
My decision at the moment is whether to stay and deal with what will quite possibly be a physical fight, or leave until he's out of office and continue to fight with words and money from afar.
I might try #SmashBack/#TwatSmasher and derivatives sometime. But i have begged others to try #Opposition because #Resistance concedes some level of failure IN ADVANCE
1. Governor Gavin Newsom
2. Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum
3. LA mayor Karen Bass
4. Senator Adam Schiff
#SolidarityMovement2025
“There are more of us than there are them.” -Lech Walesa (who’s still alive, btw)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgGnBCDfCLM
We can’t forget January 6 riot…
We can’t forget women’s loss over their bodies…
We can’t forget his approval of militant groups…
We can’t forget mandate 2025…
As President Biden stated…’We are the ‘keepers of the flame’!
DON’T THROW YOUR LIFE FOR THIS IMBECILE!
HE IS NOT AT ALL WORTH IT!
DON’T PLAY INTO HIS PLAY!
WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN & SUCCEED!
WHEN WE FIGHT WE WIN & SUCCEED! BE CONFIDENT!
People who know they stronger don't need to oppress others to succeed
https://themaskedcowpotato.wordpress.com/2025/01/26/you-can-never-erase-our-history/
I do not have the answer.
Voting is not enough. Get loud. Organize protests, sit in’s, or whatever it friggin takes.
Trying to get Bluesky to add Spheres (Circles or Groups) to become more organized for political activism
Contact @bluesky through their Feedback portal and let them know that adding Spheres will streamline organization
#LetsGetOrganized
#BeTheMovement
happening because our own GOP leaders are not doing anything to stop him! He's being allowed to do anything he wants on behalf of this great country! They even confirmed all the worst nominees we ever have! Alcoholic & rapist! The other one is a dog abuser & killer!
#StayTrueToHumanity
We are not what has been done to us. We are the bright light of resilience that is left.
Opposition to Inhumanity is Our Strength
#ResistanceEarth #BlueEarth
Vonnegut: “When the last living thing has died on account of us, how poetical it would be if the Earth could say, in a voice floating up perhaps from the floor of the Grand Canyon, ‘it is done.’ People did not like it here.”
Buckley,Jr., it is worth the time to witness.
He was a brilliant individual.
Probably on YouTube. Most everything is.
mbm
One can just imagine the articles he would have written about this particular time in American history....
#Marginalized
We Have The Numbers
https://bsky.app/profile/bumblingbard42.bsky.social/post/3lgno2qypbc24
Keep calling out his cruelty and hypocrisy, but that can’t be the sole focus.
Every day we are watching our Institutions being destroyed!
The very Institutions that were designed to protect People and America