This quote from p. 2 "Defeating Dictators" by George B. N. Ayittey hits a little closer to home than I expected when I bought the book: "a force is able to dominate because the counterforce is either nonexistent or weak." see: US GOP government coup #usdemocrats #booksky #readalong #readresistrise

While you're at it, rename other things! Maybe you'd like to live on Easy Street? Or would you like the city named after you (I could live in Ashtonville)? Or perhaps it's finally time for Google to admit that Canada is America's Hat. #resist #google #floodtheline

Jodi Melamed "reminds us, 'capital can only be capital when it is accumulating, and it can only accumulate by producing and moving through relations of severe inequality among human groups.' (1/3) #capitalism #racialjustice

‘You Can’t Let This Happen,’ Says Fundraising Email From Sitting U.S. Congressperson

Yesterday I was not granted an extension on my Temporary Protective Order (aka restraining order) because the offending party did not break the rules for the year I was protected. This is a broken logic system. He left me alone *because* I was protected. (1/3) #usjustice #tpo

This is how the world views the US. Australia calling out fascism, then adding that "Trump is a disaster for humanity and he belongs behind bars, not the oval office."

Keep stirring up good trouble!

I'm having a revolutionary readalong and you're all invited! First on the list: Prophet of Discontent about MLK's anti-capitalistic leanings and Defeating Dictators about how anti-fascist groups undermined leadership in African regimes! #booksky #readalong #mlk #readresistrise #antifascist

Martin Luther King Jr. recognized the requirement of forced labor to prop up a successful capitalist society. From Prophet of Discontent p. 6: "Concerns about the development of more complicated modes of human commodification and semi-commodification (1/2) #booksky #readalong #mlk #readresistrise

The ILLEGAL freeze of USAID funds shut down: • malaria treatment for children under 5 • a device to prevent H.I.V. infection • a method to treat cervical cancer • support for pregnant women to reduce malnutrition • tuberculosis treatment for children

(Checks to see if my publisher is part of this suit) FUCK YEAH MACMILLAN GET THESE MOFOS www.theguardian.com/books/2025/f...

I’ve got the morning shift. This guy is dangerous and unfit to serve and I’m about to explain why. Tune in: www.senate.gov/legislative/...

To take it one step further, we are currently seeing what unchecked capitalism brings us--not equality but the mega rich buying power in multiple governments and caring nothing for what it will do to the poor and marginalized.

King "dreamed" of equality--and there is no space for equality in a capitalist society. (quote from Prophet of Discontent, p. 2) #booksky #readalong #mlk #readresistrise (3/3)

King continues "Since we know that the system [capitalism] will not change the rules, we are going to have to change the system." MLK understood the problem with capitalism is that it requires a poor working class to function. #booksky #readalong #mlk #readresistrise (2/3)

On March 27, 1968, Martin Luther King Jr. said "Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. Within this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and almost all others are doomed to be poor at some level." #booksky #readalong #mlk #readresistrise (1/3)

It is time, mon ami ❤️Educate, Empower, Act revolutionarystarterkit.blogspot.com/2025/02/why-... #politics #usa #goodtrouble

Bonjour le monde!