"I believe ardently that nonviolent resistance is in the big picture and the long term the most effective strategy, but that doesn't mean it must be polite, placid, or please our opponents, not least because nothing ever will and they'll lie and distort no matter what."

When they use the words “free speech” while simultaneously killing it: open.substack.com/pub/donmoyni...

It took the Nazis one month, three weeks, two days, eight hours, and 40 minutes to dismantle a constitutional republic. When the fire starts to burn, every good person better be ready to man a post with a bucket of water if you want to stop it from raging out of control.

Kelly Hayes. Love her mind. “Claiming time and space for justice, for life, for empathy, and for joy in bleak times is defiant work. … If we want to do more than live in the shadow of destructive forces, we must build and support projects that bring our values to life in the world.”

"In honor of Brian Thompson, and in the hope that no leader ever meets such an awful fate, let us immediately pass universal healthcare once and for all. If we do, the words “deny” and “delay” will become distant memories, never to be seen on insurance company letters or bullets again."

"In honor of Brian Thompson, and in the hope that no leader ever meets such an awful fate, let us immediately pass universal healthcare once and for all. If we do, the words “deny” and “delay” will become distant memories, never to be seen on insurance company letters or bullets again."

Earnest post, but: a thing I like here is it’s okay to have moments of happiness in public without being broadly scolded, and I believe that sustaining this kind of humanity will be very important as we resist fascism. We have to sustain each other. Making joy isn’t denial, it’s how we will survive