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Poet, Community Organizer, Data Engineer • sometimes parody • fellow of some things • @TheOffingMag Board • Author: HOW THE WATER HOLDS ME @bullcitypress

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we don't need more planned White House protest rallies on a Saturday. we don't need more police-sanctioned march routes we need to get back to meaningful disruptions that make our murderers think twice— and we need to do them as diverse coalitions with a strong political will

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i'd rather you go volunteer at a soup kitchen than just wave a flag for a few hours. protests and rallies are great as part of a larger strategy, but stop thinking protest alone is a strategy leave the performative sh¡t in 2024

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and for those who post because they're insecure about if they're doing enough: i get it, but this is where you have to look inward truth is nothing will ever be enough, so how do we learn to live with the slow work, the unrecognized work? real allies don't clamor for the glitter

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while they had you arguing about whether or not Elon gave a salute (he did), 45 pardoned everyone from the insurrection while they had you celebrating the ceasefire, they killed over 100 more and also took 60 prisoners in Azzun while they had you fawning over Luigi etc etc etc

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elites are so adept at controlling narrative, and when they can't control narrative they create so much noise that it becomes a smokescreen one tip: ask who benefits most from our distraction — what would we do if we weren't? find ways to do that thing, even if it takes time

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i'm completely sober. Just thinking about the anti-nature propaganda we've been fed all our lives, and how we've been duped into steering ourselves away from the spaces that are most healing, most grounding, & most inspiring for us to build in ain't no surveillance in the woods

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Gaza is so valuable that the US imperialist regime and it's Zionist outpost are desperate to claim it, to claim us. they know — but deign to actively admit — that they are afraid of us, our power. It's up to us to prove them right.

Gaza is so valuable that the US imperialist regime and it's Zionist outpost are desperate to claim it, to claim us.

they know — but deign to actively admit — that they are afraid of us, our power.

It's up to us to prove them right.
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this is how afraid of us they are Gaza is a lynchpin — they think that if they can take it, they can break us The same goes in places like Venezuela, the Congo — they target specific regions for their value & to attempt break the collective will of those who chase liberation

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would love to see what college administrative officials will extend applications and acceptances to the students expelled from the truly pathetic Columbia and Barnard

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when we started the REFUSE series at The Offing, it was about creating alternative spaces for people to continue in their craft. the ostracized students are not only talented, but visibly brave. may we find ways to make real, meaningful space for their bravery to live on

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surprise surprise. the z¡on¡st entity — the one that killed its own people just to kill other people — ended the ceasefire it's been violating this entire time

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Last week’s #SolidarityAtSunset interfaith iftar in Dearborn was a perfect example of how you support Palestine refugees with your community through UNRWA USA! 🌙✨ We were deeply honored to be joined by Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib, & award-winning Palestinian poets Fady Joudah & we're being slaughtered💙

Last week’s #SolidarityAtSunset interfaith iftar in Dearborn was a perfect example of how you support Palestine refugees with your community through UNRWA USA! 🌙✨

We were deeply honored to be joined by <a href="/RepRashida/">Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib</a>, &amp; award-winning Palestinian poets <a href="/FadyJoudah/">Fady Joudah</a> &amp; <a href="/tariqpoems/">we're being slaughtered</a>💙
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instead of stimulating DC's hotels and restaurants on a random Saturday afternoon, why not shut down elected's offices on a weekday they're actually there? why not protest at the Louisiana detention facility where they're holding students hostage? v rhetorical thoughts of course

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all responsible orgs should be interested in mutual aid funds and services key example: if you are an org catering to artists — many of whom are immigrants — then you should have a pool of funds and agreements with a legal team to support any community members who get detained

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if the work doesn't actively, tangibly feed or free someone with immediacy, then your org needs to allocate emergency funds where possible if your org advocates for liberation, but spends all its funds on itself and not to sustain those most proximal to harm, that's exploitation

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is the struggle for liberation your purpose or your brand? liberation can occur on multiple fronts. for example, my struggles are against imperialism, but also against the nafs — my nafs, the nafs of others, and the alchemy between them

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when someone wishes peace upon me or i wish peace upon them, i hope we understand that peace is not comfort or complacency with this dunya rather, i hope that we are met with a peace that makes our struggles — both collective and personal — more natural, more possible