Most of us are dissatisfied with the #NobelPeacePrize in one way or another

Whatever you think of the recent choice of #MaríaCorinaMachado, I hearby announce, with absolutely zero authority whatsoever, that the People's Choice Peace Prize, which I just made up, should go to the #ERRs

The what?

#Sudan’s Emergency Response Rooms

"Most are young women. They feed the hungry, restore electricity, fix water wells, evacuate civilians..."

Just a moment...

(www.economist.com)

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#MutualAid

@benroyce
Hey, we can't have progress on anything if we don't take matters into our own hands and make some shit up!

@MaryAustinBooks

100% correct

we need less blame games and looking to others to fix things, and more fixing things ourselves

Of course that's hard, since the people fucking everything up suck up all of our money and time- the plutocrat parasites

But something is better than nothing but complaining and making angry, well articulated but eventually fruitless demands

And our effort can eventually serve as a platform to challenge the plutocracy

@benroyce
In a completely different context from Sudan-- but with the same spirit-- there are people all over the US who are working on mutual aid that we need to have a general strike. Many are people in hyper targeted groups who can't go to protests, but the work they are doing is just as essential. I know these people locally, I follow them in other places, and they are amazing.

We're gonna have a general strike forced on us when the economy crashes, and their efforts will save many lives.

@benroyce
We all saw how useless the regime was about the Texas floods. But the 50501 movement actually mobilized people from other Texas cities to help with search and rescue and provide emergency supplies! It got no coverage other than the social media links I posted, but it was an incredible show of how powerful the movement had already become.

Protests themselves are critical, but the movement is so much more than even that. The organizers know mutual aid is the other side of the coin.

@MaryAustinBooks

"oh you just #vote? you think that's all you have to do?"

or

"oh you just #protest? you think that's all you have to do?"

etc

jesus fucking christ

i despise this sleazy #rhetoric

no one serious thinks *only* doing {X} is all we have to do

the rhetoric's point is to immobilize you

that your action isn't "perfect"

whether as the sincere shit talk of very toxic people

or as #agentProvocateur #psyop

you protest *and* vote *and* do #mutualAid

and more

fucking obviously!

@benroyce @MaryAustinBooks

I am still be-fucking-fuddled by the person on here who was like “all you rubes boycotting Disney are so stupid. The only thing worth doing is voting”
And I was like “you can do both and maybe it’s not helpful to discourage people from taking an action?”
Then he told me boycotts never work and blocked me.

It is not that complex an idea to hold in your head that people doing something you think isn’t that useful can also do other things. The day is long.