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NEUER BEITRAG: Währenddessen… (KW 1)
Zwei Filme: "Ammonite" und "Love". Christian lädt zum Doublefeature mit anschließender Diskussion.
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Also;
"...I have done my best to find my place in the movement, while educating myself on social justice issues to the best of my ability. But after witnessing countless people be ruthlessly torn apart in community for their mistakes and missteps, I started to fear my own comrades.
As a cultural studies scholar, I am interested in how that culture—as expressed through discourse and popular narratives—does the work of power."
#FrancesLee, 2017
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Also;
"...I have done my best to find my place in the movement, while educating myself on social justice issues to the best of my ability. But after witnessing countless people be ruthlessly torn apart in community for their mistakes and missteps, I started to fear my own comrades.
As a cultural studies scholar, I am interested in how that culture—as expressed through discourse and popular narratives—does the work of power."
#FrancesLee, 2017
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@yojimbo
> I suspect that the outcome is probably justified when looking back at the long list of "offences".This seems relevant:
"There is an underlying current of fear in my activist communities, and it is separate from the daily fear of police brutality, eviction, discrimination, and street harassment. It is the fear of appearing impure. Social death follows when being labeled a “bad” activist or simply “problematic” enough times."
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What's intriguing is how much this reminds me of #FrancesLee's writing about the cult-ish nature of some modern activism. This is hardly a new phenomena. When I first started getting involved in anarchist groups, I often came across criticisms of the culty habits of marxist groups. Years before this, the #MontyPython film 'The Life of Brian' satirized the dogmatism, sectarianism, and self-importance that revolutionist groups can fall into.
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"To confront rigid radicalism effectively, we think, is not to pin it down and attack it, but to understand it so that we can learn to dissipate it. Because these tendencies are linked to fear, anxiety, shame—to our very desires and sense of who we are and what we are becoming—we think it is important to approach all of this with care and compassion."
https://joyfulmilitancy.com/2018/06/03/the-stifling-air-of-rigid-radicalism/This reminds me of #FrancesLee's writing on the same subject.
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@certifiedperson a lot of people are starting to talk about how to make our activism more compassionate, and less aggressive and bloody-minded:
http://rabble.ca/books/reviews/2013/04/10-key-points-becoming-more-compassionate-activistI wrote a piece somewhat inspired by the excellent pieces #FrancesLee has written on this topic:.
https://libcom.org/forums/feedback-content/universal-friendship-radical-goal-09012019 -
@LWFlouisa it was such a breath of fresh air to find #FrancesLee's writing and interviews on Safer Spaces Policing and how cultish it is. If I can bring their work to the attention of people who haven't seen it yet, I'll feel like I've contributed usefully.
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#FrancesLee was interviewed by #TimWise on his #SpeakOut podcast. It's such a relief to hear people who clearly care passionately about social justice, critiquing the excesses of "call-out" culture, and emphasizing the importance of relationship-building to achieve lasting social change:
https://www.podomatic.com/podcasts/speakoutwithtimwise/episodes/2017-11-21T07_49_01-08_00