#untilallarefree — Public Fediverse posts

If May Day, among other things, is about sharing the “wealth” (aka abolishing capitalism), there’s nothing quite like going to a small but sweet Really Really Free Market on this May 1 and being gifted a sheet of freshly printed stickers that feel just right for these suddenly rebellious times. (After all, #AllComradesAreBeautiful!)

Then, soon after, redistributing that “wealth” to others at a nearby May Day rally, made merry because of the danceable tunes of @brassyourheart (which may now have some tiny water jugs on a drum or two because this marching band can #AlwaysCarryABeat!).

There are so many others reasons, of course, to wear one’s #ACAB on their sleeve (or water bottle) this May Day, when so many universities and colleges are liberating spaces of solidarity for Gaza, and in the process, powerfully demonstrating that #AutonomousCommunitiesAreBeautiful.

And likewise, so many police are painfully demonstrating that #AllCopsAreBrutal—underscoring that cop cities (aka policing) everywhere must be abolished, from every river to every sea, just as the Haymarket martyrs also fought and alas died for, in part.

Next May Day, in liberation!

#CareNotCops
#CommonsNotCapitalism
#SolidarityNotStates
#TryAnarchismForLife
#UntilAllAreFree

(Ongoing love+solidarity to the brave+bold folks at @occupycalpolyhumboldt for gifting the world the joy of a humble water jug vs. cop during their occupation)

There is so much I want to say—ranging from the refreshed inspiration I feel, to the joyous bonds of connection and solidarity that collective encampments make possible, to all the ways that “radical” reformers limit the horizons of social transformation within such moments of palpable potentiality.

But all the hours over the past few days have been overfull with being fully present in the face-to-face real life of the UPitt encampment.

So for now, a quick note of friendly anarchist encouragement:

If you’re “liberated zone” includes a rule saying “don’t talk to the police” and messages like #FTP on tents (pictured here) …

actually, truly DO NOT talk to the police (including behind the scenes chats by self-appointed “leaders” to negotiate with the cops) and don’t create your own “peace police” force within your camp. Neither point toward liberation, much less abolition. And both do not keep us safe.

Only we keep us safe(r).

Be like water (bottles). Think and act for yourselves, together, in collective self-defense and collective prefiguration of the liberatory self-governed and autonomous spaces we all deserve.

#AutonomousCommunitiesAreBeautiful
#ACAB
#CareNotCops (including yellow-vested ones)
#UntilAllAreFree