This is such a prescient message— thank you for this! One thing I’d add: I’m a little uneasy around the wording towards the end, which to me seemed to be saying that we need to grind hard now in order to defeat fascism to one day be able to rest. I think the change we need requires a resistance of paradox: both responding to our systems …
This is such a prescient message— thank you for this! One thing I’d add: I’m a little uneasy around the wording towards the end, which to me seemed to be saying that we need to grind hard now in order to defeat fascism to one day be able to rest. I think the change we need requires a resistance of paradox: both responding to our systems with the work of collective action, and also prioritizing our rest and spirit. There’s a distinction there between rest and convenience that’s important to note.
I just see a lot of the same disembodied, capitalist grind culture applied to resistance work. But in this context, the carrot on the stick isn’t the promotion or new house, but so called “liberation.”
I’m struck by the Iroquois wisdom that we ought to consider how our actions not just affect us, but affect the next 7 generations. And in that same spirit, I think the legacy burdens we’ve inherited will take at least 7 generations to heal (capitalism, white body supremacy, patriarchy, etc).
And if that’s the case, we’re in this work for the long haul. And that kind of steady commitment requires the wisdom to know when to push, and when to rest.
Just some nuance that I wanted to add, primarily for myself as I metabolize this great word on convenience.
This is such a prescient message— thank you for this! One thing I’d add: I’m a little uneasy around the wording towards the end, which to me seemed to be saying that we need to grind hard now in order to defeat fascism to one day be able to rest. I think the change we need requires a resistance of paradox: both responding to our systems with the work of collective action, and also prioritizing our rest and spirit. There’s a distinction there between rest and convenience that’s important to note.
I just see a lot of the same disembodied, capitalist grind culture applied to resistance work. But in this context, the carrot on the stick isn’t the promotion or new house, but so called “liberation.”
I’m struck by the Iroquois wisdom that we ought to consider how our actions not just affect us, but affect the next 7 generations. And in that same spirit, I think the legacy burdens we’ve inherited will take at least 7 generations to heal (capitalism, white body supremacy, patriarchy, etc).
And if that’s the case, we’re in this work for the long haul. And that kind of steady commitment requires the wisdom to know when to push, and when to rest.
Just some nuance that I wanted to add, primarily for myself as I metabolize this great word on convenience.