Thank you for this. It is so hard to be hopeful, though hope is a prerequisite for resistance. As a really old social justice activist, I have watched the shifts this way and that since the 70s, and if I can remember to keep that whole time frame in view, I firmly believe progress happens. It happens in fits and starts, and looking for i…
Thank you for this. It is so hard to be hopeful, though hope is a prerequisite for resistance. As a really old social justice activist, I have watched the shifts this way and that since the 70s, and if I can remember to keep that whole time frame in view, I firmly believe progress happens. It happens in fits and starts, and looking for it is often like watching the hour hand on a clock, but it does happen. It doesn't happen from the top, and that's what I believe is most important to know. Any progress we see at a federal level has worked its way from the ground up. Of course, we can't lose focus on the federal government, because every time we do, we lose ground. For anyone who feels hopeless in the face of the continual recycling of the same neoliberal framing in different jargon, I would urge you to look to community level activism as the fertile ground for truly liberating changes. It takes time. Way more time than we have, and yes, time is running out. But we have to keep trying anyway, and that requires finding the hope that motivates resistance.
Thank you for this. It is so hard to be hopeful, though hope is a prerequisite for resistance. As a really old social justice activist, I have watched the shifts this way and that since the 70s, and if I can remember to keep that whole time frame in view, I firmly believe progress happens. It happens in fits and starts, and looking for it is often like watching the hour hand on a clock, but it does happen. It doesn't happen from the top, and that's what I believe is most important to know. Any progress we see at a federal level has worked its way from the ground up. Of course, we can't lose focus on the federal government, because every time we do, we lose ground. For anyone who feels hopeless in the face of the continual recycling of the same neoliberal framing in different jargon, I would urge you to look to community level activism as the fertile ground for truly liberating changes. It takes time. Way more time than we have, and yes, time is running out. But we have to keep trying anyway, and that requires finding the hope that motivates resistance.