Just published Beyond Liberalism: Toward a Revolutionary Culture - Part 3 I’ve been sitting with accountability because I’ve seen what happens in its absence — needing repair and never getting it, causing harm and not knowing how to make things right, watching coalitions and

experience ≠ education experience + reflection = education

As things slow down, I always like to remind folks that this is a great time to reflect on the year and begin turning some of the experience from the year into actual education. I just started my reflections and will eventually share some of it out. “New ideas come out of

One reflection from the last couple of weeks. Abolition of stan culture requires us to also not waste time shit talking celebrities, influencers, etc. Folks can spend just has much time critiquing without purpose as others spend glorifying individuals.

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“inside each American, from top to bottom, in various degrees, has been accumulated all the corruption of a class society that has achieved its magnificent technological progress first and always by exploiting the Negro race, and then by exploiting the immigrants of all races. At

“We have come to value things more than people. Our technological development has outrun our spiritual development. We have lost our sense of community, of interconnection and participation.” - James and Grace Lee Boggs, Revolution and Evolution

James and Grace Lee Boggs on #AmericanRevolution and counter-revolution: "...we must not allow our thoughts to be paralyzed by fear of repression and fascism. One must always think realistically about the dangers, but in thinking about the counter-revolution a revolutionist must

“It always amazes me that we can confront police, prisons, white supremacy, and the wealthiest, most violent empire in history — but fall apart when it’s time to struggle with each other. Conflict avoidance is killing our movements. We have to build the capacity to stay in the

If we want accountability to mean something inside our movements, we have to understand how it works outside of them. And the lessons are the same: without real relationship, structure, and attention to power dynamics, accountability becomes performative and hollow. It leaves

Sometimes, I really have to take a step back and evaluate whether my desire to respond is because I want to protect my ego, or because it’s in defense of something larger than me. I don’t always get it right, but it’s always a question worth asking.

“If we want to survive this moment, we cannot build unity or solidarity on top of unresolved conflict, bruised egos, unspoken harms, and fragile relationships. We cannot pretend that love and solidarity exist where the discipline to work through harm and repair does not. We

“The concrete work that we do in the final analysis is the basis for truth. Within the US we must realize that we are struggling to make a revolution in the most advanced technological society ever known in the history of the world, a society where the dogmatic assertions of an

We are human. We will mess up. The real question is: do we learn? Do we repair? Do we create space for each other’s evolution? Accountability without room for people to grow and change doesn’t build safety — it reinforces a politics of punishment and disposability. And when

“If we want to survive this moment, we cannot build unity or solidarity on top of unresolved conflict, bruised egos, unspoken harms, and fragile relationships. We cannot pretend that love and solidarity exist where the discipline to work through harm and repair does not. We

“If we want to build revolutionary movements that can actually transform society, we need a culture of accountability that doesn’t rely on shame or disposability. We need practices that allow people to grow, be challenged, and be held with the intention of supporting their

The fact that I haven’t said “we can agree to disagree” in like six years feels like a sign of growth.

One point of clarification because I see where this is going. I’m not dismissing lived experience. I’m pushing back on how liberalism distorts its value. Lived experience matters. It’s where most of us begin to understand oppression. I don’t know where I’d be without my

I think we need to revisit how we talk about “lived experience,” because liberalism is at risk of making it meaningless or just another individualist trap. You can have lived experience and still be reactionary. You can have lived experience and still be wrong. Lived

Twenty Enemy Forces by James Foreman - Sectarian Attitudes and Actions "Within the United States, there are many small organizations that absolutely refuse to join the ranks of a larger unity, not because they disagree in principle, but because they will have to relinquish some