Ismatu I do not know you personally but I love you. Thank you for inspiring so many - you and Bisan are the siblings in my heart to see revolution beside!
Ismatu, your words inspire and empower me as they often do. Thank you for sharing your words and experiences at a time when intentionally being open and devoted to creating new realities can feel lonely. As Ive been starting conversations around boycotting and striking I think the biggest hurdle when spreading the word about striking is the lack of instructions or advice on how to cope financially. It may be just in my circles but I feel stretched thin in survive + mutual aid funding for many things. How do we organize for those who can’t pay rent if they don’t work? The demographic that can likely stop working and survive feels out of reach or they are part of essential services like teachers or nurses. I’m excited to learn more about basic income and learn from Rebuilding Lives! There are many community initiatives in my home town in Alabama already. I feel that if a plan is laid out to some of them it really can help move past the boundary of fear and simply not knowing what to do and starting to build towards basic income and less input into the machine.
agh yes, i would even say this points to a larger issue that abolitionist/organizing spaces have to tackle, which is accessibility! it’s so overwhelming to build a new world amongst the crumbling of the old one
Thank you so much for another amazing article--I really appreciate the language you always use, where you lay out ideas and topics in ways that are easy to understand (at least, for the most part)! It makes it very easy to share this article (and your others) with people who aren't as informed about radical politics like this. Thank you for all the work you do!
Ismatu, your words are alive. I feel both ashamed of my own stupor and compelled to act through the education your words provide.
I also remembered our brothers and sisters in Myanmar while reading your words on abusive regimes. Their civil war has been going on for 3 years; a forgotten and ongoing crisis in Southeast Asia. I want a sovereignty in the hands of the masses too, because they are who suffer most.
I needed that last shout because I find it so hard to have these conversation with friends and family, not knowing where to start, afraid of their reactions and being burdensome, etc. but I hope to be better and braver about this. thank you for your inspiring and thoughtful words ❤️
As always Ismatu, god bless you. keep being brave. continue training.
Thank you for everything you have shown me and taught me. The seeds you plant are indeed growing, even halfway across the world.
✊🏾🖤
Ismatu I do not know you personally but I love you. Thank you for inspiring so many - you and Bisan are the siblings in my heart to see revolution beside!
Ismatu, your words inspire and empower me as they often do. Thank you for sharing your words and experiences at a time when intentionally being open and devoted to creating new realities can feel lonely. As Ive been starting conversations around boycotting and striking I think the biggest hurdle when spreading the word about striking is the lack of instructions or advice on how to cope financially. It may be just in my circles but I feel stretched thin in survive + mutual aid funding for many things. How do we organize for those who can’t pay rent if they don’t work? The demographic that can likely stop working and survive feels out of reach or they are part of essential services like teachers or nurses. I’m excited to learn more about basic income and learn from Rebuilding Lives! There are many community initiatives in my home town in Alabama already. I feel that if a plan is laid out to some of them it really can help move past the boundary of fear and simply not knowing what to do and starting to build towards basic income and less input into the machine.
agh yes, i would even say this points to a larger issue that abolitionist/organizing spaces have to tackle, which is accessibility! it’s so overwhelming to build a new world amongst the crumbling of the old one
Thank you so much for another amazing article--I really appreciate the language you always use, where you lay out ideas and topics in ways that are easy to understand (at least, for the most part)! It makes it very easy to share this article (and your others) with people who aren't as informed about radical politics like this. Thank you for all the work you do!
RAAAHHHHH
thank you for your poignant words, as always. i look up to you as a writer and stand next to you as a comrade. 🫶🏽 love + solidarity
Ismatu, your words are alive. I feel both ashamed of my own stupor and compelled to act through the education your words provide.
I also remembered our brothers and sisters in Myanmar while reading your words on abusive regimes. Their civil war has been going on for 3 years; a forgotten and ongoing crisis in Southeast Asia. I want a sovereignty in the hands of the masses too, because they are who suffer most.
I needed that last shout because I find it so hard to have these conversation with friends and family, not knowing where to start, afraid of their reactions and being burdensome, etc. but I hope to be better and braver about this. thank you for your inspiring and thoughtful words ❤️
Ismatu, i am grateful for you. I don’t know you personally, yet your words set my heart ablaze everyday. Thank you, have a blessed day🫂
This was such a powerful and inspiring text, thank you for the incredible work you do
Amazing essay!Free Palestine🇵🇸!Free Sudan🇸🇩!Free Congo🇨🇩!Free Tigray!#EndFemicideKE!
endless amounts of gratitude.