Adults that say “you’ll grow out of your radicalism when you have bills to pay” do so to make themselves feel better for selling out. LONG LIVE THE RESISTANCE.
Thankyou for calling it direct. On repeat. With music in it. Will pass it on wherever I can. We need more resistance songs! More solidarity songs! That rhythm us toward our new future. Hands out holding a bowl for a meal across time and space.
You do realize that these academic institutions are condemning and expelling students as we speak? If anything, you should read this article and sit with the irony of you telling us that we're indoctrinated instead of pretending to care about our wellbeing.
HOLD THE LINE. i have spent the last year completely disillusioned by the power of student movements having been at the head of one for a year. i was beaten down by institutions. no more of that. i am getting back up and watching and engraving this into my soul so that all can stand with me to HOLD THE LINE. seeing these students was supercharging to me like nothing before, that felt like electricity in a way that i only felt at the beginning of my term in student politics. i am eating this and holding it in the pit of my stomach to blaze onwards. thank you for this 🔥🔥‼️
"The colonial school is colonial, as in: they seek to help us solve the biggest problems of society without ever wanting us to disrupt the structures that truly cause them." Hello Ismatu! Thank you for your continuous courage and intentional writing, this quote resonated with me b/c it dives into the depths of the educational system as it stands now. When we go originally as students our aim is to acquire the knowledge we need to succeed (that is to say to flourish in a capitalist environment that benefits off of our collective blindness). We must not "see" the structures in front of us as shackles because what if we posed a threat to disrupt them. This, is what I believe the colonial school (and our capitalist world at large) is afraid of. The collective undoing of all "their" hard work.
This is what every SJP chapter, what every JVP chapter, what EVERY student RIGHT NOW needs to hear. Thank you for inspiration and empowerment !
We will hold the line ✊
Thankyou for calling it direct. On repeat. With music in it. Will pass it on wherever I can. We need more resistance songs! More solidarity songs! That rhythm us toward our new future. Hands out holding a bowl for a meal across time and space.
I agree.
Thank you for your sharp and incisive words!
This is a radicalism no one can afford to grow out of. Thanks for this powerful post, Ismatu.
Hold the line! And peace to all.
As a CU alum, I'm so incredibly proud of these undergrads! Hold the line; play to WIN ✊🏾🖤✨
thank you for sharing your experience and your solidarity🧡🧡
thank you so much for sharing this, Ismatu💜
Return the hostages and denounce terrorism.
Learn to read.
How about this: NO.
thank youso much for this. sharing it to students worldwide🖤❤️
You mean * induced* radicalism.
Students, learn how you’ve been indoctrinated and mediated, and get out while you can!
You can keep telling yourself that :') we're not going anywhere. Your manipulation tactics don't work here.
You do realize that these academic institutions are condemning and expelling students as we speak? If anything, you should read this article and sit with the irony of you telling us that we're indoctrinated instead of pretending to care about our wellbeing.
> Students, learn how you’ve been indoctrinated and mediated, and get out while you can!
Why do you ask of others that which you refuse to do yourself, Normie?
You mistake me for some who refused to do that which I urge of others. (Note: I never asked.)
You are presuming that your interpretation of my words is correct.
It is not.
I will re-ask my question and observe how you react to it this time:
>> Students, learn how you’ve been indoctrinated and mediated, and get out while you can!
> Why do you ask of others that which you refuse to do yourself, Normie?
HOLD THE LINE. i have spent the last year completely disillusioned by the power of student movements having been at the head of one for a year. i was beaten down by institutions. no more of that. i am getting back up and watching and engraving this into my soul so that all can stand with me to HOLD THE LINE. seeing these students was supercharging to me like nothing before, that felt like electricity in a way that i only felt at the beginning of my term in student politics. i am eating this and holding it in the pit of my stomach to blaze onwards. thank you for this 🔥🔥‼️
also yippee free book ive been meaning to read. thanks for the reminder 💓
"The colonial school is colonial, as in: they seek to help us solve the biggest problems of society without ever wanting us to disrupt the structures that truly cause them." Hello Ismatu! Thank you for your continuous courage and intentional writing, this quote resonated with me b/c it dives into the depths of the educational system as it stands now. When we go originally as students our aim is to acquire the knowledge we need to succeed (that is to say to flourish in a capitalist environment that benefits off of our collective blindness). We must not "see" the structures in front of us as shackles because what if we posed a threat to disrupt them. This, is what I believe the colonial school (and our capitalist world at large) is afraid of. The collective undoing of all "their" hard work.
Grief is so powerful. Thank you for this
Essay eats .. per usual