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Photo of Lovelle Mixon with the words "I thought it was my taser" written over the coffins of the four cops he shot.

@squirrels gender abolition: gender is a social construct that exists to define the separation. To abolish it would be to make, total, destroy on the organization of appearances, bring in commune our bodies with the action of living, and to be fluid without borders. to abolish gender is to lend great definition to expressive acts, it is to negate the negation, gift freely without transaction, color in dark vibrant tones an unmuted love.

@squirrels .. been eating pineapple pizza since 🍕 was introduced.

@sala "cause fuck 'em - that's why" was a memorable slogan used by older anarchists to teach us (then) younger anarchists not to be so damn serious. That the secret is to begin, that respectability politics get ya no desirable.

https://usa.inquirer.net/64602/angelo-quinto-is-our-george-floyd

https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-03-17/latasha-harlins-memorial-playground-black-lives-matter-south-los-angeles

subsequently building more faith in the system and creating even more distance and misunderstanding between Black and Asian communtities.

The current wave of targeted attacks against Asian Americans could create a dynamic of solidarity between Black and Asian communities united in the fight against racism. However, the fact that nearly all of the most egregious attacks against Asians have been thoroughly investigated by law enforcement and prosecuted in the court system creates a situation where it is more likely that the american system will use its response to the attacks as a way to portray itself as a crusader against racism

In response to the lack of attention surrounding the Antioch Police Department murder of Angelo Quinto, a Filipino American man, professor Daniel Phil Gonzales stated that their community's reluctance to act in solidarity with black struggles against racism had come back to bite them. If Asian Americans had been more involved in black struggles, he implied, they would undoubtedly receive more support when they inevitably became the targets of American racism.

The largest nationwide Asian-American protest movement in recent memory was a movement demanding that Peter Liang- a Chinese American NYPD officer- face no consequences for the murder of Akai Gurley, an unarmed Black man. Interestingly, this was not a movement of middle class Asian-Americans but was largely comprised of working class recent Chinese immigrants.

In addition to the massacre in Atlanta, yesterday was also the thirtieth anniversary of the murder of Latasha Harlins by Korean-America storeowner Soon Ja Du.

Asian American communities have, with some notable exceptions, been relatively quiet on issues of racial violence against other groups. Middle and upper class east asian communities have largely benefited from American racism, while low income and immigrant southeast Asian communities haven't been as fortunate.

Feeling this: thanks @subMedia

https://kolektiva.media/videos/watch/28a4e7c8-5797-4923-a9b5-e42432f18202

@polymerwitch if there's a way to, we'd love too. We think it happens because we embed tweets in articles. Open to suggestions.

@franko @riotmuffin and a biden supporter would also use ANTIFA much for the same reason, autonomous decentralized direct action represents a threat because it's not under then control of the party, not sanctioned and ultimately- uncontrollable. So that is most certainly a strike at the spineless and fearful core of the democrat, this idea that people don't need them, that autonomous communities can blossom, can inspire, and can function without their process or approval.

@riotmuffin because "ANTIFA" presents as some strange terrorist org like al-qaeda... Instead of an abbreviation for anti-fascism. It serves as a useful propaganda tool of misinformation/misdirection.

We talked with Lauren Regan of the Civil Liberties Defense Center about the changing face of State repression and the push by the Center for a new 'War on Terror' in the wake of the far-Right attempted coup in DC. https://itsgoingdown.org/state-repression-in-changing-terrain-an-interview-with-lauren-regan-from-the-civil-liberties-defense-center/