It's Going Down on Nostr: "We need to be serious about building transformational, oppositional organizing ...
"We need to be serious about building transformational, oppositional organizing cultures and drawing some damn lines in the sand. I don’t think we should be ashamed of withdrawing support for an oppressive system. I don’t think we should let reformist, lesser-evil politics get covered up with a radical, harm reduction veneer. I don’t think participating in the electoral system pushes politicians to the left. I think it pushes our movements out of the streets."
https://instruggle.substack.com/p/why-not-to-votePublished at
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