I am a citizen of the United States of America. I tell you this to tell you that I am ashamed of my country,

I am ashamed of my country for being founded on genocide and slavery for Christ and white supremacy at the direction of an owning class. (You might be seeing that called the Epstein class these days.)

I am ashamed of my country for basically carrying on, in some form or another, with the genociding and enslaving for [white] American Jesus and billionaires since its founding.

I am ashamed of my country for being the first to develop and test nuclear weapons.

I am ashamed of my country for detonating nuclear weapons over cities full of human beings.

I am ashamed of my country for holding the threat of nuclear annihilation at the world’s throat for more than half a century.

I am ashamed of my country for standing ready at every moment of every day to commit genocide against the world on the orders of one man. (I suppose it wouldn’t be any better if it were a committee rather than one man, but somehow it feels particularly egregious that just one terrible decision from one equally terrible human being could be the end of us all.)

I am ashamed of my country for toppling other countries’ governments—especially democratically-elected governments—to install and prop up fascist regimes for the benefit of corporate/imperial interests.

I am ashamed of my country for consistently standing against every measure for justice and human rights ever put forth by the rest of the world.

I am ashamed of my country, and if you’re American, you should be too.

Shame is uncomfortable, unpleasant, unwelcome—I know. That’s the whole point of shame: it’s meant to feel bad. Gods, fam, we should feel bad that ours is only one of two nations in the entire world that voted no to a resolution to recognize food as a human right. There’s no context in which that isn’t just fucking awful.

So put aside your pride—which only blinds you and makes it easier for the owning class to manipulate you—and sit with me in our shame. Stew in it with me. Let’s feel bad about things we should feel bad about.

Then let’s do something about it.

#USA #USpol #Medium #UN #NoNukes #NoGenocide #ClimateJusticeNow #FoodIsAHumanRight #HumanRights #ShameOnUS #EndTheEpsteinClass #NoWarButClassWar

Some photos I’ve seen scrolling tumblr lately, that I felt compelled to save + share

I shared these to my TikTok, along with a screenshot of text from me, reading “My traumatized, disabled, queer family is doing our best to stay alive and secure permanent shelter.
We appreciate anyone who decides to check out my music, my partner's music, get art from me, follow my Patreon, or donate to us. Everything can be found on my hyperfollow!”

https://hyperfollow.com/LukeOrion

This is what I wrote on this post, as well as a post to my Patreon:

Apparently there’s been another airplane crash, this time in Pennsylvania.
I had a nightmare last night that I was trapped in the hotel. There was water flooding the streets and filling the building all the way up to the 2nd floor, Betty was missing, and I was struggling to keep the cats inside while a man violently fought to try and get into our room.
I don’t know what we’ll do if we can’t get any reach with our fundraiser. There’s nobody that would hide us here. We won’t get anywhere without a car.
I can’t shake the feeling of impending doom. The pain is getting too heavy to handle.
I’m so far from processing what’s going on. It’s too much. We need out. We aren’t making progress quickly enough and I’m scared. I don’t want it to be too late.
#MutualAidSavesLives #AntiFascism #AntiCapitalism #DisabledInAmerica #TransInAmerica #Homeless #Trans #Disabled #FoodIsAHumanRight #ShelterIsAHumanRight #MutualAid @mutualaid #lgbtqia #crowdfund #Fundraiser #FundraiserFriday

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Are you British?
Do you know German?
If so, watch this report from German TV: I hope you find it as inspiring as I found it.
https://www.daserste.de/information/politik-weltgeschehen/weltspiegel/sendung/grossbritannien-millionaere-die-mehr-steuern-zahlen-wollen-100.html

#taxTheRich (40 of them beg to pay more taxes!!!) #peaceandjustice
#FoodIsAHumanRight
#GreatBritain #Change

If you’re in a position to donate this holiday season, Alameda County Community Food Bank is a good organization working to ensure the most vulnerable in our community have healthful and delicious meals to eat.

#FoodIsAHumanRight #ACCFB #FoodBank

https://www.accfb.org/

In the Horn of Africa, a Climate-Fueled Food Catastrophe Looms: #ClimateChange -induced #drought is exposing cracks in the global #food system and overwhelming #HumanitarianAid.#Hunger #FoodIsAHumanRight

https://undark.org/2022/12/19/in-the-horn-of-africa-a-climate-fueled-food-catastrophe-looms/