If you're feeling helpless and small today, give this video a go.

The Case for making Art when the world is one fire. #radicalhope #dosomething

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2XZ9z6OewR0

The case for making art when the world is on fire | Amie McNee | TEDxManchester

YouTube

The world feels like it is burning. Between corporate greed, the loss of ownership, and a justice system that feels broken, it is easy to feel overwhelmed.

And yet, I am still optimistic.

I am optimistic because of you. Every time you shout at an injustice or refuse to stay quiet, you give me hope. I truly believe there are sunny days ahead because we are fighting for them together. ☀

#Community #Activism #Hope #HopePunk #Optimism #SocialJustice #LateStageCapitalism #Resistance #MutualAid #AntiCorporate #PowerToThePeople #Socialism #Communism #Marxism #SolarPunk #RadicalHope #BetterWorld #BrightFuture #KeepFighting #Fediverse #Together #Solidarity #Equality #Inspiration

I wrote a post about creating hope and like most of my writing it's free. What do you think about hope and how we create it? Would love to have a conversation about it if you'd like.

Read me here:

https://open.substack.com/pub/collateralculture/p/creating-hope?r=3vr1v&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web

#radicalhope #collectivecare #indiewriter #indieartist

Creating Hope

From one artist to another

Third Culture Chaos

Just figured I'd bring this back. "The revolution is made up of ordinary, working class, poor people fighting for liberation, playing their role(s), en masse. Aaron played his role the best he could. He chose death in the name of Palestine rather than a life of self-centered complacency, willful ignorance and complicity which is in itself an undignified, hollow life or rather a slow meaningless death." -Ayesha Khan, Ph.D.
#revolution #radicalhope

https://wokescientist.substack.com/p/the-point-of-life-is-to-live-and

The point of life is to live (& die) for something greater than yourself, for liberation

We have to make it matter. What is your role in the struggle for liberation?

Cosmic Anarchy
You know, it's funny --I've finally released the feeling of needing a romantic partner, as I had said before...but that doesn't mean that the desire to care for goes away. What is a court jester without court? A fairy with no children to believe? I am self-appointed bringer of wonder, color, moments of peace...but alas, still not enough people to bring it to. I've created a secret discord and telegram group for cosmic wanderers to discover, should they wish to be a part of it. It takes time and space to get to, however. #galacticmermaids #community #radicalhope #collectivecare
I didn't mean to but I started a hashtag. You cannot buy, stream, or steal hope. You can only manufacture it yourself or share it. A big way of doing that for me is romanticizing the hell out of my life and noticing the whimsy. A huge part of it is listening to others. Creating things with my hands. Crafting without an audience in mind. Let's play through connection. #community #connection #radicalhope #leftist #collectivecare #whimsytips #whimsical #hope #cocreate

Joe Strummer

Birth name: John Graham Mellor

Born: 21 August 1952
Ankara
Died: 22 December 2002 (aged 50)
Somerset, England

Genres
Punk rock, post-punk, reggae, rock, new wave, alternative rock

#music #history #sociology
#queering #queer #futures #democracy #radicalhope

#socialmovements #arts #film

Climate defeatism is a luxury we can't afford. 
It's time to cap the emissions of despair and fuel #radicalhope with both bold vision and concrete steps.
"It is absolutely touch and go. Each one of us could make the difference. That's why I do what I do." - Bucky Fuller"
Finally, Jasmine brings #RadicalHope into the discussion, stating that we can understand the history of oppression in our communities and still envision equitable possibilities for better futures. Jasmine shares the story of Mary Lumpkin as an example: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/the-enslaved-woman-who-liberated-a-slave-jail-and-transformed-it-into-an-hbcu-180979757/
The Enslaved Woman Who Liberated a Slave Jail and Transformed It Into an HBCU

Forced to bear her enslaver's children, Mary Lumpkin later forged her own path to freedom

Smithsonian Magazine
Today is my birthday. Please send me your favourite mastodon accounts to follow. I am getting more and more into solarpunk projects and ethical making with a tinge of #RadicalHope