Social Revolutions of my Life – Anti-Capitalism & Class Consciousness

This post is Part 3 of a series on social revolutions of the past 30 years — where public consciousness has massively shifted in favor of liberation. My aim is to create space to pause and acknowledge how things have changed in ways that once felt impossible, remind us that things can always be otherwise. It is inspired in part by Rebecca Solnit’s 2016 edition of Hope in the Dark and David Graeber’s 2007 essay “The Shock of Victory.” Feel free to check out part 1 and part 2. [...]

https://write.as/free-as-folk/social-revolutions-of-my-life-anti-capitalism-and-class-consciousness

Today in Labor History May 12, 1971: The Panther 21 were acquitted in New York on charges of conspiring to bomb buildings after it was revealed that the undercover police had infiltrated the Black Panther Party, created the plans for the violence, and framed innocent Panthers. Among those charged were Afeni Shakur who was, at the time, pregnant with Tupac Shakur. Another defendant was Sundiata Acoli, who would later join the Black Liberation Army (BLA) and get convicted (1974), along with Assata Shakur, of murdering a New Jersey state trooper. Another defendant in the Panther 21 case was Kuwasi Balagoon who became an anarchist while in prison and who also joined the BLA. In 1979, while on the lam from his second prison escape, he helped to free Assata Shakur, who fled to Cuba and who died there in 2025. In 1986, Balagoon, who was bisexual, died in prison from AIDS. The prison abolitionist group, Black and Pink, which supports LGBTQ and HIV-positive prisoners, has, since 2020, run a "Kuwasi Balagoon award" for prisoners living with HIV/AIDS.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #blackpanthers #bpp #tupac #assata #aids #lgbtq #racism #homophobia #kuwasibalagoon #anarchism #socialism #communism #sundiataacoli #police #BlackMastodon

essential listening for anyone resisting this apocalypse. it's a conversation with #MumiaAbuJamal about #FrantzFanon & his book #WretchedOfTheEarth

#GifsArtidote: i will be studying this book as it's called 'the anti-imperialist bible'. good prep for my next semester #CrimPsy

https://youtu.be/pm9xDMGIy_c?

#press #BPP #FreeMumia #analysis

essential listening for anyone resisting this apocalypse. it's a conversation with #MumiaAbuJamal about #FrantzFanon & his book #WretchedOfTheEarth

#GifsArtidote: i will be studying this book as it's called 'the anti-imperialist bible'. good prep for my next semester #CrimPsy

https://youtu.be/pm9xDMGIy_c?

#press #BPP #FreeMumia #analysis

The National Insurance Commission (NAICOM) and the Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) have signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to standardise requirements for the issuance of insurance bonds and public procurement.

https://dmarketforces.com/naicom-bpp-sign-pact-for-insurance-bond-issuance/

#NAICOM #BPP #InsuranceBonds

Se souvenir du Black Panther Party

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.contretemps.eu/se-souvenir-du-black-panther-party/

The Bureau of Public Procurement (BPP) has presented its 2026 budget proposal to the National Assembly, highlighting achievements in procurement reforms and savings.

https://dmarketforces.com/bpp-records-n1-1trn-savings-seeks-increased-allocation-in-2026-budget/

#BPP

get educated by this former #BPP elder. he explains in a calm structured way a concrete civic implementation plan.

he says: we break down the major threats facing americans right now and explain exactly what Standards, Not Force (#SNF) will do — lawfully, calmly, and strategically — to reduce risk in daily life without depending on washington.

https://youtu.be/AKarXIc3meA?

a very important lesson from #FormerBlackPantherSpeaks about us all having #agency

#GifsArtidote: this wise man explains exactly what's happened to me from day one: #NoAgency, but i haven't stopped fighting & questioning #authority. i am going to follow the whole series of his videos, & hopefully find the strength i need to tackle this one.
#AllPower2ThePeople

https://youtu.be/SBJ7yjEt59g?

#BPP #press #IndependentMedia
#psychology #trauma #CPTSD #BPD