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

Just discovered David Graeber — anthropologist, anarchist, and co-creator of “We Are the 99%.”

His big question: What would life look like if people were free to do meaningful work instead of pretending to be busy?

Read - On the Phenomenon of Bullshit Jobs” (free online link below).

https://www.strikemag.org/bullshit-jobs/

#davidgraeber
#antiwork
#wearethe99percent
#degrowth
#gifteconomy

Today in ‘Samuel Pepys’ Diary Reimagined’:

‘Kept thinking, “My life hasn’t been nice in quite a while,” but recently, I’ve come to strike “My.” Life for the overwhelming part of humanity hasn’t been nice in a while and keeps getting worse […]’

https://babumenos.com/SPDR/#a2025-05-31

#TechnoFeudalism #Capitalism #Enshittification #WeAreThe99Percent #Fascism #Antifa