Can we start a radical optimism thread? Because I need a #radical optimism thread. And I think you need a #radicaloptimism thread.
News. Quotes. Music. Thoughts. Whatever.
I'll start:
"You have to act as if it were possible to radically transform the world. And you have to do it all the time." --Angela Davis
If this gets any traction, please boost, especially the replies. You and I are not the only ones that need this right now.
There are fascists marching in my city later this month. The fascists have been planning it for a while. They expect only a few weird anarchists and communists like me to come out to resist them, as usual.
This time, the mainstream unions are picking it up and organising against them. It looks like we'll have a huge mass of people.
More importantly though, it looks like the French elections have shown people that they can just stand up and oppose the far Right. That it isn't something that only a few weirdos in black hoodies can do. That it's not inevitable that fascism will capture the state and then kill us all. That we don't have to make compromises and let our friends and loved ones be dehumanised in silence.
I'm feeling radical hope. I'm an optimist. But suddenly it feels as if there are a lot of people around me who're feeling it too, and a mood of possibility is beginning to spread. It's intoxicating.
I hope this is the sort of thing you mean.
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