hexFeb 7, 2025

Hey anarchists and general leftists organizing in #RuralAmerica and deep red territory! I know you exist, but a lot of folks don't. This might be a good time to share your experience so others doing similar things can learn from them.

What strategies have you used?
What lessons have you learned?
What successes can you talk about?
How do you talk about your ideas and frame your conversations?
What organizations exist to make that type of organizing easier?

Edit: I forgot about this episode
https://live-like-the-world-is-dying.pinecast.co/episode/92cbcf70/sabot-media-on-rural-organizing

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S1E71 - Sabot Media on Rural Organizing

# Episode Summary Margaret talks with Sprout and Charyan from Sabot Media and The Blackflower Collective about organizing in rural areas and how that can be different from organizing in more urban areas. Sprout and Charyan talk about the different projects that Sabot Media and The Blackflower Collec

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Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸

@Hex I've learned things about this particular place that I wish I could discuss openly, but that would narrow in where I am. I am actually concerned for opsec.

(That said, any given number of tech and finance companies know, because the infrastructure still requires me to literally tell them my address so I can function... and in spite of VPN and locking down my devices as much as I could, my phone provider and several apps still have my exact location. So maybe it doesn't matter!!)

Feb 7, 2025 at 5:24pmWeb
Show threadMx. Luna Corbden 🐸Feb 7, 2025

@Hex I'll just say: Please contact your local tribes, if you've got any. It's on my list to do.

Here, I'll just say the local tribe has their own police force.

And that a couple of decades ago, this area pushed out an infamous nationalist group that was causing trouble and giving the area a bad name. That vibe still resonates around here, that there's a certain level of racism/nationalism that goes too far for the culture here, they continue to keep outright nationalist groups from settling. I'm trying to figure out how to tap into that.