Check out this video from about 1:15 on, as a brass band play the leftist anthem "Bella Ciao" to drown out #ProudBoy neo-Nazis who showed up at a #NoKings rally in Atlanta yesterday. Not only is it incredibly heartening, but the band SLAPS.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jhBaJpzAR2k

ETA: A Tumblr user identified the band, "The Black Sheep Ensemble":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zr3zqlA1uhk

This week's comic: Wealth Hoarders

#economy #oligarchy #billionaires #inequality

Y'all were wondering which way the army would break. This is as clear an answer as you're going to get.

This isn't a mistake. It's a message.

Edit: cut out "During drills they were perfectly in time" because I don't have receipts to show. Linking to a longer video in a threads post that shows a bit more intense of a juxtaposition between themselves and the division in front of them. This thread makes the same claim about drills, but I also don't see video.

https://www.threads.com/@davidmorehouse/post/DK7ExrKs5iw?xmt=AQF0w52awa66lUQeIuolzDaz8uSFcMmJLHALm9RZc4P75w

Edit: to clarify a bit, this is one division. The division in front of them in the longer video is in step. This isn't "the whole army is going to refuse" but this may be, "some units are fed up enough to make it clear they don't want to play, which is saying a lot."

Any division that exists needs to be cultivated. The way you cultivate that is absolutely not by lumping them all together. Some of the military voted for Trump, some don't care, some hate him. All of them are being treated like shit right now. All of them swore an oath to defend the constitution. Some of them probably know what that means.

I'm absolutely not a fan of the military, but I will take every opportunity I can to humanize these folks. Look for every opportunity you can to remind them that they are welcome on our side whenever they're ready to actually fulfill their oath, and we will appreciate every subtle bit of resistance they give to those who are violating it in the meantime.

BTW still not going to any mass events, even outdoors, for health reasons. so everybody out here who by #disability, like me, or any other reason cannot make it to a #nokings #protest, i see you.

just know there’s a reason for a vanguardia, guardia and retaguardia.

the vanguard are at the forefront. la guardia spreads the front everywhere. yet, it’s usually the “backguard” ―the last to come in―, the ones who finish the job.

we will find our moments to fight and we will win.

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🌈 #Kyiv marched with #Pride again — and even louder.

For the second year running, #Ukraine has held an Equality March amid russia's full-scale invasion.

Over 1,500 people joined the march, including LGBTQ+ representatives, veterans, students, diplomats, and allies

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