Hatesquash - GenX-Rage

Enemies vs cowards

With few exceptions, it is more accurate to divide most politicians into two broad categories: Enemies, and Cowards. The enemies are those politicians who are legitimately opposed to your policy goals. The cowards are those politicians who may agree with your policy goals, but will sell you out if they must in order to protect their own interests. Embrace the idea that we are simply pushing to elect the cowards, rather than the enemies. Why? Because the true work of political action is not to identify idealized superheroes to run for office. It is, instead, to create the conditions in the world that make it safe for the cowards to vote the right way. Under this framework, you can set aside the tedious feelings of disappointment that come with holding moral views while also supporting any politician. Will your favorite candidate do something bad? Almost certainly. After all, they are cowards. The onus is on us to give the cowards a soft path to the moral choice. The education necessary to equip citizens with the facts; the persuasion necessary to move public opinion to the right place; the organizing necessary to mobilize people to fight for the right thing. These things are the substance of “politics.” Elections can be seen as just another organizing task, one in an endless procession of efforts necessary to arrange the chess pieces of power in a way that will, eventually, produce the righteous outcome.

-Hamilton Nolan

Kent State University

today's vetted fundraisers. please please continue sharing and donating in whatever capacity you can. your help is giving life and hope to those in the direst circumstances.

june 27th:

Basel Ayyad and his family of eight, including his sick daughter whose condition is worsening due to lack of treatment (CHF1,120/CHF60,000) - @basel-1995, verified by @/sayruq

Ahmed Al-Nabih and his family of four (€1,108/€30,000) - @ahmedalnabeeh11, #218 on @/el-shab-hussein and @/nabulsi's list

Nesma Ahmed and her family of 12, including several children and her severely injured father ($64,648/$80,000) - @nesmamomen, verified by @/nabulsi

Randa Abubakr's family of six, including two disabled members (€19,440/€35,000) - @rnd8, verified by @/newsfrom-theworld

Muhammed Al-Azayza and family, including a young child with Down syndrome (kr6,161 SEK/kr200,000 SEK) - @hamouda-az, verified by @/sayruq

Ruba Abushaban and family, including her sick father who urgently needs medical treatment (€26,000/€100,000) - @rubashabansblog, verified by @/nabulsi

Wafaa's family of 15, including several children and a newborn (they just lost her young niece) (€18,801/€50,000) - @wafs-posts, verified by @/palipunk

14-year-old Malk Al Zaeem, her three siblings, their parents, and their sick grandfather ($16,521 CAD/$50,000 CAD) - @malkzaeem, @yosofzaeem, verified by @/nabulsi

Momen Alostaz's family of ten, including his chronically ill parents and a newborn (€12,424/€70,000) - @mo98h, verified by @/sayruq

Nedaa and her elderly parents (£3,934/£15,000) - @nedaapales, verified by @/90-ghost

Hadeel Adnan Abu Nasser and her family of 12 (they've lost her father and her brother) (€993/€20,000) - @hadeelgaza, verified by @/90-ghost

Siraj Abudayeh, his wife, and their three children ($668 CAD/$82,000 CAD) - @siraj2024, verified by @/nabulsi

Basma Alghoul, her husband, and their three young children (kr7,001 SEK/kr400,000 SEK) - @basmaalghoul, verified by @/nabulsi

not yet vetted:

Yasmin Albalawi, her five siblings, their chronically ill parents, and five nephews and nieces (€4,999/€50,000) - @yasminalbalawi, more details from @/mangocheesecakes

Mohammed Ismaeel, his two younger sisters, and their parents (€5/€25,000) - @mohammedismaeel

every effort counts, no matter how small it may seem to you. whatever you can contribute is urgently needed and extremely valuable. let's keep putting in all we can for these families.

As the elections approach, it's a good time to emphasize the importance of continuous local organizing and direct action.

Beyond the Rube Goldberg machine of representative democracy, what can we do together?

http://crimethinc.com/votingversusda

Whoever is elected, let's be ungovernable.

any emergency or escalation at uva today was caused by the institution and the police, not protesters.

It was never a war

Haaretz.com

Report: Hamas accepts Gaza cease-fire deal; Israeli officials deny prospect of war ending

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