Previously: School to Prison Pipeline & Harris & media: Black Cops Won't Save Us -F.D. Signifier

October 06, 2024

Nazis fuck off

Hey everyone, I'm the whitest nerd you know. I've been canvassing, having all kinds of conversations with Americans on matters like: Demanding release of immigrants from prisons and demanding ceasefire and arms embargo in Palestine. I've also talked to a lot of voters in support of politicians like squad members, especially this year.

One of the major reasons I voted for Biden in 2020 was I wanted a better response to COVID. But obviously Trump is such a low bar. And despite holding my nose and continuing to vote democratic ticket-- Biden now Kamala and Sherrod, etc-- but I'm not happy with Biden administration. I probably won't like Harris either. I'm thinking a lot about how we can put more effective pressure on democrats to oppose genocide and war. Americans vulnerable to economic violence need relief from Green New Deal type policy. If we cannot change them more and faster than they are changing, we need more independence from them. There's a lot of work for us and this movement.

I'm not trying to bring up the ambivalence to the Biden administration and democrats only to complain. I'm just sharing where I'm at with my personal struggle. The cost of racism is so high in Ohio. I can't find a halfway decent job. I spend my time working for a better future with more good jobs. I'm trying to twist my own struggle into some kind of understanding for some reactionary white nationalists in Springfield who are also insecure about their employment opportunities. The people JD Vance are pandering to with lies and xenophobia on a national stage, a world stage. These racists who want to blame climate refugees from Haiti for their personal problems.

And the Democrats are proud of their jobs numbers! I am familiar with how many job seekers are excluded from statistics: including us who must search for a long time. It's not just the democratic administration's problem, and my personal problem, and our racist uncle's personal problem. It's a systemic problem. We can get more good jobs. But instead our leaders are creating problems and evading the truth.

Instead of giving huge handouts and tax breaks to companies like Intel that make war, We can blow the whistle on big tech investing record venture capital in "ai" while also reaching record layoffs.

We could be going after giant job listing sites and the corporations who post "ghost job" listings with no real intention of hiring anyone.

Or maybe we can go after the criminals, scammers and frauds who hack the fucking city government! and/or buy contact information from all kinds of places, every place on the internet including the pointless job applications, and to use our data in every type of way, from advertising to catfishing desperate people.

It makes me so angry that racist people in my state want to blame refugees fleeing the climate crisis. They also deny the fucking climate crisis. They deny the American history of colonialist violence and destabilization of foreign countries. They're denying our responsibility in creating death and refugees in Haiti and around the world.

Racism is so ubiquitous so total in its harms. Understanding and recognition of it is the beginning. The follow through is showing up for each other. Like working with mutual aid organizations and black organizers to serve the vulnerable and houseless in our community. and we show up by continuing our canvassing and political efforts.

We have and can make more a difference in our local government. We can pick better people and vote them up to bigger stakes. When we have to vote for politicians who suck, we need to not feel satisfied when they win. Instead we must stay organized and hound them. If they won't do right we will refuse to give up and refuse to be ignored.

Pressure from activists helped get the top of the ticket changed from Biden to Harris. it's a superficial change, but we can get more. We can can have more and get it all from the rich. So please get plugged into the work and do it, thanks.