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Pro-Palestine people are not single-issue voters. The reason we care so much is because we view Palestine as a representation of ALL issues in one.
In Dispatch 18 we want to illustrate these connections so we can build more solidarity across movements.
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-18/
In Dispatch 18 we want to illustrate these connections so we can build more solidarity across movements.
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-18/
How Palestine Connects to Literally Everything | CC Dispatch #18
Okay maybe not "literally" everything, but A LOT
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May 11, 2025 at 6:58 PM
Pro-Palestine people are not single-issue voters. The reason we care so much is because we view Palestine as a representation of ALL issues in one.
In Dispatch 18 we want to illustrate these connections so we can build more solidarity across movements.
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-18/
In Dispatch 18 we want to illustrate these connections so we can build more solidarity across movements.
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-18/
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One of the trickiest techniques of the ruling class is happening all around us ALL the time: co-optation.
If we aren't careful, co-optation will keep us trapped in the same back-and-forth for decades. Learn how to spot and resist in Dispatch 17!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-17/
If we aren't careful, co-optation will keep us trapped in the same back-and-forth for decades. Learn how to spot and resist in Dispatch 17!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-17/
Spotting Co-optation & Building More Resilient Movements | CC Dispatch #17
Welcome to Dispatch #17! This week we are discussing one of the largest women’s movements in recent history, what co-optation is and how it impacts social movements, as well as ways to fight back agai...
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May 11, 2025 at 6:55 PM
One of the trickiest techniques of the ruling class is happening all around us ALL the time: co-optation.
If we aren't careful, co-optation will keep us trapped in the same back-and-forth for decades. Learn how to spot and resist in Dispatch 17!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-17/
If we aren't careful, co-optation will keep us trapped in the same back-and-forth for decades. Learn how to spot and resist in Dispatch 17!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-17/
I don’t think we’ll achieve true progress unless we recognize that Liberalism as an ideology is what got us today’s flavor of fascism.
Without reckoning with that, we’re stuck in the same reactionary pendulum swing.
Without reckoning with that, we’re stuck in the same reactionary pendulum swing.
April 21, 2025 at 1:14 PM
I don’t think we’ll achieve true progress unless we recognize that Liberalism as an ideology is what got us today’s flavor of fascism.
Without reckoning with that, we’re stuck in the same reactionary pendulum swing.
Without reckoning with that, we’re stuck in the same reactionary pendulum swing.
More 50501 protests today so a couple reminders:
1. A protest with a permit is a parade.
2. Mobilizing is just the first step, now ORGANIZE with a real leftist org.
1. A protest with a permit is a parade.
2. Mobilizing is just the first step, now ORGANIZE with a real leftist org.
April 19, 2025 at 1:17 PM
More 50501 protests today so a couple reminders:
1. A protest with a permit is a parade.
2. Mobilizing is just the first step, now ORGANIZE with a real leftist org.
1. A protest with a permit is a parade.
2. Mobilizing is just the first step, now ORGANIZE with a real leftist org.
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gonna just be the millionth person to say: we in the US should indeed be mad that our electoral choices have been narrowed down to "genocide abroad is fine" vs "don't settle for genocide abroad when we could also have internment camps here". but neither Palestinians nor their supporters put you here
October 12, 2024 at 8:47 PM
gonna just be the millionth person to say: we in the US should indeed be mad that our electoral choices have been narrowed down to "genocide abroad is fine" vs "don't settle for genocide abroad when we could also have internment camps here". but neither Palestinians nor their supporters put you here
The age of American dominance is coming to an end. America could adapt to the new reality, but it won't. Like alcoholism, the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one in the first place.
This, and more, in the latest Dipsatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-16
This, and more, in the latest Dipsatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-16
Trump's Tariffs & the End of American Dominance | CC Dispatch #16
Welcome to Dispatch #16! If it feels like the world is shifting under your feet sometimes, that’s because it is. This week we’re discussing Trump's tariffs, the large shifts happening in the global ba...
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April 14, 2025 at 5:46 PM
The age of American dominance is coming to an end. America could adapt to the new reality, but it won't. Like alcoholism, the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one in the first place.
This, and more, in the latest Dipsatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-16
This, and more, in the latest Dipsatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-16
I’m not a single issue voter but Palestine is absolutely the litmus test.
If you can’t proudly stand against the one of the most obvious and biggest crimes of our generation, you’re already compromised.
Your morals are clearly up for sale.
If you can’t proudly stand against the one of the most obvious and biggest crimes of our generation, you’re already compromised.
Your morals are clearly up for sale.
April 13, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I’m not a single issue voter but Palestine is absolutely the litmus test.
If you can’t proudly stand against the one of the most obvious and biggest crimes of our generation, you’re already compromised.
Your morals are clearly up for sale.
If you can’t proudly stand against the one of the most obvious and biggest crimes of our generation, you’re already compromised.
Your morals are clearly up for sale.
Don't think Americans realize how resilient China or Chinese people are. They've been preparing for this moment for decades.
Americans are not accustomed to even the slightest amount of discomfort.. China lived through a century of war, famine, and turmoil to get to where they are today.
Americans are not accustomed to even the slightest amount of discomfort.. China lived through a century of war, famine, and turmoil to get to where they are today.
April 8, 2025 at 7:04 PM
Don't think Americans realize how resilient China or Chinese people are. They've been preparing for this moment for decades.
Americans are not accustomed to even the slightest amount of discomfort.. China lived through a century of war, famine, and turmoil to get to where they are today.
Americans are not accustomed to even the slightest amount of discomfort.. China lived through a century of war, famine, and turmoil to get to where they are today.
Anyone else think it’s weird these national Hands Off protests by 50501 were organized the same day as a major mobilization for Palestine in DC? Their marches took over the media, yet in all the HandsOff rallies there is no mention of Palestine and they’re vocally pro-NATO.
Interesting timing
Interesting timing
April 6, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Anyone else think it’s weird these national Hands Off protests by 50501 were organized the same day as a major mobilization for Palestine in DC? Their marches took over the media, yet in all the HandsOff rallies there is no mention of Palestine and they’re vocally pro-NATO.
Interesting timing
Interesting timing
Kwame Ture has said that mobilization is not organization, and we need to do both to actually make systemic change.
For all the new folks protesting - remember what you do that day isn’t nearly as important as the day after (and the day after that). Let this lead to greater organizing!
#handsoff
For all the new folks protesting - remember what you do that day isn’t nearly as important as the day after (and the day after that). Let this lead to greater organizing!
#handsoff
April 4, 2025 at 9:02 PM
Kwame Ture has said that mobilization is not organization, and we need to do both to actually make systemic change.
For all the new folks protesting - remember what you do that day isn’t nearly as important as the day after (and the day after that). Let this lead to greater organizing!
#handsoff
For all the new folks protesting - remember what you do that day isn’t nearly as important as the day after (and the day after that). Let this lead to greater organizing!
#handsoff
The fascist apples don’t fall far from the fascist tree
Check out [bit.ly/ice-defense] for our ICE Defense Masterlist and spread the word!
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#history #education #history
Check out [bit.ly/ice-defense] for our ICE Defense Masterlist and spread the word!
Follow @theconsciouscitizens and subscribe to get access to our directory of resources.
#history #education #history
April 4, 2025 at 4:22 AM
The fascist apples don’t fall far from the fascist tree
Check out [bit.ly/ice-defense] for our ICE Defense Masterlist and spread the word!
Follow @theconsciouscitizens and subscribe to get access to our directory of resources.
#history #education #history
Check out [bit.ly/ice-defense] for our ICE Defense Masterlist and spread the word!
Follow @theconsciouscitizens and subscribe to get access to our directory of resources.
#history #education #history
Art creates culture, and culture is what unites the masses. So if you want to control the masses, you must control art.
This is a lesson fascists like Hitler and Mussolini knew well. Today's fascists do too. To win, we must build the counter-culture.
More, in this week's Dispatch ⬇️
This is a lesson fascists like Hitler and Mussolini knew well. Today's fascists do too. To win, we must build the counter-culture.
More, in this week's Dispatch ⬇️
We love a good protest and march, but is it still moving the needle? Or are people just tuning it all out? We can't expect the same tactics that worked in the past to work again.
We have to evolve and get more creative, or else we fade into the background.
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-15
We have to evolve and get more creative, or else we fade into the background.
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-15
Harnessing the Power of Art in Activism | CC Dispatch #15
Welcome to Dispatch #15! In this issue, we’ll be discussing how we can be more artistic with our activism and share examples & resources for how anyone can get started. Whether you consider yourself a...
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April 1, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Art creates culture, and culture is what unites the masses. So if you want to control the masses, you must control art.
This is a lesson fascists like Hitler and Mussolini knew well. Today's fascists do too. To win, we must build the counter-culture.
More, in this week's Dispatch ⬇️
This is a lesson fascists like Hitler and Mussolini knew well. Today's fascists do too. To win, we must build the counter-culture.
More, in this week's Dispatch ⬇️
It's very telling that the conversation around the leaked Signal chats is more concerned with the leak itself rather than the contents of the leak (bypassing Congress to bomb Yemeni civilians).
The problem isn't that they bombed innocent brown people. It's that they were sloppy enough to tell us.
The problem isn't that they bombed innocent brown people. It's that they were sloppy enough to tell us.
March 26, 2025 at 11:37 PM
It's very telling that the conversation around the leaked Signal chats is more concerned with the leak itself rather than the contents of the leak (bypassing Congress to bomb Yemeni civilians).
The problem isn't that they bombed innocent brown people. It's that they were sloppy enough to tell us.
The problem isn't that they bombed innocent brown people. It's that they were sloppy enough to tell us.
Like many, I'm mourning the martyrdom of Hossam and Mansour, two (more) Palestinian journalists assassinated by the IOF. That + the new level of violence in Palestine, it all feels (rightfully) defeating.
So here's a bit more of an optimistic take...
youtube.com/shorts/dbDJZ...
So here's a bit more of an optimistic take...
youtube.com/shorts/dbDJZ...
Signs Palestine is WINNING #history #politics #news
YouTube video by Ray
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March 24, 2025 at 10:08 PM
Like many, I'm mourning the martyrdom of Hossam and Mansour, two (more) Palestinian journalists assassinated by the IOF. That + the new level of violence in Palestine, it all feels (rightfully) defeating.
So here's a bit more of an optimistic take...
youtube.com/shorts/dbDJZ...
So here's a bit more of an optimistic take...
youtube.com/shorts/dbDJZ...
I expanded upon my earlier post about the connections between movements that Mahmoud Khalil's arrest reveals.
Now that the IOF has resumed their genocide full force, we need to start moving as ONE if we want to stop this for good.
Now that the IOF has resumed their genocide full force, we need to start moving as ONE if we want to stop this for good.
Mahmoud Khalil's arrest reveals to us how ALL of our struggles are connected even if we don't see it. But the sooner we reveal these connections and start moving as one, the better off we'll be.
This & much more about immigrant rights in the new Dispatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-14
This & much more about immigrant rights in the new Dispatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-14
What Mahmoud Khalil's Arrest Reveals About All Struggles | CC Dispatch #14
Welcome to Dispatch #14! This issue we are discussing recent events surrounding the arrest of Mahmoud Khalil and what it reveals about all of our struggles globally, past efforts to fight for immigran...
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March 18, 2025 at 4:47 PM
I expanded upon my earlier post about the connections between movements that Mahmoud Khalil's arrest reveals.
Now that the IOF has resumed their genocide full force, we need to start moving as ONE if we want to stop this for good.
Now that the IOF has resumed their genocide full force, we need to start moving as ONE if we want to stop this for good.
Quite enjoyed this article from @adamcoster.com about AI being professional bullshit machines. Pretty much summed up my feelings on the matter
adamcoster.com/blog/on-bull...
adamcoster.com/blog/on-bull...
On Bullshit and Generative AI | Adam Coster
Bullshit is an indifference to the truth, a fundamental property of generative AI via Large Language Models (LLMs). Can bullshit ever be converted into truth?
adamcoster.com
March 17, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Quite enjoyed this article from @adamcoster.com about AI being professional bullshit machines. Pretty much summed up my feelings on the matter
adamcoster.com/blog/on-bull...
adamcoster.com/blog/on-bull...
Mahmoud Khalil's arrest shows how all our struggles are linked:
ICE is a key tool of oppressing immigrants (Immigrant Rights).
ICE detention centers are often run by private prison companies (Abolition).
Those companies are trained / use tech by Israel (Palestine).
Our only enemies are above us.
ICE is a key tool of oppressing immigrants (Immigrant Rights).
ICE detention centers are often run by private prison companies (Abolition).
Those companies are trained / use tech by Israel (Palestine).
Our only enemies are above us.
March 11, 2025 at 6:15 PM
Mahmoud Khalil's arrest shows how all our struggles are linked:
ICE is a key tool of oppressing immigrants (Immigrant Rights).
ICE detention centers are often run by private prison companies (Abolition).
Those companies are trained / use tech by Israel (Palestine).
Our only enemies are above us.
ICE is a key tool of oppressing immigrants (Immigrant Rights).
ICE detention centers are often run by private prison companies (Abolition).
Those companies are trained / use tech by Israel (Palestine).
Our only enemies are above us.
Latest Dispatch newsletter out now! This time we’re writing about actually viable economic systems we can start building NOW
What is a viable economic system that’s NOT capitalism?? Let us introduce you to Solidarity Economies! Another worlds is possible, and the work has started - we just need your help.
Learn more:
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-13
Learn more:
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-13
Solidarity Economies: A Post-Capitalist Vision | CC Dispatch #13
Welcome to lucky Dispatch 13! This week we’ll be discussing a promising alternative vision to our current capitalist system, what we can learn from the Zapatistas of Mexico, and ways you can get invol...
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March 7, 2025 at 5:33 PM
Latest Dispatch newsletter out now! This time we’re writing about actually viable economic systems we can start building NOW
It’s a shame that even when a Palestinian filmmaker wins an Oscar for the first time for telling their story, all anyone can focus on is the Israeli.
Talk about Massafer Yatta. Talk about settler violence. Talk about the West Bank and Jenin! So many more important things than Yuval’s reputation.
Talk about Massafer Yatta. Talk about settler violence. Talk about the West Bank and Jenin! So many more important things than Yuval’s reputation.
March 4, 2025 at 3:41 PM
It’s a shame that even when a Palestinian filmmaker wins an Oscar for the first time for telling their story, all anyone can focus on is the Israeli.
Talk about Massafer Yatta. Talk about settler violence. Talk about the West Bank and Jenin! So many more important things than Yuval’s reputation.
Talk about Massafer Yatta. Talk about settler violence. Talk about the West Bank and Jenin! So many more important things than Yuval’s reputation.
After becoming more aware of politics and how narratives are formed and cemented into reality, I’m fairly certain about 50% of recorded history is probably revisionist bullshit.
February 27, 2025 at 7:04 PM
After becoming more aware of politics and how narratives are formed and cemented into reality, I’m fairly certain about 50% of recorded history is probably revisionist bullshit.
The US has never helped Ukraine out of kindness. ALL of the military aid is a LOAN to Ukraine, and the US always collects.
The UK got the same deal to help them in WW2 and they were paying off that debt for over 50 years.
That's not even mentioning the mineral rights...
The UK got the same deal to help them in WW2 and they were paying off that debt for over 50 years.
That's not even mentioning the mineral rights...
February 21, 2025 at 4:25 PM
The US has never helped Ukraine out of kindness. ALL of the military aid is a LOAN to Ukraine, and the US always collects.
The UK got the same deal to help them in WW2 and they were paying off that debt for over 50 years.
That's not even mentioning the mineral rights...
The UK got the same deal to help them in WW2 and they were paying off that debt for over 50 years.
That's not even mentioning the mineral rights...
An absolutely vital discussion for all of us on the left. Right-wing authoritarians have a clear, if twisted, vision for the world they want. If the left (read: working class) want to win, we need to come up with something just as compelling.
Some have said that it’s easier to imagine the end of the world than it is to imagine the end of capitalism. What happened? And how can we get our imagination back?
This and more in our latest Dispatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-12
This and more in our latest Dispatch!
www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-12
How Capitalism Killed Our Imagination & How to Get it Back | CC Dispatch #12
In this Dispatch we're discussing imagination, specifically how it's been strangled in a capitalist society and what we can do to reclaim it.
First, some quick housekeeping, then let's get into it!
...
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February 16, 2025 at 11:43 PM
An absolutely vital discussion for all of us on the left. Right-wing authoritarians have a clear, if twisted, vision for the world they want. If the left (read: working class) want to win, we need to come up with something just as compelling.
Kendrick’s Super Bowl performance isn’t as important as what hopefully comes after it. Otherwise it’s just a distraction from the bigger problems
youtube.com/shorts/LNPVn...
youtube.com/shorts/LNPVn...
Is Kendrick a revolutionary? #superbowl #politics #education
YouTube video by Ray
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February 12, 2025 at 11:00 PM
Kendrick’s Super Bowl performance isn’t as important as what hopefully comes after it. Otherwise it’s just a distraction from the bigger problems
youtube.com/shorts/LNPVn...
youtube.com/shorts/LNPVn...
I love Kendrick and his halftime show but his performance isn’t nearly as important as what comes after it. Words and symbolism don’t create revolution - actions do.
Protest, volunteer, pass out flyers, banner drop. Don’t just pat yourself on the back for seeing the message. Act on it!
Protest, volunteer, pass out flyers, banner drop. Don’t just pat yourself on the back for seeing the message. Act on it!
February 10, 2025 at 5:44 PM
I love Kendrick and his halftime show but his performance isn’t nearly as important as what comes after it. Words and symbolism don’t create revolution - actions do.
Protest, volunteer, pass out flyers, banner drop. Don’t just pat yourself on the back for seeing the message. Act on it!
Protest, volunteer, pass out flyers, banner drop. Don’t just pat yourself on the back for seeing the message. Act on it!
Friendly reminder that the Super Bowl is one of the biggest propaganda events in American society.
Pro-consumerism, pro-military, pro-imperialism - it’ll all be there. EVERY minute you see is designed to manipulate you to feel what THEY want you to feel.
Pro-consumerism, pro-military, pro-imperialism - it’ll all be there. EVERY minute you see is designed to manipulate you to feel what THEY want you to feel.
February 9, 2025 at 4:18 PM
Friendly reminder that the Super Bowl is one of the biggest propaganda events in American society.
Pro-consumerism, pro-military, pro-imperialism - it’ll all be there. EVERY minute you see is designed to manipulate you to feel what THEY want you to feel.
Pro-consumerism, pro-military, pro-imperialism - it’ll all be there. EVERY minute you see is designed to manipulate you to feel what THEY want you to feel.