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happy Passover to all our Jewish friends on here

I don’t know who Zizek is and I refuse to learn

Fun fact: there's a difference between nationalist movements whose aim is self-autonomy, independence from imperialist structures, greater freedom, etc.

It's not equivalent to the nationalism of, say, the US or Israel, which is based on grinding weaker peoples and/or nations into dust

It's similar to the difference between "white power" and "black power."

If you don't understand this, then fuck off.

@Ferretsyndicate I’ve always understood this as natlib vs nationalism

weird how Greece is "Western" but Libya isn't, i wonder what could explain that 🤔

@kittybecca Its an extremely good point. Countries seem to be added as "western" on and off as people please. I remember there was a lot of talk from 1920s-70s that Ethiopia and Eritrea were considered western. After the political situation in the horn of africa changed though and european influences were removed, that changed very quickly.

@kittybecca Kinda like how “white” is defined, huh?

https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/how-be-yourself/201711/six-tips-handling-survivor-guilt

(Copied from queeranarchism on tunglbr)
A public arrest is a bad place to start your activism.

If you are young or inexperienced and want to start doing activism, it’s a very good idea not to start with any movement focussed on big public arrests and non-violent civil disobedience without anonymity, such as Extinction Rebellion. 
These public ‘non-violent’ actions may seem safer than anarchist groups dressed in black balaclavas, but the opposite is true. 

A movement that relies on the spectacle of mass arrest as a public opinion influencer  and expects it’s participants to show their face, give their name and willingly be arrested, is a movement that is asking complete self-sacrifice.
The legal consequences of an arrest can ruin your life for a long time and losing your anonimity can seriously limit all activism that you can do in the future. Creating change is important, but it’s work you’ll do for a long time.

if you're a trans woman or trans feminine non-binary person there's a long-term study recruiting right now on trans feminine health and it compensates $250 spread out in 6 month intervals of $50. Https://litestudy.org

@Kyna @shel correct one is www.litestudy.org