white folks:

if every white person on twitter just RTed and donated all day and then just walked away from the issue, we wouldn& #39;t fix anything longterm.

they& #39;re helpful, but they& #39;re also just convenient ways for us to feel involved without doing anything uncomfortable.
to quote @Jodi7768: "allyship is a disposition, a confrontation not with state or capitalist power but with one’s own discomfort."

it& #39;s not enough to be an ally, to be not racist. to be a comrade, however, is to be antiracist.

here are other ACTIONS that you can take TODAY:
-be the emergency contact if your friends are going to protests. check in with them regularly by text. know the contact info for local on-the-ground support groups/precincts/aid that you can forward to them or anyone they& #39;re protesting with
-learn about implicit bias. take an implicit bias test, like the one from harvard. implicit biases are something we ALL have- i have a lot of heavy ones from growing up in a very white town- and we carry them our entire lives. confront your internalized fears of other people.
-specifically share/join local protests that your local friends can join, even if you are not able to make it out.

PSL is hosting #canceltherent car caravans on saturday. @OurUnitedLeft is compiling a list of protests specifically to honor george floyd: https://twitter.com/OurUnitedLeft/status/1266266920354889729?s=20">https://twitter.com/OurUnited...
-learn what gear to bring to protests and how to participate in them. stick closely to people you know. if you can find a local advocacy group/political party to protest with, that& #39;s a good way to not go in alone. if things might get heated, overprepare: http://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/city/how-to-gear-up/216551-what-to-wear-protest">https://www.hopesandfears.com/hopes/cit...
-MAKE ART!

i& #39;ve been making signs for the last two weeks for our protest on saturday. write chants. write poetry. bring a drum to the protest and come up with a beat to play. ask experienced organizers how to make flags or picket signs. ART IS RESISTENCE. https://twitter.com/PSLchicago/status/1264569158215360512?s=20">https://twitter.com/PSLchicag...
-encourage class consciousness. talk to friends about the working class struggle and how racism is ingrained in it. be patient. know that it is a very tough topic and people will push back, but do not wait for your friends at the leftist finish line. guide them to the right path.
-volunteer to assist protests remotely if you can& #39;t make it out there physically. you can help with IT, coordination, social media, communication, documentation. there& #39;s SO much that can be done from home and is still action.
-follow black activists, especially local ones, then follow their lead. support local predominantly-black nonprofits and MA programs. donate locally, engage locally. violence isn& #39;t just in minnesota. it& #39;s on our doorsteps, whether we see it every day or not.
-get organizer training from a union or labor org as soon as you fucking can. if you can& #39;t, read like hell on how to organize.
all of this comes back to power. learn about power.

https://archive.iww.org/organize/training/
https://archive.iww.org/organize/... href=" https://www.code-cwa.org/calendar 
https://www.code-cwa.org/calendar&... href=" https://cwa-union.org/join-union/how-organize">https://cwa-union.org/join-unio... https://www.gameworkersunite.org/gwu-literature ">https://www.gameworkersunite.org/gwu-liter...
-PLEASE read @Jodi7768& #39;s breakdowns of the limitations of allyship & the strengths of comradery. we need to step up. just feeling like racism is bad isn& #39;t enough. we need to actually show up to dismantle the systems that profit from racism. https://liberationschool.org/from-allies-to-comrades/">https://liberationschool.org/from-alli...
being "on the right side of history" or "not doing damage" will not make things better.

we can& #39;t just "not do damage." we need to undo damage, and that& #39;s going to be uncomfortable but we can& #39;t let uncomfortability get in the way of dismantling racist, imperialist systems.
thinking about socialism is good.
thinking and talking about socialism is better.
but building a revolutionary socialist party is best of all.
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