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I spent roughly the past 7 years organizing in various spaces, on different issues, campaigns and circles but rarely carved out time to read reflect and study. I learned a lot from “doing”, developed helpful instincts/intuition to guide how I move in collective spaces ...
And definitely have built/strengthened useful skills. The past year, specifically since the pandemic where I’ve had much more time alone, I’ve spent a lot of time reading and studying, reflecting and making sense of past efforts and experiences, reading history and ...
Political theory and it’s been JUST as critical and so nourishing to my own development as someone trying to take what little time I have on this earth seriously and make the most of it. I so highly recommend folks try to build in time for political education and reflection.
Also just wanna share to the folks, especially young folks, on here who I’ve worked with/work with in person, I’m sure it’s clear in what direction my political tendencies point toward, but wanna say folks should really resist urges to uncritically follow/adopt ...
Beliefs, values, strategies, politics without allowing yourself the space to engage/question/reflect with these ideas+practices on your own terms without fear of judgement or being “wrong”. Sharing this also because being on this app/social media my sense is that ...
These apps really do not incentivize deep, critical study and struggle and rarely is that sort of critical engagement modeled online— in part by design.
For ex.— while I tend to share anarchist, anti-state theory/lit (as this reflects where I’m at in what resonates the most for my own political experience) I also have been immersing myself in other traditions, histories and practices because I really don’t think we can afford ...
To repeat the mistakes of the past and want to be as grounded as I possibly can in all that’s out there ...
in conclusion, i love reading now!!!
