Post B4h72pWeJ0OGqZIsfQ by dante@masto.posting.haus
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 (DIR) Post #B4h72idptsypUpc1Oi by dante@masto.posting.haus
       2026-03-27T17:10:21Z
       
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       i am mixed on the entire output of Red Clarion but they hit more often than not, and this bit from a recent piece has been rattling around in my head a lot lately given the upcoming No Kings "protests" https://clarion.unity-struggle-unity.org/2026-03-26-a-rethinking-of-everything-altogether/?_thumbnail_id=4519
       
 (DIR) Post #B4h72pWeJ0OGqZIsfQ by dante@masto.posting.haus
       2026-03-27T17:12:54Z
       
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       protest movements in the usa often feel exactly like this -- pantomimes of what a protest "should" look like or feel like, little thought given to an analysis of power. what is being gained? what is being lost (e.g. through burnout, exhaustion, frustration)?
       
 (DIR) Post #B4h731HqZrgFK8TEGG by dante@masto.posting.haus
       2026-03-27T17:13:55Z
       
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       what about propping up electoral candidates and pouring energy into their campaigns only for them to be absorbed into the DNC apparatus, inevitably letting down constituents because *their interests do not align*? these feel like outgrowths of the same root error -- a lack of actual analysis of How To Change Things
       
 (DIR) Post #B4h73DhSQTIRp2XqqW by dante@masto.posting.haus
       2026-03-27T17:21:40Z
       
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       this exact sort of mismatch -- between goals and slogans -- imo creates a very pernicious sort of psychological wearing-down. It's stressful on a person to hold contradictory ideas in your head at once! i feel like this is talked about more often in the context of workplace burnout but this part made me realize it can also show up in organizing/activist spaces.