The campaign's focus throughout the upcoming year will not be on the candidates. The campaign's focus will be on you. You are the mother, the father, the student, the worker. You are the community - the community that fights for the breath of dignity as the boot of oppression digs its heel into your throat - and you are the sacred, essential ingredient necessary for liberation. Capitalism and its defenders tremble when contemplating your power. That fear makes us smile, as we are seeing the dawn of a new era of equality, peace, and justice peeking over the horizon. Its light heals our collective wounds. It is the light of socialism. How will this campaign be able to contribute toward the revolutionary movement? We can start by listening. We will do our best to soothe fears. As those new to the ideas seek guidance in finding movement work to plug into locally, we can use our resources to help them find a home. We can help to connect those currently involved in the revolutionary struggle, working to build new working relationships that sustain. We can offer compassion to the aching backs of the movement. We will not mince words as we attack capitalism. Our goal is not reform. Our goal is not a kinder, gentler, greener oppression. This campaign is not a photo-op. This campaign is about a revolution, and this is a revolution about a shared love of the planet and its people. It begins with you. You are here for a reason. We are here for a reason. Our unity is mighty. #REV16 With love and respect, Mimi Soltysik & Angela Nicole Walker
On November 9th, 2016, a drone strike will murder a child, climate change will continue to accelerate, the police will oppress our communities, hundreds of thousands in the U.S. will search the streets for food, you and/or someone you know will struggle to find work that pays a living wage, and the U.S. military will continue to occupy the living spaces of sisters and brothers around the world. Our systems are designed to ensure oppression and destruction. That is, unless we overthrow those systems of oppression and destruction.
Capitalism is designed to overcome reform, to adapt and grow. If we focus on the revolutionary goal, capitalism, and all of its oppressions, can be defeated. Capitalism must be defeated. Let's do this. -Mimi Soltysik.
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“The only way to overcome the lingering cognitive dissonance established by decades of propaganda is to encourage class-conscious learning. Mimi Soltysik and Angela Walker have made their 2016 Presidential campaign all about this. They have used social media to encourage such learning. They have provided a more accurate representation of what socialism is about. And, whenever possible, they have traveled to working-class communities to promote basic principles of socialism: self-determination and empowerment.”
