#organize!

[marxistcalvinisthobbesist]

hii. asking you since you are a radical, idk um revolutionary or the like. well, i haven't even touched any of lenin's works. but regardless. how do you live with yourself thede days? i don't know how i do, looking at the devastation of it all. in tehran, iran, to cite a recent example, reading about the fact that its raining oil and the water canals are jammed with oil and the entire city being set on fire. i had my first real scare when a family member of mine was stuck in the gulf arab states and i just idk how the people of lebanon and palestine and sudan and yk have been holding on. what even is the point of college, rhetorical question, nothing i know. i don't live in america and the amount of people around me who are liberal careerist money hungry and just so so uncaring is higher. theres no org here. i've been trying to find likeminded people with little success. i know id feel better if i were doing something. i'm ready to die for it atp because we will die anyway and our comforts are built on others suffering, so whats the point of being a sitting duck. but for now i just move on and attend lectures and all

yeah, the world is fucking scary rn. but that also means that everyone around you is also looking for things to alleviate the fear as well.

most ppl are gonna put things out of their mind, distract themselves, and lean into pleasures and comfort seeking.

i think my first suggestion is read marx, lenin, mao and kropotkin. the Communist Manifesto, What is to Be Done?, On Practice, On Contradiction and Combat Liberalism, and The Conquest of Bread are all really good, digestible and exceedingly hopeful and give good rundowns of the basic concepts and expectations of actually *being* a socialist.

next, its important to identify real, important problems that you can find in your area. some basic questions to ask are:

who is being marginalized?

what skills do i have

are there any working or oppressed ppl who need help?

can i do anything that can be used to recruit others into expanding that

who would be willing to help me

what are the practical problems to actually starting to organize

how can i integrate what i learned in these marxist texts to these Things To Be Done

some things may include

organizing around food sovreignty, such as collecting food and finding places to grow your own to help disconnect ppl from relying on

another may be trying to purchase, stockpile and distribute hormones for trans people

maybe community defense against police or ICE if youre in the so-called US

get creative, think hard about real needs that people have, not stuff like protests (alth protests can be good advertising, doing them is not a goal unto itself), or electoralism (elections are a dead end for organizing outside of the state)

the next thing is to find ppl who you can trust to show up, to not snitch ever, to put in the work, and most importantly, ppl who can recognize when something is not working, or when they fucked up, can reorient, and fix it going forward

this is not easy nor should you expect it to be. but what it is is a path forward, a way out of hopelessness and despair, and towards a way to change (and abolish!) the systems that put us in this position to begin with

good luck, and remember: a lotta people have been where you are. you are not alone and never will be, and people just like you are also waiting for people to step up and figure a way out. you can be the person youre looking for.

[docdust]

French students and Scientists standing up for science and their endangered American colleagues...

I can't believe they care more about the destruction of American science than Americans themselves.

[poliesther]

I did a thing.

So as a way to support local organizing efforts in restaurants of my area I have coordinated with some fellow workers to find resources for me to translate to Spanish.

Take on consideration that I am not a professional by any means, just want to help.

Also, I tried to add some footnotes to add a bit of info of words that are not that common outside labour circles.

Good luck and Solidarity, here is How to fire your boss in Spanish.

Cómo despedir a tu jefe.docx

[plaguedoctorpropoganda]

Victories do not ultimately mean much. Keep working, doctor. Do what you can to cure the world.

[pitchburgh]

"Redneck" is an extremely complex identity that hegemonic white America constantly reinterprets to meet any given rhetorical need; so, like, take it with a grain of salt literally any time you see the concept used for anything

[anewbinding]

[poliesther]

(Todo esto en español más abajo!/All of this in Spanish under here!)

It is finished!

It took me a big while, not due to complexity (which it absolutely had, and I respect actual professionals that do this vital job, it isn't easy and is a great deal of responsibility, seriously, thank you to all those that do this professionally, you bridge humanity in many ways) but because of how busy life constantly gets for me now that I live on my own. Needless to say, I feel proud that in my lack of design skills I managed to get the translation of the infographic to look decent, even if it looks wonky at times (I used MS Paint).

So, these are three files (How to fire your boss, Unite Here, and a NLRB infographic about immigrant worker's rights) that I translated to Spanish after coordinating with some other FWs in an organizing campaign for food workers in D.C.

You see, it is incredibly common for there to be a division in food service jobs: a front kitchen with an English-speaking workforce, and a back kitchen with a Spanish-speaking, with worse conditions, lower pay, and many times' immigrant workforce. This affair is beneficial for the boss because it difficulties communication between the two groups, confining those in the worst conditions from those with better resources, and their immigration status is exploited to keep them in line.

But immigrant workers still have worker rights! And I refuse to sit idle, we all refuse! So here I have here the file with the translations. Everyone is free to use them how they like. Not even credit is necessary, just share and put it to use. Help to bridge the gap that is language for the working class. Never stop educating, agitating and organizing. Solidarity forever and good luck!

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¡Ya está terminado!

Me ha llevado un buen rato, no por la complejidad (que la tenía, y respeto a los profesionales que hacen este trabajo vital, no es fácil y es una gran responsabilidad, en serio, gracias a todos los que hacen esto profesionalmente, hacéis de puente con la humanidad de muchas maneras) sino por lo ocupada que se vuelve mi vida ahora que vivo solo. Ni que decir tiene que me siento orgulloso de que, a pesar de mi falta de conocimientos de diseño, haya conseguido que la traducción de la infografía tenga un aspecto decente, aunque a veces se vea rara (utilicé MS Paint).

Así que, estos son tres archivos (Cómo despedir a tu jefe, Uníos aquí, y una infografía de la NLRB sobre los derechos de los trabajadores inmigrantes) que traduje al español después de coordinarme con otros conocidos en una campaña de organización para los trabajadores de comida en D.C.

Verán, es increíblemente común que haya una división en los trabajos de servicios de comida: una cocina delantera con mano de obra angloparlante, y una cocina trasera con mano de obra hispanohablante, con peores condiciones, salarios más bajos, y muchas veces mano de obra inmigrante. Este asunto es beneficioso para el Jefe porque dificulta la comunicación entre los dos grupos, confinando a los que están en peores condiciones de los que tienen mejores recursos, y se explota su condición de inmigrantes para mantenerlos a raya.

¡Pero los trabajadores inmigrantes siguen teniendo derechos laborales! Y me niego a quedarme de brazos cruzados, ¡nos negamos todos! Así que tengo aquí el folder con las traducciones. Cada uno es libre de usarlas como quiera. Ni siquiera es necesario dar crédito, solo compartirlas y ponerlas en uso. Ayudad a salvar la brecha que supone el idioma para la clase trabajadora. Nunca dejéis de educar, manifestar y organizar. Solidaridad para siempre y ¡buena suerte!