A trip with Jesus

Looking for a girl with the sun in her eyes

[navyasarchive-deactivated201905]

I hope Stephen Hawking’s anti-capitalist and anti-imperialist politics aren’t erased from history, or obscured in our collective remembrance of him. 

[socialistexan]

They erased MLK, George Orwell, and Hellen Keller’s anti-capitalist positions, they’ll definitely do they same for Hawking.

Hell, most people outright ignored it while he was alive.

[socialistexan]

Thinking about it, the best comparison is Einstein.

Einstein was a great advocate for socialism, economic and racial justice, and higher education, but the neoliberal capitalist system has reduced his accomplishments to “e=mc^2” and sell his likeness on pop t-shirts.

[hexeosis]

[rocknrollfuldead]

click to trip balls

[falln2fade]

[dance-the-stress-away]

[vgjunk]

[anarchyisfunandfree]

I don’t think people quite understand how much money a billion dollars is, let alone 600 billion every year.

[anarchyisfunandfree]

So the US military spends 600 billion dollars a year. That averages to about 20,000$ every second.

[anarchyisfunandfree]

The US college board estimates that state public colleges cost an average of about 10,000$ per year. The US military budget could pay for 60 million people to go to college. The United States has about 50 million total people of college age. If all of those people went to college for free the amount of money left over would still leave us with the second largest military budget on the planet.

[onlyblackgirl]

The MLK white people never want to quote

“First, I must confess that over the last few years I have been gravely disappointed with the white moderate. I have almost reached the regrettable conclusion that the Negro’s great stumbling block in the stride toward freedom is not the White Citizen’s Council-er or the Ku Klux Klanner, but the white moderate who is more devoted to “order” than to justice; who prefers a negative peace which is the absence of tension to a positive peace which is the presence of justice; who constantly says “I agree with you in the goal you seek, but I can’t agree with your methods of direct action;” who paternalistically feels he can set the timetable for another man’s freedom; who lives by the myth of time and who constantly advises the Negro to wait until a “more convenient season.” Shallow understanding from people of goodwill is more frustrating than absolute misunderstanding from people of ill will. Lukewarm acceptance is much more bewildering than outright rejection.“

-Letter From The Birmingham Jail

[antoine-roquentin]

people who discuss martin luther king jr as a successful example of anti-violence should know they’re part of a pretty vast propaganda campaign that’s existed since the late 70s to whitewash the history of the civil rights era. as soon as king took aim at desegregating northern cities, especially chicago, hate for him exploded. according to gallup, he was actually reviled by 1966, with two thirds of the country saying they had a negative perception of him. the major responses to his assassination mostly track with governor ronald reagan’s assessment of him, that he deserved his own death. it was common to see letters in newspapers and in senators’ offices that said things like “It is my firm belief, and [that] of all my neighbors, that King should be taken into custody. … Today, the insufferable arrogance of this character places him on a pedestal as a dark-skinned Hitler…. When greedy Mr. Hitler started taking over other countries, people at first thought ‘give him a little more, then he will be satisfied.’ Give greedy Mr. King a little more freedom then he will stop. Isn’t that what we are being told today?… Is the ultimate aim the same as the Soviet Union when all property was collectivized?“ (all from nixonland, rick perlstein). white public opinion even blamed him directly for the riots going on in american cities, as in this cartoon: 

this in response to his disagreement with the war in vietnam and his effort to ensure those selling their houses couldn’t refuse to sell them to black people because they were black. king preached non-violence, and white people despised him for it. 

[clearancecreedwatersurvival]

Some reminders about Dr. King before tomorrow:

The United States Government was convicted in court of his murder.

He spoke out against police brutality, capitalism, and war.

He believed that white moderates were and are the greatest threat to civil rights, moreso than any hate group.

He was arrested over 10 times.

He was considered a dangerous radical by the majority of white Americans. 

He refused to condemn rioters, because “a riot is the language of the unheard.”

Any white person who voted for Trump who tries to use MLK or his words as a rhtetorical tactic to justify their bigotry and complain about people protesting can personally come to my apartment in the next 24 hours for an ass-kicking.

[rocknrollfuldead]

click to trip balls

[theshamanism]

[rocknrollfuldead]

click to trip balls

[picsthatmakeyougohmm]

[decayinginfrontofme-blog]

why do rich people need more money? honestly, has anyone actually ever asked them? every interview with a muli-millionaire or billionaire is always the same bullshit ego stroking questions like“so whats the secret to success? how did you overcome the adversity of being born in to the upper middle class? did you always know you were better than everyone else?” 

like enough is enough, the only questions they should be asked is real questions like “why do you need to horde money you and your family will never use? why are you wasting your only time on earth destroying it and causing suffering? when did you completely lose your empathy? when did you realize you are the embodiment of everything horrible and wrong with the world?”

[powerfulwizard]

[transpocsuggestion]

i hope all the trans people of color reading this have a wonderful year filled with happiness, safety, and success