"What exactly do you like about country music? Is it the harmonies, twang and heatbreak that brought you here? Or was it a myth. A myth that tells us country music is patriotic music, that it’s the product of cowboys around campfires and not from chain gangs and cotton mills and sweaty dancefloors...that it’s a genre made for some but not for everyone...That siding with power, and religion, and money is the role of songs with fiddle and banjo in them. This post is an oversimplification, it’s a tale better told by people who aren’t me, but it’s as close to a mission statement as I’ll ever write. I yodel because I give a shit, and I someday, hope you will too. Written and illustrated by me, share if you’d like, I love your ass even if you hate my guts for this 🖤🙏🏼✨🐍 "

- Nick Shoulders

Wonderful and successful multi-purpose #AntifaFoodDrive in #NYC earlier today. Volunteers in #BlackBloc showed up to receive and sort donations and hold space as a counter-action to a planned MAGA rally nearby. The reactionaries reportedly left the city before they even assembled, marking the first clear win for the action. All foodstuffs will be donated to La Jornada food pantry in Queens (link), and a lot of donations were gathered: second win. The normalization of bloc is a third important aspect of this kind of action: as a bunch of bloc on the ground were petting some dog, one of the owners was overheard saying (to his dog), “these are nice, good people.”

Do actions like this in your city! Bring flyers and distribute lit too!

Assembled and excerpted from this thread: https://twitter.com/itsa_talia/status/1312737584385331201