| Biden’s withdrawal from the presidential race is evidence of a crack in the system. It is an opening created by people power and by hundreds of thousands of people newly awakening to the limitations of our electoral system’s ability to stop the rise of white Christian nationalism and prevent genocide — by thousands of people dreaming of and experimenting with solidarity and self-organization. We don’t know how wide the crack is or how long it can be kept open, but we name it for what it is: a crack in the old world. We must understand this crack and strategize around it. We must pry it open where it presents opportunity and continue to organize to forge a new world. We know that no one will save us from Project 2025, the violence of our ever-expanding police state, or the stranglehold of imperialism and neoliberalism but ourselves. (Project 2025 is a 920-page conservative policy blueprint that calls for gutting protections for queer and trans folks, mass deportations, a nationwide abortion ban, the repeal of environmental protections, the expansion of the power of the presidency, and more sweeping changes that would radically restructure life in the US.) The context has changed, and our strategy will be stronger if we understand those changes, but our work remains the same. At SONG, we organize to build power and for communities where queer and trans, Black and brown, immigrant, Indigenous, rural and working class Southern folks can live Free From Fear. We are organizing against state violence and preparing ourselves to survive climate collapse and the fall of the old world. With our ancestors at our back, we fight for our lives and for future generations. It’s time to get in formation; let us take a deep breath. Stay focused. Ground yourself in your commitment to kinship and collective liberation. Get with your people. Invite more and more people in. Join us in conversation to make sense of this moment. Celebrate disagreement as an opportunity to get sharper. Cultivate joy. Vision, experiment, and strategize. Let’s build something new. |
Strategizing at the Cracks
Thank you for stating it so well.
This! “We don’t know how wide the crack is or how long it can be kept open, but we name it for what it is: a crack in the old world.”
And yes!! “It’s time to get in formation; let us take a deep breath. Stay focused. Ground yourself in your commitment to kinship and collective liberation. Get with your people. Invite more and more people in. Join us in conversation to make sense of this moment. Celebrate disagreement as an opportunity to get sharper. Cultivate joy. Vision, experiment, and strategize. Let’s build something new.”