The reasons for antifascism

Another wonderful day with these two, here playing around on a goat sculpture. (Evan made his body the canvas for some artwork with marker pens, but he wasn't too  troubled about the fact that we couldn't scrub it off.)

Here's something else wonderful, continuing the discussion of multiple tactics, solidarity, and everyday antifascism:

"Our old systems are in the process of disintegration and decay - they are literally falling apart in front of our eyes. Some of us will resist and stand guard, making sure that the rot and fallout are minimized. Some of us will provide hospice, insuring that the systems die well and thoroughly. Some of us will tend to the victims and survivors. Some of us will design and create new paths to a common and integrated future.

All are needed, and it’s essential that each of us understands and embraces our particular part in all of it. It’s also crucial that we support and hold up the efforts of those doing work that is different from ours. No one task is more or less important than any other - all of it is honorable and necessary.

The cycle of birth, growth, decline and death is a natural metaphor for what is happening on the global political stage. We are witnessing the death rattle of patriarchy and his handmaiden white supremacy. I suggest that rather than poke around in the gore and continually make ourselves sick from toxic exposure, we attend to our collective well-being - remembering to care for each other and the earth, and to make art and love as we resist, mourn, heal and build.

We need every single one of us - those who revolt, those who restore, and those who dream and create the futures we’re committed to. Let’s refuse to be bamboozled or fascinated by the ongoing and seemingly relentless ugliness of oppression. Let’s insist on remembering that we are all kin, and that repairing the world is both our birthright and our responsibility. We can and will do this. I know, for I have seen the future, and it includes all of us.”—Akaya Windwood.