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The Hope We Need
02:53
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How can anything help when the world is ending?
What can one say to ease any pain?
How can you plan ahead when you're living on the edge
and no worthwhile future seems forthcoming?
I know they say existence is resistance
but alone there is no hope.
Come with me, join the fight, be the hope we need tonight
do and act, reject hate, make a nazi feel disgrace
empathy is what we need, help us move away from greed
Come with me, join the fight, be the hope we need tonight
cis or trans, straight or queer, gender isn't always clear
be so gay, it's not a crime, why should we stay in the lines
when the laws are unjust, collective action is a must
Come with me, join the fight, be the hope we need tonight
organize at your job, the big boss don't need it all
quit your toil, live with friends, plant a garden, barter and mend
heal the earth, lend a hand, who are we to own the land?
Come with me, join the fight, be the hope we need tonight
will you pledge to our cause? Earth is dying break down walls
drying fields, forest fires, leave a drought and walk for miles
out of time, climate change, capitalism is to blame
Come with me, join the fight, be the hope we need tonight
join the fight, add your name, be the hope we need today
use your voice, cry me too, patriarchy hurts all, true
do and act reject hate, punch a nazi in his face
Come with me, join the fight, be the hope we need tonight
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Direct Action
01:45
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Sit ins, strikes, Occupations
Blockades, hacktivism, civil disobedience
Voting is a must,
as harm reduction
but to see real results
Direct Action
the Underground Railroad, Crossing the bridge in Selma
and sitting on the Bus, ACT UP, fight AIDS
Voting is a must,
as harm reduction
but to see real results
Direct Action
Give water in the desert, cut those fences
deplatform nazis, Stonewall
Occupy Wall Street
March in the streets with Black Lives Matter
Voting is a must,
as harm reduction
but to see real results
Direct Action
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I didn't get more conservative as I got older
you just got greedier as you got richer
but those of us, who are, as we get older
less well-off than our parents, we get more radical, bolder
we watch our friends die from lack of insulin
and pay our rent to those who make more in a day than we'll ever see
I didn't get more conservative as I got older
you just got greedier as you got richer
the income disparity is growing by the day
and we're saddled with loans we can never pay
health insurance makes rich people live longer
but greed makes their morality and ethic much wronger
I didn't get more conservative as I got older
you just got greedier as you got richer
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get up go to work punch in
keep your nose to the grindstone
win the rat race pick up the pace
even as you work from home
in a global catastrophe
Capitalist productivity is not your raison d'etre
your worth is something that's not gross or net
use the weekend to recover but it's not enough
got no sick days
what's vacation anyways
career over family
retirement's a pipe dream
Capitalist productivity is not your raison d'etre
your worth is something that's not gross or net
make art
enjoy your days
have a nap break
lose yourself in dancing
Leave it behind
make up your mind
to be free
from the capitalist brainwashing
Capitalist productivity is not your raison d'etre
your worth is something that's not gross or net
take a breather
don't always be a people pleaser
selfcare: more than just
a bath bomb and cheese
Capitalist productivity is not your raison d'etre
your worth is something that's not gross or net
Capitalist productivity is not your raison d'etre
your worth is something that's not gross or net
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5. |
Walk that Picket Line
02:32
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no matter if it's sunny, or raining, or snowing but
Walk that Picket line
lend a hand to those who're tired but
Walk that Picket Line
take a break then walk more miles
On that Picket Line
lend a hand to those who're tired but
Walk that Picket Line
sometimes you're handing out donated pizzas to
work that Picket Line
keep up the chanting, the whistles, the bucket drums and
work that Picket Line
use what you have, keep them mad and
Walk that Picket Line
lend a hand to those who're tired but
Walk that Picket Line
not able to walk? We can still use solidarity and
work that Picket Line
write letters or call, and tell them your opinion of
Walk that Picket Line
don't be a scab, stay home if you can or
Walk that Picket Line
lend a hand to those who're tired but
Walk that Picket Line
no matter if it's sunny, or raining, or snowing but
Walk that Picket line
lend a hand to those who're tired but
Walk that Picket Line
take a break then walk more miles
on that Picket Line
lend a hand to those who're tired but
Walk that Picket Line
Walk that Picket Line
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Feminism starts at home:
cleaning the bathroom,
it means doing the mental labor
for grocery lists and planning holidays
Feminism means know how to do her laundry
and where to put the kids' away
it means cooking sometimes and
Feminism means doing the dishes
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Nothing but NERF
02:35
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ladies come in all shapes and sizes
cis, trans, black, white, big, small and more
And asking what a woman has in her pants
is incredibly rude unless you're both going to score
Non Exclusionary Radical Feminism, is the only way to go
include all my sisters, not just the cis-ters, I shouldn't have to say mo'
If you aren't ready for a trans child
Don't have children
If you aren't ready for a gay child
Don't have children
Non Exclusionary Radical Feminism, is the only way to go
include all my sisters, not just the cis-ters, I shouldn't have to say mo'
trans men don't steal lesbians
and trans women are women no matter their voice, hair or parts
so make sure no Feminism Appropriating Reactionary Transphobe
can get close to your heart!
Non Exclusionary Radical Feminism, is the only way to go
include all my sisters, not just the cis-ters, I shouldn't have to say mo'
TERFs made their own acronym several decades ago
so when we use it as a label we just want you to know
Non Exclusionary Radical Feminism, is the only way to go
include all my sisters, not just the cis-ters, I shouldn't have to say mo'
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I don't want assimilation, instead I want liberation
no white picket fence and rainbow corp'ratism for me
I just want the freedom to love how I love
let us have a galaxy not a binary
Not into sex?
ACEs are great
think gender's constricting?
Amen sibling
telling others how to love?
Fuck You
I don't want assimilation, instead I want liberation
no white picket fence and rainbow corp'ratism for me
I just want the freedom to love how I love
let us have a galaxy not a binary
Got a kink
it's not mine but that's ok
got multiple partners
good for you
have opinions about consenting adults that aren't you
Fuck You
I don't want assimilation, instead I want liberation
no white picket fence and rainbow corp'ratism for me
I just want the freedom to love how I love
let us have a galaxy not a binary
bi, pan, or queer
live your dream
Aromantic
no problem
Affronted by change diversity, and gays that can't be monetized
Fuck You
I don't want assimilation, instead I want liberation
no white picket fence and rainbow corp'ratism for me
I just want the freedom to love how I love
let us have a galaxy not a binary
I don't want assimilation, instead I want liberation
no white picket fence and rainbow corp'ratism for me
Not gay as in marriage but queer as in fuck you
let us have a galaxy not a binary
let us have a galaxy not a binary
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I don't know how to tell you
I can't make you see
Can anyone explain to those
who think that the world is all about “me?”
I don't know how to tell you
you should care about other people
Isn't the point of society
to make life a bit easier
widen your circle
make all people your family
I don't know how to tell you
I can't make you see
Can anyone explain to those
who think that the world is all about “me?”
I don't know how to tell you
you should care about other people
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Norse is not a race
it's a culture
and heathenry is indigenous to the place
not the skin tone
don't let the nazis steal your holy symbols
the resistance was also inspired by norse imagery
Aesir and Vanir and Jotun and humans intermarry
people of different melanin levels should be no barrier here
Norse is not a race
it's a culture
and heathenry is indigenous to the place
not the skin tone
there were African transplants in Scandinavia
for the entirety of the viking age
don't let nazis steal your holy symbols
but this doesn't make swastikas ok
(try Thor's hammer, runes and celtic knotwork)
Norse is not a race
it's a culture
and heathenry is indigenous to the place
not the skin tone
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What is your feminism even for if it isn't intersectional?
No one wins the oppression olympics, So Let's Smash the Patriarchy
We need to highlight the problems of the multiply marginalized
No one wins the oppression olympics, So Let's Smash the Patriarchy
This means that white people shouldn't always get the center stage
No one wins the oppression olympics, So Let's Smash the Patriarchy
race and disability and queerness are some of the different angles
No one wins the oppression olympics, So Let's Smash the Patriarchy
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12. |
Equal Pay for Equal Work
02:09
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Equal Pay for Equal Work
we know institutional discrimination needs to go
more resources to essential workers
and less to parasitic CEOs
Asian women make 85 cents
for every dollar a white man makes
White women earn 77 cents,
while black men 74 cents take
Equal Pay for Equal Work
we know institutional discrimination needs to go
more resources to essential workers
and less to parasitic CEOs
hispanic men make 63 cents
for every dollar a white man makes
black women earn 61 cents,
while native women 58 cents take
Food and health and manual labor
are more important than overseers
few opportunities, and less reward
this isn't freedom, it's wage slavery
most outrageous?
for the most tedious jobs and hardest work
latina women only make 53 cents
compared to average
Equal Pay for Equal Work
we know institutional discrimination needs to go
more resources to essential workers
and less to parasitic CEOs
Food and health and manual labor
are more important than overseers
few opportunities, and less reward
this isn't freedom, it's wage slavery
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13. |
Gardens not Guns
02:11
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The apocalypse is coming
but empathy is more important than you thought it would be
you'll need
Gardens not Guns
Food not Lawns
Gardens not Guns
make your supply chain local, support small farms
grow your own food when you can, even a pot in a windowsill
Gardens not Guns
Food not Lawns
Gardens not Guns
container gardens on balconies, and rooftops too
turn empty lots into gardens, not lawns that are bougie uselessness
Gardens not Guns
Food not Lawns
Gardens not Guns
The apocalypse is coming
but empathy is more important than you thought it would be
you'll need
Gardens not Guns
Food not Lawns
Gardens not Guns
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I just want to live where
health care is a right
so is food, housing, water, education too
because people still work to improve
themselves and society without money
give us internal motivation and personal growth
and time to explore one's passions and the galaxy
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15. |
Take Sides
01:45
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We must take sides.
For Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
Neutrality helps the oppressor, never the victim.
Silence encourages the tormentor never the tormented.
We must take sides.
For Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.
Freedom is never voluntarily given by the oppressor, it must be demanded by the oppressed.
We must take sides.
For Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere.
We must take sides.
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Dr. Kit Cello-Punk Oregon
Dr. Kit got his PhD in Music Theory in 2016. During the 2020 pandemic, he determined he'd like to use his musical expertise
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