Lots of folks are desperately wondering how we build the resistance. If such efforts have any chance of success, history shows that it had better be a resistance that sings together.
"I know, there is in Socialist Party circles an assembly of mockers. They deride aught that savors of sentiment. But we heed not their scoffing. We will not permit them to outface us. A songless Socialism is a wrangling, contentious, dismembered thing. A singing Socialism will be a socialism triumphant."
Great essay. Completely agree. Here in France we are lucky enough to have the excellent HK et les Saltimbanks to inspire resistance... They really made a difference for me, during Covid.
"I know, there is in Socialist Party circles an assembly of mockers. They deride aught that savors of sentiment. But we heed not their scoffing. We will not permit them to outface us. A songless Socialism is a wrangling, contentious, dismembered thing. A singing Socialism will be a socialism triumphant."
Bouck White, Letters from Prison (1915)
Great essay. Completely agree. Here in France we are lucky enough to have the excellent HK et les Saltimbanks to inspire resistance... They really made a difference for me, during Covid.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tN0ipJq9nac
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aSSU6yLsnWU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PIQvsOja_30
Amen to all this.