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At TNN we remain committed to in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical reporting.
Liberation is a Riot is great example. It breaks from whitewashed myths about how social change happens to show realities far more true to most trans folks' experience.
Support more journalism like it here:
Liberation is a Riot, @thefreeradical.org's longform series on how a sanitized version of nonviolence was used to erase realities of riot, revolt and survival.
Especially important history for trans communities.
Part 1: transnews.network/p/liberation...
Part 2: transnews.network/p/liberation...
An important thread.
Our January article on the conditions faced by two of the defendants — Meagan Morris and Autumn Hill — also emphasized they are part of a history of resistance to injustice both behind bars and outside them.
That struggle, for Morris, Hill and all political prisoners, continues.
Horrific news. The defendants — including two trans women — are political prisoners persecuted for opposing the atrocities of a fascist regime.
But the Haymarket trial didn't kill anarchism or unions. Rigged, corrupt courts are an old weapon in the hands of tyrants. People always fight on anyway.
Our January article on the conditions faced by two of the defendants — Meagan Morris and Autumn Hill — also emphasized they are part of a history of resistance to injustice both behind bars and outside them.
That struggle, for Morris, Hill and all political prisoners, continues.
Horrific news. The defendants — including two trans women — are political prisoners persecuted for opposing the atrocities of a fascist regime.
But the Haymarket trial didn't kill anarchism or unions. Rigged, corrupt courts are an old weapon in the hands of tyrants. People always fight on anyway.
And checking info/debunking bs both takes time and sadly isn't a skillset that's nearly as widespread as it should be.
This is a bad problem and its getting worse. Making panicslop is, at best, an act of apathetic greed in a dire situation. At worst it's treason in wartime. Act accordingly.
People sink into despair when they could be organizing and aiding each other, they get a highly false idea of our enemies' power over our lives and our odds of victory.
This is the effect of panicslop. Sadly, plenty spread it in good faith, because there are also very real threats out there...
Sadly, there are a handful of hacks who have made it their business (literally, in some cases) to sow as much panic and despair among trans people as possible. In addition to making things even harder for communities already facing very real threats, it also obscures what we're actually up against.
An important thread.
Ok, remember the whole Art of War thing about knowing yourself and your enemies being the key to defeating them?
Well, trans communities are at war. So it is *really* important to know what the actual dangers facing us are, what is panic/disinfo and where our enemies are dangerous/weak...
At TNN we remain committed to in-depth, hard-hitting and unrepentantly radical reporting.
Liberation is a Riot is great example. It breaks from whitewashed myths about how social change happens to show realities far more true to most trans folks' experience.
Support more journalism like it here:
Liberation is a Riot, @thefreeradical.org's longform series on how a sanitized version of nonviolence was used to erase realities of riot, revolt and survival.
Especially important history for trans communities.
Part 1: transnews.network/p/liberation...
Part 2: transnews.network/p/liberation...
Hell y'all, the very real, verifiable threats we face — including from the courts — are bad enough without adding bouts of panicslop inventing entirely new ones. This bs inflicts a real human cost.
It's almost certainly going to be appealed to the wider 4th circuit (instead of far-right panel this drew), which has ruled in exactly the opposite direction, including recently.
I don't put faith in courts. At all. It's also important to have an accurate idea of what we're actually up against.
Literally seeing trans folks in the Carolinas think their healthcare's going to be immediately cut off due to the 4th circuit panel ruling. That absolutely is not the case.
It was bad enough, directly so for WV trans folks on medicaid. It is not the end, or as extensive, as panic is treating it...
The last part of @thefreeradical.org's tour de force Liberation is a Riot series debunked the status quo's sanitized version of nonviolence.
The finale deals with history's hard truths about riots, rebellions and how trans communities have to grapple with violence to survive.
"We do not need everyone to do the same thing or be part of the same groups, but we do need to recognize that people choosing force do not do this out of a bloodlust, but rather because they view it as the only means necessary to prevent more bloodshed."
So @mady.cat's in-depth analysis from just after the 2024 presidential election remains evergreen.
The Democratic party ditching trans people isn't just incredibly evil, it's electoral suicide as well:
From queer and trans community defense that didn't make the standard histories to the smearing of Black liberation to the violence communities under attack have to reckon with every day, this sweeping longform piece is an honest and much-needed reality check.
Edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
"If I didn’t defend myself, if I didn’t fight like hell to stay alive, if I didn’t learn how to navigate some of the hardest and most terrifying situations of my life, I’d be dead. The same is true of virtually every other queer person I’ve ever met."
"If I didn’t defend myself, if I didn’t fight like hell to stay alive, if I didn’t learn how to navigate some of the hardest and most terrifying situations of my life, I’d be dead. The same is true of virtually every other queer person I’ve ever met."
From queer and trans community defense that didn't make the standard histories to the smearing of Black liberation to the violence communities under attack have to reckon with every day, this sweeping longform piece is an honest and much-needed reality check.
Edited by @davidforbes.bsky.social
The last part of @thefreeradical.org's tour de force Liberation is a Riot series debunked the status quo's sanitized version of nonviolence.
The finale deals with history's hard truths about riots, rebellions and how trans communities have to grapple with violence to survive.
every rich person's fortune was built on blood. those that proclaim their fortune 'ethical' are only bureaucratically and physically distant from blood, but the suffering remains just as real as the CEOs like steve jobs that step over allies to further their own wealth
you have more in common with a homeless person than *any* member of the gentry. remember that and don't forget it -- class issues and disparities affect movements far, far more than we talk about, particularly within marginalized groups.
I really, really don't like "oh trans people are just a tiny powerless population with no impact on anything, all these laws are just a distraction" tack and believe it's detrimental to the fight for our liberation, for several reasons.
So...🧵
Oh hey, worth pointing out again that a key point in the civil rights movement was when even its more moderate groups loudly refused (e.g. King's "Letter from a Birmingham jail") this kind of bs "compromise" because they knew where it led.