🌏: History | Geopolitics | Storytelling 📰: theConsciousCitizens.org 🖌️: @littlewinsstudio 🤝: hi@littlewinsstudio.comhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.socialhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lndanovv5s2sI don’t think we’ll achieve true progress unless we recognize that Liberalism as an ideology is what got us today’s flavor of fascism. Without reckoning with that, we’re stuck in the same reactionary pendulum swing.21 Apr 2025 13:14 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lndanovv5s2shttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3ln67vfeor22pMore 50501 protests today so a couple reminders: 1. A protest with a permit is a parade. 2. Mobilizing is just the first step, now ORGANIZE with a real leftist org.19 Apr 2025 13:17 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3ln67vfeor22phttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lms4lms2o226The age of American dominance is coming to an end. America could adapt to the new reality, but it won't. Like alcoholism, the first step to solving a problem is admitting you have one in the first place. This, and more, in the latest Dipsatch! www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-16 https://www.theconsciouscitizens.org/dispatch-1614 Apr 2025 17:46 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lms4lms2o226https://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lmpe4pe6lk2aI’m not a single issue voter but Palestine is absolutely the litmus test. If you can’t proudly stand against the one of the most obvious and biggest crimes of our generation, you’re already compromised. Your morals are clearly up for sale.13 Apr 2025 15:23 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmpe4pe6lk2ahttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lmd65atu4k2vDon't think Americans realize how resilient China or Chinese people are. They've been preparing for this moment for decades. Americans are not accustomed to even the slightest amount of discomfort.. China lived through a century of war, famine, and turmoil to get to where they are today.08 Apr 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lmd65atu4k2vhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lm5t4bmijs2sAnyone else think it’s weird these national Hands Off protests by 50501 were organized the same day as a major mobilization for Palestine in DC? Their marches took over the media, yet in all the HandsOff rallies there is no mention of Palestine and they’re vocally pro-NATO. Interesting timing06 Apr 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lm5t4bmijs2shttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3llzcuoh45b2bKwame Ture has said that mobilization is not organization, and we need to do both to actually make systemic change. For all the new folks protesting - remember what you do that day isn’t nearly as important as the day after (and the day after that). Let this lead to greater organizing! #handsoff04 Apr 2025 21:02 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3llzcuoh45b2bhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3llxkyf76js2dThe fascist apples don’t fall far from the fascist tree Check out [bit.ly/ice-defense] for our ICE Defense Masterlist and spread the word! Follow @theconsciouscitizens and subscribe to get access to our directory of resources. #history #education #history04 Apr 2025 04:22 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3llxkyf76js2dhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3llraqdljkk2tArt creates culture, and culture is what unites the masses. So if you want to control the masses, you must control art. This is a lesson fascists like Hitler and Mussolini knew well. Today's fascists do too. To win, we must build the counter-culture. More, in this week's Dispatch ⬇️ [contains quote post or other embedded content]01 Apr 2025 16:03 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3llraqdljkk2thttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3llcxce4vt22qIt's very telling that the conversation around the leaked Signal chats is more concerned with the leak itself rather than the contents of the leak (bypassing Congress to bomb Yemeni civilians). The problem isn't that they bombed innocent brown people. It's that they were sloppy enough to tell us.26 Mar 2025 23:37 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3llcxce4vt22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3ll5rfpx3uc2xLike many, I'm mourning the martyrdom of Hossam and Mansour, two (more) Palestinian journalists assassinated by the IOF. That + the new level of violence in Palestine, it all feels (rightfully) defeating. So here's a bit more of an optimistic take... https://youtube.com/shorts/dbDJZOfp31E https://youtube.com/shorts/dbDJZOfp31E?feature=share24 Mar 2025 22:08 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3ll5rfpx3uc2xhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lko4o2o7pk2hI expanded upon my earlier post about the connections between movements that Mahmoud Khalil's arrest reveals. Now that the IOF has resumed their genocide full force, we need to start moving as ONE if we want to stop this for good. [contains quote post or other embedded content]18 Mar 2025 16:47 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lko4o2o7pk2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lklnh4szy22qQuite enjoyed this article from @adamcoster.com about AI being professional bullshit machines. Pretty much summed up my feelings on the matter https://adamcoster.com/blog/on-bullshit-and-llms17 Mar 2025 17:09 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lklnh4szy22qhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lk4ocoxc722fMahmoud Khalil's arrest shows how all our struggles are linked: ICE is a key tool of oppressing immigrants (Immigrant Rights). ICE detention centers are often run by private prison companies (Abolition). Those companies are trained / use tech by Israel (Palestine). Our only enemies are above us.11 Mar 2025 18:15 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lk4ocoxc722fhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3ljsk4yqhb22kLatest Dispatch newsletter out now! This time we’re writing about actually viable economic systems we can start building NOW [contains quote post or other embedded content]07 Mar 2025 17:33 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljsk4yqhb22khttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3ljkshz3ei22dIt’s a shame that even when a Palestinian filmmaker wins an Oscar for the first time for telling their story, all anyone can focus on is the Israeli. Talk about Massafer Yatta. Talk about settler violence. Talk about the West Bank and Jenin! So many more important things than Yuval’s reputation.04 Mar 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3ljkshz3ei22dhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lj6lhxtp4s2fAfter becoming more aware of politics and how narratives are formed and cemented into reality, I’m fairly certain about 50% of recorded history is probably revisionist bullshit.27 Feb 2025 19:04 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lj6lhxtp4s2fhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lip7si5pcs2rThe US has never helped Ukraine out of kindness. ALL of the military aid is a LOAN to Ukraine, and the US always collects. The UK got the same deal to help them in WW2 and they were paying off that debt for over 50 years. That's not even mentioning the mineral rights...21 Feb 2025 16:25 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lip7si5pcs2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lidfxck2ls2hAn absolutely vital discussion for all of us on the left. Right-wing authoritarians have a clear, if twisted, vision for the world they want. If the left (read: working class) want to win, we need to come up with something just as compelling. [contains quote post or other embedded content]16 Feb 2025 23:43 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lidfxck2ls2hhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lhzbnnk7gs27Kendrick’s Super Bowl performance isn’t as important as what hopefully comes after it. Otherwise it’s just a distraction from the bigger problems https://youtube.com/shorts/LNPVnAk_QIo?si=y0-kPRnKMjMLqLlt12 Feb 2025 23:00 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhzbnnk7gs27https://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lhtp47ejus2rI love Kendrick and his halftime show but his performance isn’t nearly as important as what comes after it. Words and symbolism don’t create revolution - actions do. Protest, volunteer, pass out flyers, banner drop. Don’t just pat yourself on the back for seeing the message. Act on it!10 Feb 2025 17:44 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhtp47ejus2rhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lhqztjf7jk26Friendly reminder that the Super Bowl is one of the biggest propaganda events in American society. Pro-consumerism, pro-military, pro-imperialism - it’ll all be there. EVERY minute you see is designed to manipulate you to feel what THEY want you to feel.09 Feb 2025 16:18 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqztjf7jk26https://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lhqznfo6js26You know Hollywood industry is bad right now because there are a LOT of celebrities in the Super Bowl ads this year. Mortgage is due!09 Feb 2025 16:15 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhqznfo6js26https://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lhopzxxxh22rApartheid country gets apartheid-sponsor to punish the country that stopped apartheid for trying to...stop more apartheid. Yup, that tracks. [contains quote post or other embedded content]08 Feb 2025 18:18 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhopzxxxh22rhttps://bsky.app/profile/raytrospectively.bsky.social/post/3lhjge5cm5k2uPeople are rightfully outraged by Trump declaring he will “clear out” Gaza and occupy it. But let’s look at it another way. 15 months of the full force of the Empire via Proxy was not enough to achieve any of Israel’s goals. Now they need daddy-US to step in and clean up the mess.06 Feb 2025 15:41 +0000at://did:plc:njp2dmp2yfxcb2xtci2prdby/app.bsky.feed.post/3lhjge5cm5k2u