Thread by @radfagg

I want to remind you that we are winning.

It may be hard to imagine from quarantine, but there are millions of people who, even in their confusion and fear, are considering radical new ways of structuring our world to protect each other and the planet. #COVID19

People in power are pushing fascism. They're pushing hyper-policing, militarization. They are forcing us to go back to work, to "normal," by threatening benefits. They are actively allowing us to die.

This is all because they know we're winning. #COVID19

Now is not the time for hopelessness. Now is not the time to believe you are powerless.

Now is the time to grieve. Now is the time to feel the same rage that led millions into the streets for #BlackLivesMatter, #WomensMarch, and so many other demos only years ago. #COVID19

Those in power are preying on our fear not only because they know it can be manipulated towards their ends--the ends of wealth creation and the death of the planet--but equally because they know it can be channeled towards the exact opposite. #COVID19

There are more people on our side than ever before. We are closer to winning our most radical visions for liberation, for abolition, for a society for the many, than ever before.

Remind yourself out loud that we are winning. Don't let fear and isolation take your. #COVID19

#MedicareForAll is possible. #NativeSovereignty is possible. #PrisonAbolition, Abolishing ICE is possible. #ReparationsNow are possible. Protecting water, restoring the land is possible. The end of capitalism, replacing it with just, sustainable structures, is possible. #COVID19

Don't give up now. Don't let fears of the ruling class win out over our fear for survival. We are winning, and they know it.

We must know it, too. #COVID19

Now's the time to build with those who once called our visions impossible, who can now see the structures we've been dependent on are the source of the crisis. Now's the time to be creative, compassionate, bold. #COVID19

Now's the time to forge new alliances, have scary conversations, and bring new faces and voices to the fight by recommitting to the exact demands we were heralding long before #COVID19 ever arrived.

We are winning, and we can win.