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13 Oct, 5 tweets, 1 min read
One...more...week.

In one week, I'll be leaving full-time work to spend more time on anti-imperialist independent media and analysis.

I'll need a bit of help. I've achieved 96 percent of my $$ goal to make the transition sustainable. Here's how you can help me complete it.
I publish weekly and host a YouTube podcast. You can support this work on Patreon in the link in the bio.

On Patreon, I provide public audio recordings of articles. Subscribers get early access to work and first communication on announcements and content...
I plan on relaunching my program, the internationalist transmission, to discuss imperialism and its connections to domestic and global policy. More specifically, I plan on centering solidarity and have on with guests who embody this principle...
One idea for the launch is a "state-affiliated" media panel from CGTN, RT, and Press TV. We need to counter disinformation from a revolutionary perspective. That is what my work is all about...
You can find my Patreon in my bio, or here. Thank you for supporting my journey in this struggle: patreon.com/dannyhaiphong

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THREAD: this pandemic has taught me a lot. One of the biggest lessons I've learned is to not expect to be respected, but to demand it. Respect is an essential quality of dignity.

And in activism and journalism, we don't always get it.
There is a lot of mistreatment that goes on in our circles. We are all fighting ostensibly for the same thing, but we are human too. The lack of resources that we have as left journalists and organizations doesn't help matters either.
Respect starts with the self. For years in this struggle and in media work I internalized the notion that sacrifice without reciprocation was noble. Now I've realized that labor contributed should also be labor compensated, within reason of course.
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Truly humbled by all the new subscriptions since I announced that I will be quitting from my full-time job in social work to focus more on people's media.

I am now in need of less than $300 per month until I meet my goal.
Reminder: I publish weekly, run the YouTube channel The Left Lens, and co-edit Friends of Socialist China.

This transition will help me build The Left Lens through the relaunch of my interview series: the Internationalist Transmission.
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I also hope to co-author another book on China and socialist countries.
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Who am I? I am a journalist yes, a writer yes, an activist yes.

But none of this work would be possible without human experiences within this criminal system of capitalist oligarchy and imperialism. Here's some of my story and hopefully you will consider supporting my work:
My mother is an unemployed yet highly educated Viet/Chinese woman who has struggled with untreated mental illness all her life (agent orange suspected). My father was a federal worker. He died at 69 due to overwork and inherited trauma from a family that struggled with addiction.
As a young person I navigated anti-Asian racism and the economic impact of debt. Shame was a common feeling. I didn't want to be seen, and I poured all my anger into the game of basketball. Here I learned of the widespread suffering afflicting the entire working class.
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I quit! Well, given notice. This move allows me to focus more on independent media work. It wasn't an easy decision, but the correct one.

I hate self-promotion but I'll be doing a lot more as my media work is now my primary source of income. Here's what you can do to support:
I publish weekly for Black Agenda Report, CGTN, and other outlets on issues of imperialism. All of the work is public, and most of it is pro bono, for the movement.

I ask that you donate to my Patreon to make this work sustainable. The link is in the bio and pinned tweet.
I also co-edit Friends of Socialist China and host a YouTube program The Left Lens. I also do audio versions of articles and livestream commentaries on pressing issues of imperialism and class struggle

My transition offers more time to focus on this work.
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