Capitalism Can Burn Book Club - Part III

Rest Is Resistance: Resist

It’s been quiet over here on Poverty Sucks because I’m having a hard time processing the genocides occurring in our world and the lack of humanity that I’m witnessing. Many of us are falling apart while others continue life as usual and….

How have we not burned all this shit down?

How is social media not flooded with cries of outrage?

How are we not understanding that their oppression is linked with our own?

But lemme stay focused on the book because my blood pressure is already high.

In Part III of Rest is Resistance, the author writes:

“We are going up against such violent systems in our attempt to disrupt and push back: white supremacy, capitalism, ableism, patriarchy, classism, anti-Blackness, homophobia, etc. Any system that degrades and ignores our divine right to have care, rest, leisure, and space must be examined and illuminated. The time is up for any shallow wellness work that doesn’t speak about dismantling the systems that are making us unwell. We must blame and interrogate the systems. They are the problem.”

This message is incredibly timely for the current state of our world. People are protesting, going on strike, and saying NO MORE the cruelty of oppressors.

The question for the week: How are you resisting systems of oppression in your life? If your own life isn’t directly impacted by oppression, then are you taking actions to fight for our collective liberation?

I resist by continuing to share my story of poverty to amplify how brutal these systems are for many of us.

As Fannie Lou Hamer said “nobody’s free until everybody’s free.”

Please create spaces of gentleness for yourself amidst the harshness of our current reality. My own soft place has been the new album of flute music by André 3000 which you can listen to here.

Take care of yourselves and each other out there.

In solidarity,

Robin