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Do you have any thoughts when people say Hamas is a freedom fighter organization? But also when people say this is another Holocaust?
I would not personally describe Hamas as a freedom fighter organisation. I think I'd only use the term freedom fighter - if an organisation was committed to a wider programme of liberation.
Perhaps more importantly I think the priority in this moment is to bring together as wider coalition of people as people as possible - including people with very divergent views of Hamas. It means that I am not particularly interested in a decontextualised discussion of Hamas - and would only enter in such a discussion if it had a political purpose, and I didn't think it would have any impact on coalition building.
More generally (and I cannot comment on your other question - because I don't know who you're talking about or what they're referring to) when genocide is happening takes don't matter that much. And it's quite important to me that I don't talk in a way that suggests that I think that takes are important.
#One of my increasingly strong beliefs#is that having takes is a leisure activity#that can very easily disrupt the real political work#of building coalitions
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Hi! Encampment anon again. It's going okay so far, though the police with visible guns circling us is unnerving even though they just say hello and monitor us (while we monitor them). I'm the same anon from ages ago who struggled finding balance and getting overwhelmed at protests and I think I might still have that problem. Yesterday I was working from 4am to 10pm: some time at the encampment, then distributing meal leftovers to unhoused folks around there, then cooking trays of dinner (1/4)
for the campers, helping design pamphlets, and the in-between periods working on my final exams. But by evening when I was cooking I was extremely overwhelmed by the loud and messy kitchen and couldn’t speak to the people coming to transport the food which felt rude, since I was signing to my friend and she was talking for me, even though I could technically have spoken if I had tried more. I know part of mutual aid is community, but the social part of that seems quite hard, even if I am (2/4)
ready and willing to help. I also missed the two fun things I had planned for the day because of how busy it was, and while that’s fine, I’m also not sure how much time I am supposed to be taking for fun when I have exams as well as all this. People helped me yesterday, a lot, and I helped them, but I feel like I should be helping them more and require less support because I technically could. I also can’t really cut back because I will feel terrible if any of these things don’t get done (3/4)
when I could have done them; if food gets thrown away because no one else hands it out, then the waste of food is my fault. But I know thinking like this is not helping me, so I don’t really know what to do. [Also I don’t know if this is relevant but it may inform what advice you give, a counselor has suggested I might be autistic, though I’m not sure whether or not I agree. Either way, even before all of this began I was struggling a lot to keep things together.] (4/4)
Oh also I just realized that I have not slept much, eaten most of my meals, showered, cleaned my room, or such things since this has all begun (like three days or so). So I definitely need to change something about my approach but I can't figure out what. I just forget to do those things, and if I remember I should, I still don't have the energy to. Sorry for the really long rant, you've just helped me a lot with your advice in the past and I need some more help I think. (5/4)
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Oh anon - sending you so much love and solidarity. You're doing amazing - and like I said before - you have everything you need.
When I read this - it feels like what you're asking is what am I doing wrong or how can I be better at it? And the answer is, of course, absolutely nothing - there's no need to be better and also it's not really possible. The difficulties you're facing aren't because there's something unique about you that means that you get overwhelmed after working from 4am to 10pm. The difficulties are the nature of organising in this sort of heightened political moment. All student occupations have been people in them who were exhausted and overwhelmed and not eaten or showered.
Moments of collective resistance in political crisis are not times for intentional improvement (you are of course growing and learning and changing - you can't help it). But the only problem you're describing here is your anxiety that you're doing something wrong. And the only thing that you could work on - is gently telling the voices in your head that there's something wrong with you to fuck off. But it's not really the time - it's far too easy get involved with meta anxiety - you already describe being anxious about being anxious
Does it help if I'm gentle with you - and tell you you're doing great. It's not your fault if food is wasted. It really doesn't matter that you haven't tidied your room. And people who haven't showered for three days are more common and socially acceptable political occupations than most of the rest of society - even when people aren't overwhelmed. You describe yourself as accepting help and identifying when you're overwhelmed and withdrawing - that's incredible and not something I knew how to do when I was your age (and for a long time after).
I remember at a time of intense political crisis getting very worked up about whether I was coping well - and looking back and all I can think of how absurd it was that I expected myself to cope at all.
I will give a couple of pieces of practical advice. Prioritise eating - not eating does make things harder. You describe yourself as giving out food, but not eating. What do you need from the situation so that you can eat yourself? If you can't figure it out - can you talk it through with a friend? Don't let the perfect be the enemy of any sustenance is good here. What do you need so you'll eat some food several times a day?
The other is - do you have any friends (or family - but if I understand that's less likely in the US) who are sympathetic, but not involved? I also have vivid memories of going to a friend's house - five days into crisis organising. Hanging out and then going to a movie. That was really replenishing. If you have someone who values the work that you're doing, but isn't part of it - spending some time away from it all can make a real difference.
I guess what both of these having in common is that they're looking after yourself in gentle ways - relying on other people a little bit. Recognising what you need - but also accepting that this is really hard and it's going to have an impact on you and it's OK that it has an impact on you.
Again sending you all the love and solidarity. Don't apologise for the long rant. I loved hearing from you - come back any time.
#lovely anon#working through the shoulds in your brain#is a long term project#And it will get easier
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Niall via IG story | April 26, 2024
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Live was captured across 15 different shows in 15 different cities over the course of three years while the singer embarked on two world tours
April 25, 2024
by Larisha Paul
After nearly two-hundred live performances spanning two international tours, Louis Tomlinson is celebrating the end of era on the road that spanned three years. On Thursday, the musician shared Live, a record captured across 15 different shows in 15 different cities.
“I’ve been lucky enough to spend the last 3 years touring the world twice over, the feeling I get sharing those live moments will be with me forever,” Tomlinson shared in a statement. “To be able to record these songs from all over the world and put them out as an album like this feels so special, and a real tribute to the fans who make each and every show feel unique and incredible. Thank you! Enjoy!”
The album features live performances from both the Louis Tomlinson World Tour — which was cut short in 2020 and resumed in 2022 — and the Faith in the Future World Tour, which kicked off in 2023 in support of the singer’s sophomore studio album of the same name. Combined, the tours included 170 shows in 47 countries across 5 continents.
Tomlinson captured performances of popular singles “We Made It” and “Walls” from his debut solo album Walls and “Written All Over Your Face,” “Silver Tongues,” and “Out of My System” from Faith in the Future. The album features recordings from London, Nashville, Vancouver, Barcelona, Chicago, Budapest, Paris, and more.
The digital version of Live is available now, with physical editions for the record set for release on Aug. 23 on a double CD and 2LP picture disc vinyl.
Louis Tomlinson Live Tracklist
“The Greatest” (Live From London, 17 November 2023)
“Face The Music” (Live From Nashville, 18 July 2023)
“Bigger Than Me” (Live From Vancouver, 26 June 2023)
“Holding On To Heartache” (Live From Barcelona, 6 October 2023)
“We Made It” (Live From Manila, 16 July 2022)
“Chicago” (Live From Chicago, 15 June 2023)
“Fearless” (Live From Rio, 27 May 2022)
“Common People” (Live From Sheffield, 10 November 2023)
“All This Time / She Is Beauty We Are World Class” (Live From Munich, 22 October 2023)
“Walls” (Live From Buenos Aires, 21 May 2022)
“Written All Over Your Face” (Live From Budapest, 15 September 2023)
“Out Of My System” (Live From Brisbane, 30 January 2024)
“Saturdays” (Live From Paris, 14 October 2023)
“Silver Tongues” (Live From Krakow, 10 September 2023)
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taylorswift: A fortnight til Paris 🤍 Brought to you by YouTube Shorts #ForAFortnightChallenge
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Louis sent out a newsletter containing a link to enter your message for the ‘Tour Notes’ Booklet without purchasing anything from his store. (25 April 2024)
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‘I’ll tell you something about my good name // it’s mine alone to disgrace”
This.
It's a brilliant line - and I love so much that she said it. Yesterday I was talking very big picture about what happens when we can see so much of everyone's life and the way it drives both anxiety and judgement. And how much I'd love to have a structural solution, but can't imagine one. That makes me appreciate even more people making art that presents an alternative.
#Also saw someone complaining about 'But Daddy I love him' Larry edits#I'd like to complain that I haven't seen any#and would love to
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The TS backlash is epic. 15k notes on this. Why now I wonder?
https://www.tumblr.com/porcelain-rob0t/748200295601946624/miss-swift-you-are-not-a-tortured-poet-you-are-a?source=share
On the scale of things 15k likes or reblogs is not that many - and I wouldn't be surprised if criticism of Taylor Swift had been hitting those numbers since tumblr existed.
But it's also not surprising that when someone is really ubiquitious - that more people have opinions about them.
What stands out to me about that post is that it's so silly. I know this is the piss on the poor website - but Taylor Swift is very explicitly not calling herself a tortured poet on this album.
#Suggesting that there's a conflict between poetry and wealth#shows a real lack of understanding of the material basis of the Western canon and the image of the tortured poem
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Do you have freddie reign kinda questions about max and clifford? I accept whatever truth he's living but the names are all very interesting for sure
Not really anon - I don't have any questions about Freddie Reign as a name.
But Max and Clifford? Given that Simon Cowell only distanced him from Max Clifford after his 2014 conviction. It's quite high on the list of things I want to know.
#So many questions#some will be revealed with time#I worry that this isn't significant enough#that we'll never get any clues
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This new puritanism culture is odd. I can't remember any of Amy Winehouse's fans saying they couldn't listen to Back to Black because all the songs are about her villainous ex, yet so many TS fans are furious that she's dared to write about being in love with Matty Healy.
I have a lot of thoughts about this - some of which are jumbled together.
I think it's important not to overstate the importance of the loudest most annoying people on twitter. I'm not sure there are that many people who couldn't listen to this album - although I'm sure they do exist. It's also worth noting the saying you're not listening to an album is very different, from not listening to an album.
And if people aren't listening to Taylor's latest album, for any reason at all, that doesn't matter very much. Any particular piece of art is definitely optional.
But I do think there are some wider social, cultural and political changes going on that contribute to the fact that some people are expecting other people to care that they're not listening to the Taylor Swift album because they think that one of the subjects of the is bad (and they of course are good).
I think there's an ever tightening knot - where we can see and judge so much in so many people - and read so many judgements. And what that does is reduce the space for anyone to do anything (except judge others).
I was really struck at the Grammys - about the intense criticism of Taylor for not paying sufficient attention to the person presenting the award to her. I couldn't remember any time where that had been commented on before. In general, it seemed like it was accepted that people who received awards were a bit overwhelmed and the whole point was that moment was supposed to be about them. But, then the Oscars and a new norm had been created - and the question of whether an winner had paid the right level of attention to the presenter had become a normal question.
And that dynamic is repeated in every area of our lives (or every area of our life that is digitally documented). Everything is everyone's business. I think we have to assume that people who are so invested in judging other people - must feel that judged themselves.
I'm a big believer in structural solutions to these problems - but I have no idea what that would look like at this time.
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this substack piece by a journalist who was mistakenly identified as the writer of a negative ttpd review, and harassed as a consequence, is so good, especially this part:
For many, the nature of fandom is one of identity, a sole marker not only of one’s taste but of their ethics. [...] Their followers must protect at all costs, with no room for doubt. It's tedious and the implicit demand for a cultural hegemony that prizes unflinching commitment over the true curiosity of art, to use an academic term, f*cking sucks.
also the way she touches on gamergate, how we see this in basically every large fandom, how fans know they can control editorial decisions, the way this reflects how internet culture wars lead to radicalization, how there is no way to balance or fix this in sight.
#i think this is generally pretty strong#although i do think the fact that this is actually all about the fans and identification#rather than actually protecting the artists#could be brought out more
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It be like that sometimes
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23/4/24
The Music Venue Trust has hit back at Manchester’s Co-Op Live for saying some grassroots venues are “poorly run” – despite having had to delay its own opening this week.
Co-Op Live, which cost £365million, is set to become the UK’s largest indoor arena when it opens, with a capacity of 23,500.
The venue’s executive director Gary Roden spoke to the BBC recently, where he discussed the proposed £1 ticket levy on all gigs arena-sized and above, to help secure the future of grassroots venues and artists.
Roden said that he was “very aware it’s a hot topic”, and that he was “embracing the conversation”, but that he believed the levy was “too simplistic”.
The report suggests that he thinks support should come directly from the government, and added that while he acknowledges the financial pressures on small venues, he thinks some of them are poorly run.
-> full article here at nme.com
Music Venue Trust CEO Mark Davyd on twitter 20/4/24 :
linking to this article:
20/4/24
Bosses of the UK's largest arena have apologised for cancelling tickets to a test show hours before it was due to start.
It comes after organisers at Co-op Live in Manchester said they had to cut capacity for a preview concert by Rick Astley to allow them to test the 23,500-seater venue "effectively".
Those affected have instead been invited to the Black Keys show at the £365m arena next week.
Co-op Live is set to be officially opened by comedian Peter Kay on Tuesday.
-> full article here at bbc.com
and then the day before the official opening night..
22/4/24
Organisers at Manchester’s new Co-Op Live arena have postponed their opening Peter Kay shows.
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A statement from the venue said: “Following our first test event on Saturday, regretfully we have made the difficult decision to reschedule our two opening performances by Peter Kay. It is critical to ensure we have a consistent total power supply to our fully electric sustainable venue, the completion of which is a few days behind.
-> full article here at nme.com
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Hi! My college is planning an encampment in protest for Gaza and I am going to be somewhat involved (not sitting in but helping with what they need and checking for police etc). This is my first time doing a sort of big thing like this and I am pretty scared. Do you have any advice?
You're doing something incredibly important anon - and you already have everything you need. That's my main advice - you've got this.
Of course you're scared - you're doing something important and risky (and most important things are risky). And there's so much you have no control over. You can't control the police, you can't control university administration, you can't control journalists, you can't control members of the public, you can't control other protesters. You've chosen to take the risks, for really good reasons - and like so many people before you - you're protesting while scared.
So much important work has been done by people who feel just as you do now. I think it can be easy to imagine that people in the past had some extraordinary qualities to do extraordinary things. I think it's really important to fight back on that model - and instead understand that you don't have to be extraordinary to make a difference - you just have to be there.
Huge love and solidarity.
#At some point#maybe not now#you might like to read more about student movements and what has come of them#if you google 'they should have served that cup of coffee'#with ebook#you'll get a great place to start#but there are so many#I loved Bettina Apetheker's autobiography#But read them to deepen your understanding#that you have everything you need#to do what needs to be done
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Nick Grimshaw explaining that he is not Marty Healy even though many articles are suggesting he is.
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