it’s feels weird to me, sometimes, that the raised fist is now used as a super general protest gesture that even centrist liberals will use, and it’ll be in like kid’s movies and stuff
because it was created as a pretty explicitly communist symbol
and was used as an ‘antifascist salute’ to counter fascist salutes
not to mention frequently used in leftist iconography
and in IWW and other socialist organizations in the 20th century
and was used by the Black Panther Party (a socialist group) and other radical, black activists as a symbol of anti-capitalist solidarity and action
the raised fist has such a powerful history in radical anti-fascist and anti-capitalist protest.
I think all activists should learn about it and foster a respect in its complex history. it’s humbling, and also can remind us of the radical roots of different movements which have now been co-opted by liberals and branded by capital.
no matter how many t shirts it’s printed on or politicians using it there are, it has radical roots, and it will always hold that history for leftists to reclaim
i know!!! the stupid liberal government has decided on the plebiscite and even tho it’s a waste of money….. please vote!! IF YOU ARE GOING TO BE 18 BEFORE NOVEMBER 25 ENROLL TO VOTE!!! PLEASE DO NOT THROW YOUR VOTE AWAY THIS IS SO IMPORTANT TO ME AND SO MANY OTHERS!!!!!!! PLEASE VOTE YES ON MARRIAGE EQUALITY!!!!!! WE CAN DO THIS!!!!
HEY AMERICANS/THE REST OF THE WORLD WE REBLOGGED YOUR STUFF REBLOG THIS PLS
Additional: The reason this vote is so important is the Australian Government has decided that a ‘NO’ vote is BINDING. That means is a majority of people vote ‘NO’ this matter WILL BE CONSIDERED END OF DISCUSSION/NO MARRIAGE EQUALITY while a majority ‘YES’ vote only means that the politicians will discuss the possibility of a vote.
WE NEED ‘YES’ VOTES JUST TO GET THIS TOPIC DEBATED IN PARLIAMENT SO PLEASE VOTE.
ENROLEMENT TO VOTE CLOSES AUGUST 24. YOU MUST BE REGISTERED BEFORE THEN TO BE ABLE TO HAVE YOUR SAY ON THIS ISSUE.
this is what radical political comedic satire looks like
im Here for publicly funded jokes at his expense
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