Angela Davis, born on this day in 1944, is a Marxist and feminist activist, prison abolitionist, philosopher, and educator. She is a professor emerita at the University of California, Santa Cruz.
Ideologically a Marxist, Davis was a member of the Communist Party USA until 1991, after which she joined the breakaway "Committees of Correspondence for Democracy and Socialism". She is the author of over ten books, covering topics such as class, feminism, and the U.S. prison system.
Born to an African American family in Birmingham, Alabama, Davis studied French at Brandeis University and philosophy at the University of Frankfurt in West Germany. Back in the U.S., she joined the Communist Party and, as a Marxist feminist, involved herself in a range of leftist causes, including the second-wave feminist movement, the Black Panther Party, and the campaign against the Vietnam War.
In 1970, UCLA's governing Board of Regents soon fired her due to her Communist Party membership; after a court ruled this illegal, the university fired her again, this time for her use of inflammatory language.
Praised by many Marxists and others on the left, Davis has received various awards, including the Lenin Peace Prize. Davis has been inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame. Davis was Time magazine's "Woman of the Year" for 1971 in its 2020 "100 Women of the Year" edition.
"I am no longer accepting the things I cannot change. I am changing the things I cannot accept."
- Angela Davis
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Go to places regularly, do group activities, make an effort to chat with people when it makes sense. Forgive me if this is a little too detailed, I've had this convo with younger relatives and some of them needed more info than others.
Step 1. Go to places/things that you are interested in, Step 2. Go to those things consistently enough that you start to recognize people Step 3. Begin saying hello and chatting with people you find interesting Step 4. Invite the people who have reciprocated interest into doing other things you think they might be interested in. If you're invited to something else try and go, if you can't go try to make an alternative plan. Step 5. Try to consistently do things and invite the people who you've met.
First just have some patience, it's probably going to take awhile. The more immersive the event the quicker things might go but some things will take awhile. At least you'll be doing fun/rewarding things in the meantime.
Group activities->sports teams, games, trivia teams, volunteer groups, hiking groups, dance classes. Something that you would be okay doing anyway. Maybe get out of your comfort zone. Be consistent, present and put a bit of effort in and people will talk to you. Try to be available, if you like a particular person in your group try and invite them to something else that you think they would like.
If you go to a park/cafe and say hi to someone they might not be very enthused. If you go to that same park/cafe/gym every Sunday around 11am to hangout/read/write/draw/exercise/play on your phone you'll start to see familiar faces. You will be familiar to some of those people too. One week just say hello or wave or something, the next week do the same or maybe ask them a question.
Don't be afraid to chat with the employees, they'll recognize you too. They're a captive audience though so really be aware of their time. If they ask you questions then feel free to chat longer.
I'll say it again, you have to do things consistently. If you've made friends in your teens/20s its because you were consistently doing something whether it was school or whatever. It might take awhile, you might need to try different places/things but you can build relationships.
Good luck! Feel free to ask any questions. I'll answer while I'm still at work, maybe after too, or tomorrow.