{"id":33141,"date":"2025-01-17T14:34:56","date_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:34:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/activist\/were-ready-for-the-work-ahead\/"},"modified":"2025-01-17T14:34:56","modified_gmt":"2025-01-17T14:34:56","slug":"were-ready-for-the-work-ahead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=33141","title":{"rendered":"We\u2019re ready for the work ahead"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<\/p>\n<div id=\"post-130800\">\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p>It wouldn\u2019t hurt this badly if we didn\u2019t care this much.<\/p>\n<p>Remember that we are worth fighting for. We\u2019re the ones we\u2019ve been waiting for. It\u2019s never going to be a candidate or an elected official. It\u2019s always going to be us. Standing with and for each other.<\/p>\n<p>Despair is the ultimate tool of authoritarianism. Eroding our will to resist. Our despair is their victory. They haven\u2019t won until we stop.<\/p>\n<p>Some ideas for things to read, watch, and think about in the days ahead, to keep despair at bay and keep the will to resist as strong as we need:<\/p>\n<p>The U.S., and the world at large, has deep problems that were never going to be solved by one election. We were never going to be saved yesterday. We need the smart, creative, culturally-specific, long-term organizing that the Center for Artistic Activism \u2014 and so many of our amazing partners, like you \u2014 has always believed in. <\/p>\n<p>We won\u2019t be stopping anytime soon. We won\u2019t ever be giving into despair. And we know you\u2019ll join us.<\/p>\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>Special thanks to members of the Research Collaborative including Anat Shenker-Osorio and Michael Podhorzer for sharing many of these ideas at a briefing call earlier today.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><!-- .entry-content --><\/p>\n<p>\t<!-- .entry-footer --><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It wouldn\u2019t hurt this badly if we didn\u2019t care this much. Remember that we are worth fighting for. We\u2019re the ones we\u2019ve been waiting for. It\u2019s never going to be a candidate or an elected official. It\u2019s always going to be us. Standing with and for each other. Despair is the ultimate tool of authoritarianism. 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