in the beginning
all that we are now was ONE
an infinite dot–condensed possibility
awaiting an EXPLOSION
like the stonewall inn in 1969 on the brink of a TRANS RIOT
fast forward on hyperdrive to this perilous present moment
the human and animal kingdoms on an ice-covered precipice
on the brink of the fruition of rosa luxembourg’s trenchant prophecy that we face a choice between SOCIALISM or BARBARISM
we are living under a satanic cabal so despotic, kleptocratic, and ruthless that hope of salvation from a talk show host resonates in sections of the resistance
but we must dig deep and seek ways to uproot the systems of OPPRESSION and EXPLOITATION that are the bedrock of reaction
animated by fear of black lives, black resistance, and black anger
the right oozes toxicity that poses a mortal threat to our polarized nation
yesterday the regime declared all-out-war on migrant communities
at least 200,000 salvadorans with legal status rendered instantaneously undocumented and prey to deportation
with all this in play we need more than sanctuary cities passively refusing to cooperate
we need cities of RESISTANCE actively pushing back
resisting the seductive allure of LIBERAL COMPLICITY
and using resources and political capital to resist the fascistic tide
we need AGENTS OF KARMA spread far and wide–blessed with jedi powers by our pantheon of deities to compensate for the vagaries of mood and energy so elemental to creating art and crafting dynamic spaces in which to develop analysis and plan our incessant actions
45 may not be hitler yet but that is clearly where the winds are blowing
this is germany in 1936 and we still have a brief window to prevent an encore of KRISTALNACHT
speaking of which weeks ago our would-be-fuhrer produced one of his most world-shaking outrages
jerusalem declared the capital of a zionist apartheid state
in willful deceit about the costs of climate change
90% of our nation’s coastline opened to big oil’s ruthless profiteering
and persistently and vociferously–without regard for the despicable logic of mutually assured destruction
threatening the korean peninsula with the ultimate armageddon of nuclear war
the list goes on and i grow tired of responding to each new outrage with a protest, a lock-down, or a frantically written POEM
and I grow tired of white folk with significant wealth and class privilege representing the resistance in mainstream publications that momentarily dip into the scene to see what’s in play
those of us doing the day-to-day base-building work must reclaim and rewrite the narrative
we must take time to develop strategy, crafting METAPHORIC weapons to pierce the barb of the blithering idiot in the oval office
but above all we must build power, community, and relationships of deep-rooted trust
we must prefigure a classless future
we deserve so much better than this
the collaboration and creativity so elemental to our being demand so much more than this
and spiritual synergy and divine provenance offer guideposts to a road from this liminal moment to a future whose contours we can only IMAGINE
its time to actualize a vision of radical imagination
its time for a fusion of the best of divergent traditions
its time for legions of rebels to evolve into CYLON agents of karma
let anti-authoritarian anarchist praxis guide the resistance, while digesting what is valuable from the traditions of Gramsci, Trotsky, Lenin, and Marx
let us claim our spiritual power
allowing the divine spark within to transform us all into nascent living gods with powers to rival the most ruthless of emperors
let our trans and queer rebellion link with an anticapitalist underground with tentacles in every pocket of our polity
let black and brown organizers lead the way in reclaiming the radical introspection so often buried in the state-sponsored whitewashing of dr. king’s legacy
let battalions of radical intersectional feminists craft a praxis to tightly leash toxic masculinity and put the patriarchy in its place
palestinian liberation–global decolonization–and universal emancipation are within reach–karma is indeed a hungry and ferocious bitch
and this furious bitch has finally picked her struggle
there was a trenchant saying among revolutionaries in 1968 that the center cannot hold
massive protests against the war in Vietnam, a near General Strike in Paris, a defeated workers revolt in Czechoslovakia
revolution was on the agenda
deja vu 50 years later
only this time if we lose we won’t witness an encore of the neoliberal assault
we could easily become the forbears of an infinitely catastrophic future
this is my existential epiphany–my prayer–and my manifesto
postmodern, post-industrial, white supremacist class war is upon us
we can either be slaughtered like hogs–to borrow an immortal metaphor from the black bolshevik poet claude mckay
or we can rise like a PHOENIX from the ashes
blessed with the fire of resistance
armed with ideological clarity and tactical versatility
and amplifying the voices of black trans women fiercely resisting while struggling to survive
we can rise like a KARMIC INSURGENCY–pregnant with the intertwining zygotes of a new world
a new great awakening not requiring schisms in our divergent faith traditions–but building on transcendental truths, insights, and practice
We will fight on all fronts seeking a synergy of tactics
we have a world to win
and so much toxicity to take head on and to purge
so heal your pain and trauma
worship our sacred fire vessels
and prepare for the war to come
it will be a subterranean battle between the most toxic manifestation of the dominant ideological armament of our system
and an army of NEO’s who have escaped the all encompassing ideological matrix of our society
we can fight and win, but armed with tools and weapons consistent with our praxis and with our need to show the world the beauty equity and freedom that a classless society would open wide
i began with the big bang and want to redeploy the metaphor
we are a species ever expanding and evolving, but held back in stasis by a soul-sucking system
we must build a global struggle for liberation and unleash the genius buried deep inside each of us by the vicissitudes of the system
let your genius fly free and join me in the sky as a fellow phoenix
our fires will release the incarcerated from lives of unjust bondage
we will elevate the voices and power of trans communities
and we will make it as easy to cross a border as it is for a butterfly to migrate with the seasons.
there are so many fronts on which to fight
but to win we will need an army of anarchist CADRE skilled in empowering communities to self-organize and develop horizontal organizing models
the future could still be ours–but we must fight for it–and we must fight to WIN
–BYPO PHOENIX c)2018
