01/10/2025
Dear beloved,
I’d love to start an anti-fascist reading and discussion group with you, to stay clear and aware of the political transformations shaping our time. Authors who will accompany us are Adorno, Deleuze & Guattari, Fromm, Marcuse, and others who you may propose. Please pm me if you'd like to join.
Included a first blog post trying to clarify confusions about “woke”.
https://shorturl.at/ukVaP
"Equating all liberation (woke) movements with “wokism” is a straw man fallacy used by right-wing politicians to promote discriminatory (and at times fascist) agendas. They begin with legitimate criticism of wokism but then generalise incorrectly to everything related to woke/liberation movements, claiming that dismantling all “woke” policies will increase freedom of speech and end an oppressive leftist regime that supposedly disempowers the privileged majority. But equity does not come from the equal treatment of unequals. Equal absence of restrictions (“free from”) does not guarantee equal opportunity (“free for”). A wheelchair enables a person without legs to move, hearing aids enable the elderly to hear, and braille enables blind people to read and live more autonomously. Unequal treatment of unequals is often what creates equal opportunity."
May you be well.
“Wokism” should not be confused with genuine liberation movements (woke/awake) that promote diversity, equity, and inclusion in order to expand freedom of speech and expression for all (including for minority groups), raise awareness of systemic barriers to equal opportunity, and contribute to a...
