This Solarpunk Action Week exploded, outnumbering last year’s by at least a factor of ten! I never imagined it’d get this big - I suppose it’s all thanks to @poblacht-na-n-oibrithe‘s knack for spreading information, being a professional meme queen
The actions I’ve seen this week have been fantastic! Tons of people getting food planted, learning new skills, building things, reducing waste, spreading information, taking direct action, and getting organized. I’m unbelievably proud of and inspired by every single one of you. And there have been several people saying they’re going to carry the momentum of last week through for another week, month, or even season of solarpunk activism - that’s outstanding!!! I can’t wait to see what you all accomplish!
If you want to keep up with/support the mods between Action Weeks, here’s our info:
Pops: Mastodon, tumblr (resources tag), ko-fi
Natalie: Mastodon, tumblr (resources tag), cashapp $NatalieIronside
Now, y’all have homework
The next Action Week will be happening around 6 months from now (exact dates TBA), to correspond with planting season in the southern hemisphere. Those of you in the northern hemisphere are still encouraged to participate - we’ll have lots of info on how to collect and preserve your harvests, start winter crops, and preserve your soil between growing seasons, as well as tons of non-plant-related actions
Your mission from now until then is to organize. I want to see you show up for the next Action Week with a crew, ready to get stuff done together! Individualistic skillbuilding is great, but we can’t change the world working alone - we need to strengthen our communities!
A great place to start right now is with local COVID-19 response mutual aid networks. There are already hundreds of groups like that popping up all over the world, plus plenty of resources to start your own if there’s not already one in your area. This is vital work, the kind of stuff the state can’t or won’t do - we need all hands on deck to get these networks running and help them build into something even greater when we come out the other side
If that’s not enough for you, though, here’s a list of great initiatives to get involved with (just to get you started):
If you’re on Turtle Island/so-called North America, check these out too:
Can’t find anything at all? Start something yourself!
Now get going! I want to see group efforts and big events next time! Keep that momentum strong! ✊💕
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On this day, 27 March 1943, gay anti-fascist resistance fighter Willem Arondeus led a group in bombing the Amsterdam Public Records Office which the Nazis had used to identify Dutch Jews, and which they could use to verify papers, which the resistance were forging. Thousands of files were destroyed.
Within a week, Arondeus (pictured, right) and the other members of the group were arrested. One of the group, Frieda Belinfante, a musician and lesbian, managed to evade capture.
Twelve, including Arondeus, were executed that July by firing squad.
In his last message before his execution, Arondeus said, “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
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On this day, 27 March 1943, gay anti-fascist resistance fighter Willem Arondeus led a group in bombing the Amsterdam Public Records Office which the Nazis had used to identify Dutch Jews, and which they could use to verify papers, which the resistance were forging. Thousands of files were destroyed.
Within a week, Arondeus (pictured) and the other members of the group were arrested. One of the group, Frieda Belinfante, a musician and lesbian, managed to evade capture.
Twelve, including Arondeus, were executed that July by firing squad.
In his last message before his execution, Arondeus said, “Let it be known that homosexuals are not cowards.”
If you value our work researching and promoting people’s history like this, please consider supporting us on patreon: https://patreon.com/workingclasshistory https://www.facebook.com/workingclasshistory/photos/a.296224173896073/1385588471626299/?type=3
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