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J.S. Chumsa

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Came here to escape Meta and engage in revolutionary discourse. Raging Leninist living on Coast Salish territory. ☭

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J.S. Chumsa@jschumsa.bsky.social · last mo.

Yesterday I attended both the Summit on Peace & Justice and the Anarchist Bookfair in Victoria BC. Back to back I got to see the two sides of the Left, the former focusing on anti-imperialism with the latter emphasizing decolonization, neither of which are represented by an elected political party.

Daytime on the lawn of the BC Legislature Building in Victoria BC. In the background is grass, blue sky, bushes, trees, buildings, and the corner of a statue. In this stands a man with dark hair blowning in the wind with a short dark beard wearing round dark sunglasses. Around his neck is a keffiya over top a white shirt and grey vest. On one side is a black strap covering the right shoulder and on the left of the vest is are several pins representing Palestine and socialist movements, many of them red. A white peace poppy is among them. On the wrist is a black band that reads "FREE GAZA" with a Palestinian flag on it.
J.S. Chumsa@jschumsa.bsky.social · last mo.

There is something very Gen Z about Artemas. His sings about desire, heartbreak, lust, spite, longing, and despair. He is of the generation of situationships and hookup culture, fleeting euphoria contrast with doomerism, where polyamory and bisexuality is more accepted. For Artemas, love is messy.

A concert stage at night, surrounded by darkness. In the middle stands the black shadow outline of a person standing with their arms outstretched. Behind in bright white the word "ARTEMAS" is projected onto a grey screen as fog distorts the letters slightly. Left on stage a person stands holding a white guitar, to their left the shadow outline of microphones and sound equipment. On the right on stage is the shadow outline of a drummer and drum kit. Below in the darkness are several specks of light from the smartphones of audience members.
J.S. Chumsa@jschumsa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

It was COAP that was behind the protests, the same people who pushed their vaccine conspiracies, racism, and transphobia through the Westward Independent.

@thediscourse.ca · 2mo ago

Leading voices in the campaign against the bylaw framed it as a grassroots "community win" but The Discourse found that many out-of-context claims about the bylaw and calls to action were spread, in part, by an organized group of advocates. Read our investigation: thediscourse.ca/cowichan-val...

J.S. Chumsa@jschumsa.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Fidel Castro was officially born a century ago as yesterday he would have turned 100 years old. While Fidel prohibited building any statues of himself in Cuba, I have seen many murals and billboards with his face on them while traveling the island.

Daytime, blurry image of a large red rectangular billboard atop a light beige building with blue sky in the background. On the left of the billboard is a dark green and white "100" with a silhouette of Fidel's side profile inside one of the zeros. To the right of this in dark green letters are "AÑOS CON FIDEL." In the middle of billboard is a black and white photo of a tank with its main cannon pointed up and three shadowy figures on top. To the right of the billboard is the shape of the province of Matanzas in dark green, inside it the white letters "HASTA SIEMPRE" on top and and an emblem in the middle. the emblem is diamond shaped, black on the left half and red on the white half with a white star in the middle. under this are yellow laurels.
J.S. Chumsa@jschumsa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The Victoria Friends of Cuba will be hosting its annual Moncada Day Potluck on Saturday at 4pm in Esquimalt Gorge Park. This will be a fundraiser for Cuba so bring cash.

A simple poster that reads in big red letters on the top "Cuba's National Day of Rebellion" and underneath "Celebration & Commemoration." The rest of the poster reads "4:00pm Sat July 25 Esquimalt Gorge Park 1070 Tillicum Road Victoria. Poltluck at 4:00pm. Speakers & Live Music. Admission by donation; All proceeds received going to the Cuban Health Care system. Organized by the Victoria Friends of Cuba, victoriafriendsofcuba.wordpress.com/. In the middle of the poster is a photo of the several Cuban flags held up in front of a sunrise, the people holding the flags appearing as shadows.
J.S. Chumsa@jschumsa.bsky.social · 3mo ago

The long history of the Left addressing the national question and Quebec's independence movements. This article may be almost a decade old, but that is recent when starting with the rebellions in Lower Canada.

The Canadian Left and the Quebec Question: The Dilemma That Won’t Go Away

In September 2015, a fine document emerged from Canadian progressives around the Leap Manifesto. It expresses a broad will to transform the land around a wide platform of social, democratic and enviro...

socialistproject.ca

J.S. Chumsa@jschumsa.bsky.social · 4mo ago

Yesterday I attended the Freedom From War Coaltion's town hall against US annexation. While there wasn't much attendance, there was good discussion from the panelists and the few audience members on the Alberta separatist movement, NATO, and the Waffle Manifesto.

A large square lightly coloured room with 5 flags on the wall. On the left hung vertically are the Lebanese and Greenland flags. In the middle is a Palestine flag hung horizontally with the text "FREE PALESTINE" on it and a graphic of a red, green, and black fist. to the right hung vertically is the state flag of Venezuela and a Cuban flag. In front of the flags is a long table with with a red table cloth on top and chairs behind it. There are water bottles, pens, paper, and a cellphone on this table. There are four chairs in the foreground facing the table and flags. Directly above the Palestine flag is a large black rectangular monitor with two black speakers on the side. Below the flag is a wooden upright piano. To the left is a wall with a water cooler and door to the hallway. To the right is a wall with another grey door with and exit sign above it and a bright light shining out its window. There is a black doormat at the foot of this door along with a fire extinguisher on the wall beside it.