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Feb 21 '12

So I was thinking

lebanesepoppyseed:

Right now, I’m crashing at a punk house. I mostly hate it, but at the same time I really enjoy it.

OK, so let me explain-At its root (lol), I’ve always really dug the idea of an artists’ commune & punk living. Community and creating and sharing and anti-consumerist, anti-jingoist, anti-American values are something I’m very fond of, and working that into existing with people as a group is extremely appealing. What I hate is the pure whiteness and privilege of said existing community. It’s all ignorant, bigoted, selfish, voyeuristic, drug-addled, exploitative bullshit. It isn’t healthy or conducive at all. It isn’t welcoming to me, progressive in the least.

So why not a radical/anarchist POC (with a few down-ass anti-racist white folk) anti-kyriarchy house? It would be all the good of anarchist/crust punk values but without the white bullshit? Rework these radical anti-American narratives (that are majorly ripped off from from POC or natural to our culture and experiences in the first place anyways) to fit us and our lives, our journey? We set the rules and conditions for living and create our own lives with our own laws and rules and take care of each other.

CO-SIGNED. PLEASE. I want this to happen.

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  1. megachiropteran reblogged this from lebanesepoppyseed and added:
    CO-SIGNED. PLEASE.
  2. staghunts said: There was one space in Chicago, The Texas Ballroom, and it was very cool. It was organized by a ton of radical people including many POC and queers. Much of the “funding” came from dances parties. Organizers moved to SFO/NYC. Now it’s a music venue.
  3. troubledsigh said: welp, sounds pretty awesome.
  4. journalmoore reblogged this from lebanesepoppyseed
  5. biencafre said: I’ve been wanting to set-up a POC punk house for years! In my experience the white kids have the $$$ and the time, and the POC kids don’t.
  6. so-treu said: i wanna live there too, please.
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