![]() ![]() First outlined in a 2017 book by carla bergman and Nick Montgomery, and since taken up by activists and scholars with their own interpretations, joyful militancy is the effort of asking and understanding: \"What makes radical spaces and movements feel transformative and creative, rather than dogmatic, rule-bound, or stifling?\"Today's episode features urban planner Sabrina Bazile and theater artist Haleh Roshan, both DSA members and organizers, on how they implement the theory and practice of joyful militancy into their work. The state of not being subject to or affected by (something undesirable): ‘government policies to achieve freedom from want’ 4 At bottom, all of these definitions are about getting away from external restriction or influence: being unhindered, unaffected, independent. On today's episode of Revolutions Per Minute, we're turning to one potential guide to approaching the coming months of struggle: joyful militancy. ![]() Joy is the deep aliveness that is available to people who refuse to settle for happiness alone. Carla Bergman, Joyful Militancy: Building Thriving Resistance in Toxic Times 0 likes Like From a certain perspective, it can be depressing to hear about places where the social fabric is much stronger, where there are deep traditions of mutual aid, or where struggles against Empire are visible, widespread,
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