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Right Wing Attacks on This Blog

/ James J Jackson Jr

Recently a video of me from the DSA convention has gone viral and right wing trolls have dug through my website and are publishing screen shots and videos of me, mocking my mental health and my disability.

I am not bothered. I am not hurt by any of this. But by sharing my name, hometown, and social media accounts on their website, Fox News has exposed not only myself but my family to incredible danger.

(TW/CW Ableist and bigoted language)

This above picture is a screen shot of just one of the dozens of messages I have been receiving in the last 24 hours. Some have been rants like this, others have been direct threats on my life.

It would be laughable that Fox News has picked such an insignificant event from the DSA convention and blow it up so much were it not for the fact it has put the safety of all those I care about at risk.

I have since had to deactivate my twitter and instagram because I have received a bombardment of death threats. This has effected my ability to advertise this blog since I was using both of those sites to do that. I now have to be extra intentional about writing posts and sharing my work for my readers to find.

I am not worried about my own safety but about the safety of those I love. I find Fox News and Tucker Carlson’s obsession with me hilarious, but there is nothing funny about how the safety of my friends and relatives are now at risk because of their constant and irresponsible form of coverage.

I am not afraid of the attacks against me. I am only afraid that someone I love may get hurt. Personally, I have never been afraid of bullies. I have never believed in “just ignoring” them so they “go away. ” No, ever since I was a child I have always been one to look my bullies in the eye and say one thing to them, “I am not afraid of you.”

This blog will continue and so will my regular postings. The right wing will never silence me.

Notice: Out of Town, Will Resume Posting Again Monday August 5

/ James J Jackson Jr / 2 Comments

I am in Atlanta for the 2019 DSA national convention for the weekend. I may write up a piece on it, but I will be taking a content break for the rest of this week to focus on my work.

Thanks for your support, feel free to catch up on some of my older posts. Solidarity comrades!

A Quick Note About Leftist Strategy

/ James J Jackson Jr / 2 Comments

Strategy and ideology are equally important but when one gets put ahead of the other you run into problems.

Put ideology ahead of strategy you end up doing stupid shit like not voting or joining cultish fraud left groups. If all you care about is validating your analysis instead of thinking tactically to gain the most materially for the most people then you are not helping the left.

Put strategy ahead of ideology you end up selling out important beliefs. If all one cares about is getting socialists elected and not about holding them accountable, about laying out a socialist program for society, and building alternatives to capitalism all at the same time, one is not helping the left.

Leftists should have a strong idealogical core. They should also use that ideology to think and act as tactically as possible.

I don’t think it’s that complicated.

What to expect from this blog going forward?

/ James J Jackson Jr

In my pursuit to produce more content and write as much as possible, I’m starting a new regiment with this blog and I am launching a patreon.

Every Monday I will post a new video.

Every Wednesday I will post either a new poem, flash fiction, or short story.

Every Sunday I will post a new article or essay.

For as little as $3 a month on patreon you can help me keep this blog alive and free for the world to enjoy. I want my content to be as accessible to as many people as possible, but I need your help to assure that happens. When I reach my first patreon goal I will be launching a Professional Protester podcast.

Please follow the Professional Protester, here and on Youtube, twitter, and instagram, and join my patreon to help make sure that leftist writers are guaranteed a platform.