diff --git a/src/blog/2024/liberationist-1.md b/src/blog/2024/liberationist-1.md index 3bcce13..e27bd2d 100644 --- a/src/blog/2024/liberationist-1.md +++ b/src/blog/2024/liberationist-1.md @@ -9,10 +9,14 @@ Liberation, at its most basic, is the act and process of freeing oneself and oth ## How I extend liberation's definition -For myself, liberation involves deconstructing cycles, systems, and structures which perpetuate violence against and exploitation of the oppressed and prevent people (oppressed *or* oppressor) in communities and broader society from living as their fullest selves. Liberation, for me, incorporates healing justice and provides for collective wellbeing. +For myself, liberation involves deconstructing cycles, systems, and structures which perpetuate violence against and exploitation of the oppressed and prevent people (oppressed *or* oppressor) in communities and broader society from living as their fullest selves. Liberation, for me, incorporates healing justice and provides for collective wellbeing. + +Liberation is love at its loudest; it is grounded in love and, like love, is about action. It is political, social, cultural, economic, psychological, and spiritual work. It is transformation. It embraces change. It examines the old and envisions the new. To accept the cause of liberation is to face the future with hope and with vision. +To work for liberation is to participate in building collective power. + ## Why I strive for liberation A list of reasons why I strive for liberation: