No matter who wins, many of us fighting for liberation, an end to the genocides, and an end to Empire will be mourning and filled with grief. No matter who you selected for President or even if you abstained, there is room for grief in every single choice. Every single one.
Part of the fighting right now amongst us due to our lack of control in this system, is anticipatory grief. We have been grieving for a long time. Some for a year, some of us for decades. We are already grieving.
And we will grieve even more. Grief because of the trap that is this system. Mourning because the person you voted for won. Or lost. Even those that campaigned hard for the winning party will be mourning, because no matter what this is not the world we want. Mourning because many wanted to be “right” more than they wanted to be liberatory.
People will mourn because of the blame that will be thrown around at each other.
There will be grief because with every day arguing with each other, we lose more lives, more of the planet.
There will be mourning because many will forget and forgo the fight once the election ends. Mourning because so many will have only built up energy for the election without understanding that the election wasn’t even the most important event. It is our work after that must continue. But many will leave and we will mourn.
Mourning because so many will abandon their “political selves” until the 2028 cycle, all while we should be stopping another cycle altogether. Mourning because people will forget this.
Mourning because people will become complacent, thinking “at least it’s better.” No. We are not in competition with ourselves. The point isn’t to “at least” be better. It is to be liberated. And we are not there.
So remember that most of us on the left will be grieving. We are paying our final respects to every bit of us that gets crushed as we try to make our way through this.
I know no matter what, I will be grieving. And also I will be strategizing as always forever in community. Fortunately, grief is one of the most grounding of emotions. It brings you to right now. And right now and forever, I will keep organizing as I have for decades until we have liberation for all.
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