this is not a war we are going through.
this is a non violent protest
a resistance.
our bodies are on the line, not all of us, but some of us especially
collectively
those not on the front lines must pass them badly needed supplies
must modify our own behavior to protect them
we have been asked to sit patiently
linking psychoenergetic arms
waiting for hours, for days.
real actions are non violent:
nurses and doctors fighting sleeplessly to save lives
and scientists working tirelessly to find a vaccine
grocery store workers, bus drivers, trash collectors–and others
are maintaining the skeleton of our infrastructures
it is the language of the protest which should be on our lips
affinity groups who are directly accountable to each other
affinity groups, who are not necessarily family members.
sharing homes and spaces turned into homes
or bound by digital intimacies
thinking in terms of social solidarity
helping others who are more in need
putting the sociological imagination ahead
of what we may directly feel, see or experience
we have to look out for each other
not because we are being attacked with bombs and guns
and not because there is an enemy who can be destroyed
viruses will never be completely destroyed
and destruction is not the goal of a vaccine
coexistence is
immunization is
resilience is
resistance is