Wandering Adventure Party

@MisuseCase @kimlockhartga

Everything changes with time, but they're still doing community work.

They do believe in armed self defense, which can put some people on edge (and has since there were black folks doing the same in the 60s) , but I understand it.

A great book on armed resistance in the civil rights movement is The Deacons of Defense.

The Deacons for Defense

In 1964 a small group of African American men in Jonesboro, Louisiana, defied the nonviolence policy of the mainstream civil rights movement and formed an ar...

The University of North Carolina Press (uncpress.org)

The Black Panthers are back on the streets in Philly.

I know I would feel exponentially safer in a neighborhood where they are active.

#USPolitics #BlackPanthers

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As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly

As Minneapolis shooting stirs fears of state violence, several Black Panther Party members made their presence known in Philly

A group calling itself the Black Panther Party for Self-Defense showed up at a protest this week carrying weapons.

Inquirer.com (www.inquirer.com)

@stux

I still keep my account there, because various & sundry muni government orgs haven't moved elsewhere, and I need that info.

@stux

Next thing you're gonna tell me that Elon doesn't really have an account here either!

OK, preaching to the choir here, but…

Our brains and bodies are simply not wired to handle the 24/7 horrors going on in the world right now.

I am not going to judge you based on how much you do or don’t talk about current events here.

Because I do know that the folks I follow here - they care, even if they’re not talking about it.

So if you’re feeling guilty/awkward/whatever about posting a good thing, or what you had for dinner, or something you made - please, don’t.

We need good stuff.