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Photo from Arizmendi, a worker-owned co-op in my neighborhood in San Francisco. Seeing that they will be closed on May Day (tomorrow!) is one of the few things giving me hope right now. The need to build a mass movement of workers for class struggle is so vital and sorely needed right now. Because I'm stressed about running out of money and not being able to pay rent Because there is no fucking way I can work an office 9-5 Because even though I have access to wealth I still get super stressed about money Because I really don't want to go back to busting my ass in a bakery on early mornings Because I feel like shit on days that I have to wake up early. Usually I feel like shit unless I can sleep till noon. Because when I sleep till noon I still feel like shit Because antidepressants don't work for me, but psychedelics do, and psychedelics tell me very clearly: a better world is possible, fight for it (and also show yourself compassion and love). Because I'm not one of th...

Above: Andreas Baader and Gudrun Ensslin: two leading members of the West German leftist group "The Red Army Faction" I just finished reading "Baader-Meinhof: The Inside Story of the RAF" by Stefan Aust. I thought the book was really fascinating, and I was inspired to read it after I watched "The Baader-Meinhof Complex," the 2008 movie which was based on this book. The author has an obvious conservative bias which makes the book sort of hard to get through at certain times. Many of his criticisms of the RAF seem very valid and seem to hold up pretty well, but it's clear that Aust has a limited understanding of the oppressive nature of the capitalist/imperialist system. He seems sympathetic to the RAF's goals of ending German support for the Vietnam War, but his ability to understand the harms of capitalism seem to end there. But the book documents in great details tons of stories and literature relating to the RAF, so the book is very much worth re...