The Manifesto of Heron House 151

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# THE MANIFESTO OF HERON HOUSE 151
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In this time of political, cultural, and economic strife, there is
simultaneously hope and despair around the world. We have watched on for
far too long as the systems of oppression ground on and we have sat
slack-jawed for far too long as fascism has grown and spread its
disease. Fascism has found hold around the world, from Brazil to Poland,
from The Philippines to the United States.

The situation appears grim as those who seek freedom from oppression
find themselves outnumbered and outgunned.

Fear not, comrades. For today a new day has dawned. It is time to rise
up. The hour has come to dispense with performative politicking and
useless exercises. Our enemy is committing itself to an orgy of violence
and we must resist this at all costs. The question is, how?

The answer, friends, is simple. To take a stand in a principled nature,
to stand for something better, something worth fighting for. Today, we
turn the tables and stop standing around waiting for a savior.

But what do we fight for?

We fight for freedom. The freedom to be who we wish to be, to be
beholden to no man and shackled no more. The freedom to be judged by the
content of our character, the results of our acts, and by no other
criteria. The freedom to live peacefully, to live comfortably, to be
happy and fulfilled. The freedom to choose our destiny and to explore
and wonder. The freedom to love.

We fight for justice. We fight to ensure that all wrongs can be made
right, that everyone gets a second, third or even thirtieth chance. We
fight to lift up one another and to level the playing field, to bring
about equity for all. We fight for universal access, so that all may be
independent and self-sustaining. We fight to acknowledge the sordid
history of our world and to do what can be realistically be done to move
forward ethically, peacefully, as equals.

We fight for human rights. We fight to ensure that every man, woman,and
child has a warm bed at night, a shelter in the storm, a comfortable
abode to live in, access to health care without condition, food in their
pantry and in their bellies, and all that is necessary to sustain human
life including clean water, clean air, open space to explore the natural
world in. We fight for women's rights, children's rights, men's rights,
the rights of people of color, of the indigenous, of LGBTQA+, for the
mentally ill, for the disabled, for every human being on this planet,
without condition.

We fight for a world where restorative justice and support for one
another is the norm, not the exception.

We fight for a world where power is diminished, social hierarchy is
crushed, and humankind has no masters but goodwill and peace.

We fight for a home to live in as a species, a home that will last
centuries to come, where humankind and nature can coexist. We fight for
a home from which to reach to the stars.

These goals will not come easy. They will require fighting, both literal
and figurative. They will require sacrifice. They will require us all to
leap from our comfort zones and stand tall.

Thus far the strategy of the left has been to recycle failed practices
of the past, to lack the tenacity of vision, and to abandon strategic
thinking. We know why: your extent in training has been to read books,
debate theory, dunk on one another over petty arguments, to tone police
and gate-keep, maintain appearances of being a leftist above all else.
No one has taught you or engaged you in the systematic change of global
systems of power. You seek freedom, justice, and human rights but are
unsure of how to obtain them.

We seek to upend the standard processes and procedures as usual within
the left and to bring about change by leveraging the full breadth of the
toolbox of the fight for a better future.

We are Heron House 151. We ask you to join us, but we're not going to
tell you exactly how. We will tell you that you must organize: talk with
one another in hushed tones, meet in person where you can speak freely
and openly even during this pandemic. Talk with one another. Know your
city and your surroundings, know how things move and how things tick.
Learn. Learn everything you can. Learn with intention. Think like
someone who wants to change the world for the better. Learn how to
protect yourselves.

We will be here at the HeronHouse. Mix and Nym. Net cast wide.

There is only one Heron House, and it shall be known by this key and be
validatable.

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We will see you as the wind blows by-and-by.

Solidarity,
The Blue Heron
Heron House 151
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