My 2 week adventure in Argentina and Chile has come to an end. 13 press interviews, 3 stage appearances, 4 photoshoots, countless incredible people met. Trade unionists, writers, artists, rad game makers, civil servants - all attempting to make their corner of the world a more egalitarian place. 1/7
What a powerhouse you are, Marijam!! 🚀
No no, just lucky time and place, and kind people supporting the project. Talk of a powerhouse - that obviously being you - we ought to hang out some time! 🌻
Let's catch up when you get back from Lithuania! 🙌
I never imagined my first book would take me on such journeys, but it’s clear there’s a deep hunger for change: not just for bigger profits in our surreal, incredible, grotesque industry, but for a complete rethinking of how it operates. 2/7
I'm humbled, I learned so much, I had so many questions, I was faced with so much beauty and courage, so many heart-breaking stories of the oligarchs making lives miserable, so much otherworldly gorgeous nature, so much greedy destruction of it. As everywhere - an international truth. 3/7
The only hope is to bring our voices together. Enormous thanks to the wonderful Ediciones Godot - the publisher of the Spanish translation of my book. Their catalogue so superb, staff so fabulous. And of course all the kudos to @versobooks.bsky.social for releasing my book, 4/7
diagnosing the desperate need for the left to rethink the aesthetics of where comrades can be found. Turns out - videogames are very much that space, too. I'm supremely thankful for the incredible reception by comrades in Buenos Aires and Santiago - it's giving me much-needed optimism. 🩷 5/7
I barely scratched the surface of these vast, complex, mesmerising places - can't wait to be back. 6/7
Off to rest for a day or two in Copenhagen before a weekend in the Lithuanian left-wing festival outdoors Kombinatas Festival, which ought to be triumphant - a trade unionist as a prime minister there as of a few days ago! 💅 Antorchas - Calliope.mp3 antorchas.bandcamp.com/album/aphelion 7/7
Also 4 more translations to come, zomg what a trip!
Rockstar! 👊🕶
I did think - what if I took these two weeks, to just try be a diva somehow. Obviously didn't work even for a minute as momma put too much politeness in me lol. But thank you, these are generous words. <3
It’s the energy the Left needs! 😎