BC had an election last month, and it didn't go well. It wasn't a disaster—the incumbent centre-left NDP party held power, but just barely. The Conservative party had their best showing in 72 years. That's 1952. The Conservatives have made a comeback in provincial elections across Canada, particularly in the years since 2020. A lot of white people are aggrieved by change, and they want it stopped.

This week, the same happened in the United States. Canada will vote for prime minister next year, and I think we're going to see the Conservative comeback complete.

We're not getting through the next few years, this hard swing right into conservatism (both small-C and big-C), without each other. We need to build community. We need to learn how to fight.

My publisher, Microcosm, has created a Care and Action bundle of zines and books. Seven Stories Press is on day 3 of 7 days of free books. AK Press has 6 books for free. And Haymarket has 10 free books, plus all their ebooks are 80% off until November 15.

In a 1963 interview, James Baldwin said, "You think your pain and your heartbreak are unprecedented in the history of the world, but then you read. It was books that taught me that the things that tormented me most were the very things that connected me with all the people who were alive, who had ever been alive." Start with the books. Then reach out to people. We do this 'til we free us.