Organizing 100
Following some notes on how to get involved, I want to dive into more depth about organizing. The first post was about organizing too, but, for someone who’s brand new, it often looks like activism: the tactics without the strategy. That’s fine; spontaneity is the lifeblood of any
Essay
Dip discusses the importance of having an analysis of patriarchy, based on recent information released by the UN on violence against women.
Essay
Dip rejects nostalgia-dipped understandings of the current video game culture and industry.
Podcast
On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip details GamerGate 1.0, and 2.0 and discusses the the linkages between "core gamer" culture and fascism. Dip shares some suggestions on how to combat right-wing influence in gaming through a four-point framework: build, fight, empower, and inspire. This
Newsletter
On Feb 28, the US & Israel bombed Iran, causing many casualties and the death of Supreme Leader Khamenei. We stand in solidarity with the people of Iran and oppose US-Zionist aggression wholeheartedly. This week, we wrote about the misleading nature of “cycles of violence” and how to start organizing.
Essay
Dip discusses how to get started in social justice work if you're new.
Essay
Dip explores the idea of Cycles of Violence using AAA games and traces the potential for more robust conceptions of violence.
News
Happy Lunar New Year and Ramadan, everyone! We are thinking and acting in solidarity with Palestinians, Sudanese folks, and Chinese folks against Sinophilia (which is just Sinophobia). This week, we have three essays for you: An "arts and culture" one that discusses imperialism in videogames, a more political
Podcast
On this episode of Chaos and Conviviality, Dip analyzes the US government’s move from a mostly “rules-based,” “rational” “management” posture in international policy to something more forceful, using the Trump admin’s “peace plans” for Palestine, Sudan, Western Sahara, and Ukraine, alongside the strong-arming of Venezuela. Dip concludes that
Essay
In which Dip does the classic anarchist move of tying multiple systems of oppression together: they frame capitalism and the state as an inseparable couple, to point out the importance of simultaneously divesting from both.
Essay
Dip discusses the imperial nature of many shooter games and speculates about what a truly anti-imperial shooter could look like.
News
Dip, in analyzing the US's strong-arm approach to international policy, discusses the ways in which this "new" order isn't so new after all.