January 23rd, 2025: Callings and roles for collective liberation no.2

Screenshot of a post by The Slow Factory defining twenty "roles" in liberation movements, separated into "creative" and "pragmatic" categories.

We rediscussed a post distinguishing different identities in liberation movements. Today, we aligned most strongly with the ‘designer’, the 'developer’, the ‘writer’, and ‘the analyst’, and how these roles might support each other. See our first, lengthier discussion on the post here.

We also discussed a new vision for future Circles that involves contributing regularly to independent press in London. This is in alignment with our narrative-based resistance framework that assumes that:

i) human rights movements are hindered by ignorance of the masses; and that

ii) collective education will naturally nurture a culture committed to justice.

We firmly believe that regularly contributing human rights-oriented articles to press will increase awareness of global injustice in London, naturally raising the baseline for how committed the public is to building and contemplating a just world.

As such, future circles will continue to be places of dialogue about liberation-related texts, while additionally serving as places for discussing how ideas gleaned from these dialogues could frame or inspire human rights-oriented articles. In this way, future circles can partly be considered as casual journalism story meetings, where articles are proposed, planned, and prepared for publication. No prior experience in journalism or expertise in writing is required.

These articles could be:

i) opinion pieces about the state of the world;

ii) social justice-related events in London, such as protests, teach-ins, or other;

iii) any personal stories and ideas whose narratives have been informed or inspired by Circle dialogues; and

iv) any other ideas that feel intuitive to pursue.