aja monet
@aja_monet
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surrealist blues poet(a) for all inquiries, contact: [email protected]
LA, MIA, CHI, NYC
Joined March 2009
“We are not powerless. We are indispensable despite all the atrocities of state and corporate policy to the contrary. At minimum, we have the power to stop cooperating with our enemies.” -June Jordan.
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THIS WEEK YALL ALL BETTER BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT. BOYCOTT.
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write more love letters. bring corny vulnerable honest love making back.
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Biden dropped that student loan forgiveness application like he Drake or Beyoncé.
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im blown that we are in 2024 and war is still a strategy used by world leaders to resolve conflict. it is so ancient, outdated, and ineffective.
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“It is easier for people to imagine the end of the world than to imagine the end of capitalism”.
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if you aren’t careful you’ll let social media and the news make you believe life ain’t beautiful and that people arent doin miraculous things every day to help, heal, transform, and shift society.
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We not rooting for everybody Black. We rooting for everybody with a conscience for poor people across the globe, the environment, affordable housing, abolition, and free education. We rooting for values grounded in the people over profit.
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getting older as a woman is one of the truest most beautiful experiences ive had the pleasure to live so far. wisdom is a wave.
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What I appreciate most abt Sanders is he doesn’t try to speak for or to Blck people, he lets us speak for ourselves as we know best. He couldve done a traditional speech on Race in Flint, Michigan but instead he organized a Town Hall. And listen to what is shared by US not him.
Tonight, I want to address the African American community and make clear my differences with Joe Biden. Join me live in Flint, Michigan.
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all the money they spent on this election, how many mouths we could’ve fed? how many people we could’ve housed? how many lives could’ve been medically treated? the electoral politics industry is disgusting.
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our hearts are big enough. we can be in solidarity with many struggles at once. we can show up and lift up one another. our hearts are big enough. i promise. our hearts can withstand the love we feel for each other.
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I never thought I’d live to see the day that the word “Palestine” would be uttered so freely on media and with people. While there’s so far to go, I witnessed first hand the cultural shift and when ppl told us our delegations meant nothin. they were wrong.
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i cannot unsee the horror. what evil is this. i cannot unsee. i cannot unsee. my whole body is wailing for the people of gaza.
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when Palestinian ppl are askin for u to share their story to be in solidarity and u hesitate, investigate that hesitation. Where does it come from & why is it there? What do u have to lose by sharing another’s story of oppression by one of the most brutal imperialist projects?.
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the way your body loves and fights for you every day is a miracle.
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Is anyone going to delve into the military state of Israel? People keep throwing around the word “civilians” w/o naming the violent nature of Israeli citizenship where many Israelis are forced to serve in the IDF and are often complicit in the armed oppression of Palestinians.
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when we collectively decide to stop consuming, to stop participating, to stop paying, to stop buying, to stop playing, to stop selling, to stop the courtesies then we will have chosen a revolution over reform. and each of us will be transformed by this collective choosing.
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life is incredibly short. we have no idea how long we have here but one things certain is death is inevitable for each of us. be diligent about your love. be steadfast about your joy. be present with those you love every single chance you get.
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my heart is broken into a million tiny pieces for Gaza right now. i cannot even fathom this evil.
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"there are years that ask questions and years that answer." -zora neale hurston.
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And my final note: just because I don’t agree with you does not mean I’m anti-you. We just don’t see things the same way. And that my friend is called, perspective. Cherish it. It’s what makes life worth living and the beauty of our difference is our sameness. Y’all take care.
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no matter what anyone says Sanders supporters are some of the most inspiring, motivating, courageous, loving, inclusive, kind, and caring folks ive ever witnessed as part of any movement let alone an electoral campaign. #dearbernie thank you. #NotMeUs.
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how you respond in times of crisis or difficulty that’s who you are.
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stop taking videos of you giving people in desperate need food and money like people aren’t people.
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for all the fatherless mothers who had to be fathers. for all the mothers who did not mother because their partners didn’t want to be fathers. for the mothers who facilitated fathers on fathering. for the fathers who love the mothers of their children holistically. for the love.
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whenever that voice enters your head telling you, you are too radical, too impossible, too demanding etc. rebuke that voice. it is not yours to carry. it is never too much to ask for what we deserve and more importantly for what we know is possible. organize hearts and minds.
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i fall in love with myself and i want someone to share it with me. i want someone to share me with me. -Eartha Kitt.
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No conversation worth anythin will be easy or flattering. If we are truly invested in transformational justice we hav to listen to ourselves and how our trauma informs the ways we listen to others. Heal. Others are healed through your healing.
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most of the people that really know the truth about this life don’t have access to internet. remember that.
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a lot of people are more invested in the illusion of what all this is than what it really is.
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To all my Palestinian comrades: please join us and help us spread the word. To all my African comrades of the diaspora,.please join us and help us spread the word. Our struggles are interconnected and therefore we must be strategic in lifting up one another.
Join @aja_monet and I this Wednesday on #IGLive (IG @ajamonet @kambalem) as we discuss why we need to talk about the #Congo more. On that day, Congolese will go to the polls to elect a president. 12 pm LA, 3 pm New York, 8 pm Accra/GMT. #FreeCongo #CongoIsBleeding
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some ppl proudly be like “i don’t read!” and it shows. it shows, my friend.
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funny how they wait till you dead and gone. the world loves a dead poet more than a living one.
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when someone crosses your mind, even if for a brief moment, check on them. reach out. send a kind word, a loving thought. some spirit or force placed them on your heart. for a reason. don’t assume people know. communicate. connect. it’s actually all that makes this life worth it.
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His name is Armen Henderson. Grateful to call him a comrade, my doctor, and a @Dreamdefenders.
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so that we’re clear, the solidarity and awareness taking place across the globe does not happen because of a bunch of random social media influencers, memes, and videos. It takes YEARS of committed organizing. Organizing and deep relationships OFF and on line. We are the network.
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if you are reading this, im challenging and pushing you to speak up on what’s going on in Palestine. not just online. in policy and with people. demand we end the persecution of Palestinian people at the hands of the State of Israel every chance you get. show and be in solidarity.
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there are always things we can do for each other that cost us nothing. always.
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“I can’t believe what you say, cause I see what you do.” -James Baldwin.
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the greatest reward is when people with deep values and gifts who you look up to and admire, admire and look up to you too.
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seeing those Brown students relentless chant for Brown University divestment from weapon manufacturers has me in tears. the people aren’t letting up and it’s making my heart explode. let’s keep going.
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Fundamentally, if we are not concerned with our relationships and how we treat each other, we are doomed as a movement. Solidarity has to be about us striving to be and do better by one another in real emotional, psychological, and physical ways.
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blck people really are the best. love y’all. y’all my super power. our culture. our humor. our soul. all power.
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i can tell by the way some of yall talk yall aint got no Palestinian people in your life fr. you aint ever loved or been loved by a Palestinian. You just speaking in hypotheticals abt something you have no stake in because you dont have to face actual real people in your lives.
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Ive never had so many hateful tweets in my mentions b4. Folks tlk abt Bernie bros but these neoliberals. Whew. Them be the worse. Twitter is comical. This aint real life. The best part is we can choose to shut it off. But we can’t shut off them medical bills or student debt tho.
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being the “first” black person or woman at something in this society says more about the fuckery of this system than the values, skills, or integrity about that person. we wouldn’t be celebrating “firsts” if we lived in a just and free society.
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everybody want the visibility but don’t nobody wanna do the invisible work.
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Miami Northwestern High school students walked out today to Pork & Beans because two students were killed due to gun violence. The principal, teachers, and even janitors supported them. It was powerful to witness our young people lead. #NorthwesternWalkout #LibertyCity
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the most powerful thing I learned from organizing in our movement is how we don’t attack individuals we attack systems of power and the ways they work out in people. the abuse of power will always create scapegoats for accountability and “justice”.
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the law only has power because we collectively choose to abide by it. we always reserve the right, as an organized people, to not participate and to disrupt the system.
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a guy who was in my Poetry for the People class at Dade Correctional years ago serving life just had his sentence reduced n got out of prison few days ago. he found me online n told me hes still writing 🥺 the greatest poets, thinkers, and visionaries are behind bars. free em all.
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some yall wan spend all day in ur Substacks, twitter feeds, and IG reels giving ur followers opinions none of us asked for abt critical conditions in our day and yet we see you at no community events, centers, or spaces of organizing around these conditions. cultural or otherwise.
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When we love a person, we accept him or her exactly as is: the lovely with the unlovely, the strong with the fearful, the true mixed in with the façade, and of course, the only way we can do it is by accepting ourselves that way. -Mr. Rogers.
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this man don’t have a pretend bone in his body and i respect it. i respect the audacity to always be unequivocally unbothered by the theater of it all.
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Thank you to everyone who has spread the word and lifted up @MosabAbuToha and his family in prayer. He’s been released by IDF and seeking medical treatment after being beaten and interrogated according to @dianabuttu let us continue to keep his family lifted in support and prayer.
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Solidarity is not just about our shared struggle and oppression but equally, if not more, about our shared joys, visions, dreams, and liberation. It’s how we dance together, how we laugh together, how we sing and eat and drink and plot together.
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Ive seen folks post up that it’s not enuff to just “not be racist,” we must be “anti-racist.” I’m here to tell you that it is not enuff to just be anti-racist, we must be anti-capitalist too. y’all cant* begin the process of one without the process of the other.
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toxic victimhood is hurting us, y’all. it is our responsibility to heal as much as it is society’s responsibility to transform.
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Capitalism ruins a country’s immune system and blames us for being sick.
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“Your heart has to be ready to handle the weight of your calling”.
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i have lost any and all respect for your silence at this point. if you can remain a silent spectator while this kind of evil is amidst. i don’t care if you don’t use social media, don’t care for platforms, rarely speak out in public… If you have been made aware of this horror….
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we know “defund the police” is effective cuz we got you doin a book tour talkin abt it. that’s called, a culture is shifting, my friend. there’s power in organizing around directive language. thank you for helping us put “defund the police” in the mouths of everyone rn.
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“Revolution” is not a bad word y’all. Neither is “radical.” Who first taught you what the word “revolution” means? How did they teach you? What did they say? What examples did they offer? What assumptions were made? What judgments?.
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being triggered is not an excuse to usurp a conversation or disrespect other’s views. we are responsible for our own healing.
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Social media is not real life. Grateful to be a whole, fully complex, loving, silly, and passionate human being in the world. Real relationships is all that truly matters.
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friends, it is with great honor that i share the album cover for my first album, “when the poems do what they do” a double disc vinyl record & digital CURRENTLY AVAILABLE FOR PREORDER! 🔗link in bio. Album out officially on JUNE 9th 2023.✨. happy poetry month, poets! ✍🏾
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the planet gon make sure we learn no matter how much we choose not to.
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i love to witness people in love. i love love. may we protect, nurture, defend the many loves of our lives.
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the problem is everyone wants to live to see the glory of their impact. no one who knows anything about anything is doing work in the world waiting for the world to love them back. love is an inside job. it radiates when embodied. it attracts. it supports. it uplifts. it just is.
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organize with real people. build real relationships. know the limitations of these spaces and create genuine connections for actual change.
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i dont know who needs to hear this but sex without foreplay is not sex.
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The cause for Palestinian liberation really be showing y’all asses. So many of y’all have no fckin spine and it shows and it’s loud and it’s soooooo disgusting. No soul or heart whatsoever. What a hell it must be to be so heartless.
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care is intentional and audacious. be thoughtful with the people in your life.
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"Those who love us never leave us alone with our grief" - Alice Walker, March 2018.
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grateful for sincere disagreement and discourse. i wouldn’t be where i am without it. it transforms us for the better.
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He just walked out of Dixon. Y’all can’t tell me nothin. This feelin is indescribable. Brian “King Moosa” Harrington is home. A community did this. An entire community of care got our brother out. Sprinkle this joy on your day.
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y’all so wrapped up in your toxicity you don’t even know there’s a whole world outside of that awaiting you. a whole beautiful world. fresh air and cool breezes.
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we, the people, cannot let the two party system win the election next year. our conditions and the urgency of this moment demand alternative approaches and leadership. it’s time we organize vehemently and collectively to do away with the Democrat and Republican extremes.
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we are each other's.harvest:.we are each other's.business:.we are each other’s magnitude and bond. -Gwendolyn Brooks.
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feeling hurt? feeling enraged? feeling fed up? sit in this feeling. hold it. remember this feeling and let’s get organized.
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