Brandon Ellis

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NOT IN VEIN

Students and working class Bangladeshi’s weren’t martyred in vein. The ongoing revolution in Bangladesh should be a lesson for all of us in mobilization, organization, and continually committing to the ideals of freedom and justice.

To me, the 🩸 of these Bangladeshi revolutionaries is a reminder that when order isn’t just, order must be uprooted to meet justice and restoration.

During this communications Blackout the last 3 weeks, major news sites have given weak often times misleading information about what’s going on, the death toll, and miscategorizing the unrest faced in country. This is a class struggle. This is tragic and heroic. The stories I hear from Bangladeshi organizers paints a much graver image than what I read from even the most accurate media websites.

“This feels different”
The intuition of those rooted in proximity and context should never be doubted. Especially for those of us raised in the West.

While we have largely relied on outlets like AJ, we have to remember, the people closest to the ground aren’t telling stories, they are sharing realities, verified or unverified by news sites. Lived reality trumps reports.

The 💀 toll may never be accurately shared due to government suppression and the last few weeks. It may just be a number collected from several hospitals. But for each and every martyr matters.

We can learn a lot from Bangladesh, as we continue to bear witness to their revolution. Even still, Bangladeshi organizers continue to stand in solidarity with 🇵🇸

One lesson I’m reminded of is the power of the youngest of us. Youngest siblings have a superpower that older siblings don’t have: They saw less of the transformation of their parents. Youngest siblings lack some of the context for why things are the way they are, they simply see the problem or the success of their parent’s behavior.

The older sibling may make concessions the youngest simply will not. In the same way, students and the youth of our world see it for what it is, and demand better. In most cases, The only opposition is those of us who cling to context. Listen to the youth. Listen to students.

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