for protests to succeed, they must be backed by movements with the ability to promise to withhold—labor, debt payments, rent payments, or consumer support—and to follow through if demands aren’t met. --Olúfẹ́mi O. Táíwò, Time, "Why Protests Should Be Promises," 5.1.2025
This May Day, let us all remember what demands power is making along with concessions. Let us all remember what promises we are expecting, and how we are interacting with the levers of social (in)justice.
