“I Will Not Abandon You”: Fidel, Che, and Minnesota. 2/2/26
Mother Bear writes you a letter about current events and resisting fascism through acts of neighborism.
The text read from Che is found in:
Guevara, Ernesto Che.
“Reminiscences of the Cuban Revolutionary War”,
pg. 12 (Seven Stories Press, Oakland), 1963/2006.
26 Jan 2026
“If They Should Come for Us” 1/26/26
Mother Bear shares a poem of revolution with you today:
“If They Should Come for Us” by Fatimah Asghar (they/them)
these are my people & I find
them on the street & shadow
through any wild all wild
my people my people
a dance of strangers in my blood
the old woman’s sari dissolving to wind
bindi a new moon on her forehead
I claim her my kin & sew
the star of her to my breast
the toddler dangling from stroller
hair a fountain of dandelion seed
at the bakery I claim them too
the sikh uncle at the airport
who apologizes for the pat
down the muslim man who abandons
his car at the traffic light drops
to his knees at the call of the azan
& the muslim man who sips
good whiskey at the start of maghrib
the lone khala at the park
pairing her kurta with crocs
my people my people I can’t be lost
when I see you my compass
is brown & gold & blood
my compass a muslim teenager
snapback & high-tops gracing
the subway platform
mashallah I claim them all
my country is made
in my people’s image
if they come for you they
come for me too in the dead
of winter a flock of
aunties step out on the sand
their dupattas turn to ocean
a colony of uncles grind their palms
& a thousand jasmines bell the air
my people I follow you like constellations
we hear the glass smashing the street
& the nights opening their dark
our names this country’s wood
for the fire my people my people
the long years we’ve survived the long
years yet to come I see you map
my sky the light your lantern long
ahead & I follow I follow
(2018).
https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poetrymagazine/poems/92374/if-they-should-come-for-us
25 Jan 2026
“How to Respond in the Face of Extortion” 1/25/26
Mother Bear writes you a letter outlining the current demands of Pam Bondi to the state of MN and how best to respond.
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17 ratings
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5.0 / 5
15 ratings
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