Issue 02: Revolucion
EDITORS NOTE:
Revolution is a demand for livelihood. It is the path that many, including our ancestors, have taken to resist oppressive forces that aimed to divide, profit, and destroy. Revolution is diverse in its appearance. It reveals the complexity of conflict and alliance and can either fracture or amplify binary understandings of morality. It holds meaning in its ability to salvage and to tragedize. Despite and because of these reasons, it is the path we continue to take to fight for our utopian visions.
It may hum deeply in our lungs—the lungs that our mothers once used to scream for justice when no one would listen.
It may linger in our legs—the legs that our grandfathers once used to run through streets devoured by militant entities.
It may live on in our continued desire for understanding; we may sit and ponder why revolution must be necessary at all.
Revolution is a medium through which we express urgency. It signals, through collaboration, sacrifice, and instinct, that the world is in need of a reset. It shows us the nakedness of the human experience and beckons us, eventually, to a moment where we are forced to look at those who surround us directly in the eyes.
Revolution is a demand for livelihood. It is the path that many, including our ancestors, have taken to resist oppressive forces that aimed to divide, profit, and destroy. Revolution is diverse in its appearance. It reveals the complexity of conflict and alliance and can either fracture or amplify binary understandings of morality. It holds meaning in its ability to salvage and to tragedize. Despite and because of these reasons, it is the path we continue to take to fight for our utopian visions.
It may hum deeply in our lungs—the lungs that our mothers once used to scream for justice when no one would listen.
It may linger in our legs—the legs that our grandfathers once used to run through streets devoured by militant entities.
It may live on in our continued desire for understanding; we may sit and ponder why revolution must be necessary at all.
Revolution is a medium through which we express urgency. It signals, through collaboration, sacrifice, and instinct, that the world is in need of a reset. It shows us the nakedness of the human experience and beckons us, eventually, to a moment where we are forced to look at those who surround us directly in the eyes.