Bookmarker tag: inspo/collective-power (2 notes)
I Hotel
by
Karen Tei Yamashita
how many times in your life do you feel that kind of power
by
Karen Tei Yamashita
The fifth day of the takeover would be dawning in a few hours. The feeling of excitement and purpose was palpable everywhere. How many times in your life do you feel that kind of power, the sort that unifies a people in collective pride and knowing? This time, you and your people get to choose. It's not an idle feeling, but one that you pursue in various forms, like singing the same song or cheering the same team or praying to the same spirit. A connective wave carries you to the same infinite space, and you feel more alive than you ever felt.
put their bodies up against the I-Hotel
by
Karen Tei Yamashita
“Looks like the whole city coming to save the hotel.”
“I hope so.”
The chanting never stops. It’s coming out of loudspeakers everywhere. The whole place is wired for sound.
THE PEOPLE UNITED CAN NEVER BE DEFEATED.
THE PEOPLE UNITED CAN NEVER BE DEFEATED.
STOP THE EVICTION! WE WON’T MOVE!
STOP THE EVICTION! WE WON’T MOVE!
WE WON’T MOVE!
WE WON’T MOVE!
WE WON’T MOVE!
I’m feeling the excitement. They’re telephoning and radioing the whole city. People pouring in to Manilatown. Put their bodies up against the I-Hotel.