All about the execution.

So, in the last few days I've been reading and thinking a lot about beliefs, ideas, intentions, and execution in the realm of organizing. I think while a lot of us can be on the same page when it comes to beliefs, and the main ideas and intentions presented as representing the group or body tend to be popularly accepted, it is execution where these things get lost in translation.

I have been trying in my own mind to kind of break these beliefs, ideas, and intentions down to see how they can be translated into successfully executed actions that can occur in everyday life and have a tangible/visible impact. A lot of times, the thing that fucks us up is the system that we use to facilitate the changes we want to see. It's the same fucked up system that caused the problems in the first place. So why should we depend on the same politicians, bureaucracy, and bullshit that have been perpetuating the systematic oppression of so many people for so many years to all of a sudden acknowledge it's wrong-doings and change it's stripes?

I feel like what we need to start doing is *IMPLEMENTING* the changes that we want to see. We need to start asking ourselves, "What would it look like our demands were met and put into effect?" "How can we implement them ourselves?" "What are alternatives to this system that has continuously failed to serve us and how can we do better?"

I'm saying this not only for LGBT stuff, but also for environmental issues, prison abolition, and all other socioeconomic justice issues. We also need to take into consideration WHO some of the people are that we consider our "leaders" in these movements, how much we're allowing them to shape our agenda, and how much of a role the people are playing that are most directly impacted by these issues. These are things that impact execution in a major way. Something might sound like a good idea, and people might say they support it, but they might not be willing to do what needs to be done if they don't feel like it's going to directly effect them in any positive way.

...So this is just a rant, a train of thought perhaps, that I felt the need to purge from my brain before bed. But I'll be back tomorrow to elaborate further and talk about how I plan to be more intentional and improve the execution of my ideas.