What comes to mind when we picture the American Dream? For the general American, it may look like the archetypical sitcom family life with a husband, wife, two children, cars, and a dog all living in a template home in suburbia. Such was the vision of America that was sold to the white middle class of the 1950s (and those to whom such was an aspiration). We must, however, deconstruct our thoughts of what an American Dream ought to look like in our new state. We are no longer operating with the individualist, libertarian mindset that led to large, isolated neighborhoods, nor are we enslaved by the automobile-centric mindset that leads to the so-called “white picket fence” version of this American dream. Let us then redefine the American dream—not as a goal for an individual person to aspire to, but as the ability of the American nation to provide the means for any person to build a life for the good of themselves, their family, and their wider community. An American Dream for the Americ...

My purpose in writing to you today is multi-faceted. I understand that there has been much controversy surrounding the potential chartering of a chapter of Turning Point USA here at Loyola University New Orleans. It is my position, as well as the position of large swaths of the student body that Turning Point USA is a hate group that has no place at Loyola University New Orleans.  On Hatred I am writing not just on behalf of myself, but on behalf of all of those students of varied creeds, genders, nations of origin, religions, and on behalf of this beautiful nation that we have cultivated here at Loyola. I am writing on behalf of the transgender students who wish not to be "eradicated from public life" (M.J. Knowles, TPUSA Speaker). I am writing on behalf of the black women of Loyola University New Orleans who see their achievements as irreducible to the caricature of a so-called "diversity hire." I am writing on behalf of Muslim students who seek not to "gain ...

This speech was supposed to be given at a rally for New Orleans’ Queer Trans Community Action Project, but personal matters interrupted its delivery. The full speech is archived here. EDIT: It was later given at the Trans Day of Remembrance Vigil in New Orleans, La. on 20 Nov. Hello everybody, Bonjou toulemoun!! Today, I am here speaking not just as a representative of some of Loyola’s Students for a Democratic Society, but as a transgender person who sees the beauty that our community has to offer the world. I. Firstly, I understand that by this point people who may be slightly familiar with my speeches may expect something incendiary or full of passion and fire—as has typically been my style—but I must articulate to you all today that there is more to our movement, to our community, than suffering. To confine our experiences to simple suffering—whether under dystopia or under the fascist government of the United States and the Republican Party—would be to resign ourselves to the tran...

Matters of the law ought to be discussed in the material contexts of those involved and in accordance with the dualistic — constantly positive and negative — nature of all things. That is not to say that the law should be wildly ambiguous, but that in its interpretation and enforcement should the well-being of the people involved, the revolution, and the general structure of society be considered. The traditionally liberal ideals that "all men are created equal" (U.S. Declaration of Independence, 1776) are not completely inaccurate so much as outdated in a time where we consider class and ethnic struggles. All people are not — in the eyes of the law — viewed as equal. As we are concerned with the reality of a situation, rather than the ideal that they are "created equal," we must redefine legal personhood and our view of "justice." Under the current system of competitive and capitalist social organization, a person is — in effect — viewed as their relation...

The socialist state is, first and foremost, a state built by, for, and of the people. The state ought not put any pressure or title of nobility on to any individual. It can, however, be stated that in charisma — in leadership — there exists another dualism. A system of charismatic leadership, what some may call a "cult of personality," has a positive and negative component. The goal is not necessarily to create new forms of hierarchy and monarchal governance, but to have a symbol of the nation who can guide the people when necessary towards the open arms of the party. Of us is asked, "Can our socialist state maintain charisma without sliding into personality cults?" to which we can authoritatively respond with dual direction. On point A, the reactionary state will always refer to any charismatic or popular leadership as a "cult of personality" for they are incapable of recognizing any truly democratic leadership. On point B, it is not only possible, but in...

We said previously that all things exist with a positive component and a negative component simultaneously. Such is the law of dialectics. It must also be stated, however, that only under certain conditions will the positive or negative be dominant. When it comes to building and unifying the American Nation, it is of paramount importance that there be an institution in place to manufacture and maintain such positive conditions. It is necessary that we have a popular, disciplined, and revolutionary national organization that can carry the sword and the shield of the creolized nation. Under present conditions, the risk for the reactionary component of the nation to flourish is great. Recall that the American Nation has both a revolutionary and reactionary character. The reactionary character is dominant under the current system because, in a system that thrives off division and the competition of individuals, those factors that cause division and competition will always be more visible. ...

This is a speech that was written that (as of this publication) has not been delivered. It describes the declaration of a new nation in America. Good afternoon everybody!! How are you doing today, or as we say in Louisiana Creole: "Komen lê zafær??" Now listen; I'm speaking here today to issue an official declaration of a new nation within the United States of America. Well, only "new" in a sense. This nation has existed since the founding of our imperialist entity and was created in the exact instant that the Europeans began their slave trade and their genocides of the peoples indigenous to the lands that we call "America." That being said, I present you this: Created and evolving with, next to, and in resistance to the organised state known as the United States of America, exists a nation of all creeds and colours — a nation of workers who will fight tooth and nail for their rights and for their families — a nation of mothers and daughters who know t...

The question posed is of the significance of this 'American Nation'—and how, if at all, it is distinguishable from the entity known as the United States of America. Put simply, the so-called 'United' States of America is a nation built and bred by contradictions: not only labor and wealth, but Black and White, free and slave, and those whom the law binds but does not protect, and those whom the law protects but does not bind. What if our perception of "America" were to be axiomatically redefined? It is unjust to those marginalized to simply allow the weight of this nation of contradictions to collapse on their backs. The proposal set forth throughout our "Little Teal Book" is that there exists a second, powerful, revolutionary America that can resolve this contradiction. There is a  nation  of America—of Americans that are bound together in struggle but still in some way connected to that same fundamental American Dream. What is well known about the ...

Good evening, ladies, gentlefolk, comrades, and all New Orleanians and allies who refuse to comply with the pending invasion by this illegitimate president of the United States. I am Rosalina Victorian-Framboise, and at this point in time, we are at the eve of action. The attempt at a wholesale seizure of the American nation — that really beautiful subset of this country that includes all of you before me — is underway more than ever before. Transgender people are called "nihilistic violent extremists"; progressives, leftists, and the so-called "un-American" (as if he could even approach what it means to be American) are all under attack today. Our slimy, ignorant, hateful, pathetic snake of a governor has requested that President Trump direct the National Guard to invade and violate the personhood of the people of the City of New Orleans and the State of Louisiana, as he has done to the cities of Portland, Memphis, and the District of Columbia. For generations, the...