Saul Williams • KILL THE MACHINE ("Over my dead body")

[@AtelierOncléo]

GLOBAL STRIKE • Dec. 9-13 2024 • WITHHOLD YOUR LABOR • This is a call out to every organizer in every local community, every poet, everyone interested in providing mutual aid, everyone interested in arranging teach-ins, sit-ins, actions… If you don’t like the direction the world is heading, stop it. Take part in a global reset. WITHHOLD YOUR LABOR for 5 consecutive business days. In solidarity with the call for Global Escalation Nov. 27-29 ( @in.war.ds )we are escalating by calling for a GLOBAL STRIKE Dec. 9-13 for the people to be reminded of their power & for the ruling class to be reminded that they cannot take our labor, nor our concerns, for granted. In solidarity with those under the gun in Palestine & Lebanon, those running & fighting for their lives in Sudan, those in & around the mines in the Congo, those fighting corruption in Kenya, Nigeria & the world at large, those struggling to put food on the table - even in countries like the US where the fight for minimum wage & healthcare has been practically abandoned while slave labor, Cop Cities, homelessness continue to rise & vulnerable communities continue to be sacrificed, those in US prisons who make up the majority of prisoners in the world -in a so-called “Land of the Free” & for all political prisoners- who have fought for indigenous sovereignty, an end to apartheid, an end to the plundering of natural resources, a sustainable approach to climate emergency, the rights of workers, the rights of women, care for the disabled, the education of our children, the fight against fascism & the unity of all fields. Regardless of political bent - stand in solidarity to say we cannot depend on our governments to do what we ourselves must do. Stop the machines. And if we cannot convince workers to take time off then maybe it’s our job to provide the time off by stopping the machines ourselves. WITHHOLD YOUR LABOR Dec. 9-13 • Lay the the groundwork for the year ahead. Make your list of demands. Leave no disenfranchised groups behind. *see End of Empire keynote speech Parts 1 & 2 in pinned posts for more thoughts on the why & how. instagram.com/p/DCUqRo8TjOa/?img_index=1 facebook.com/saulwilliams/posts/pfbid027Ej4ajVRoZCzrWZELC6Zc2Lj8v3nXWEzrtQy2NS3TDnuxMGkgySdE9V9rtVX29CPl "to organize pessimism means nothing other than to expel moral metaphor from politics and to discover in political action a sphere reserved one hundred percent for images. This image sphere, however, can no longer be measured out by contemplation."

[@yay-r6j]

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[@909RC3P4T]

@@AtelierOncléo on arrête la machine à pq et bcp de monde dans la merd Boycott total voir internet Bonne continuation 🌱

[@horselung1029]

I'm in. I'll take that holiday. I would add that it is just as important to withdraw your consumption and for this period take only what you need to survive. Which for us overfed westerners is probably a lot less than we imagine. Makes sense to kick both balls at the same time. #EATTHERICH

[@edwardsimmonds521]

Black people are just as stupid as white people. If black people had an empire we can surmise that it would have the same qualities of empire. People are people where ever you go.

[@rebeccabay6806]

​@edwardsimmonds521 Untrue. Black people have had to be smarter and more aware than y t people, just like women are smarter and better at everything than men because of Patriarchy and White Supremacy, which are the same, so boring, wherever you go. The knitting cult lady explains it well in one of her new videos

[@S0M3-B0DY]

I want every being on earth to receive this message. It is urgent, kind and well thought out.

[@danielhancock4992]

I could not agree more.

[@danielhancock4992]

Solidarity

[@danielhancock4992]

Life

[@kendrapayne7598]

Shared to all my contacts 😂🎉❤❤❤

[@kendrapayne7598]

Share share share

[@MamaGator]

appreciation to the artists and art that help shed a light on raw truths in a gaslit era.

[@xbalanque2024]

Thank you. I wake up listening to this profound reflection, which invites me to resist, persist, and insist on social justice. Palestina will be free from the river to the 🌊.

[@Tianysaurus]

This commentary was meticulously passionate and unwavering. Sooooo grateful to have heard this today 🌷🌷🌷

[@PickledSwift]

From the river to the sea!

[@Antarctica2025]

My God, the voice we need to hear! We in the US have been so blinded! Yes, halting our labor that produces weapons of mass destruction!

[@chalupabrain]

Saul Williams bringing empowerment back into my life is what I need. I must re-watch this; there is so much here to consider and think on. Amazing orator.

[@MentalStillness]

What I admire about this man is his consistency. Many celebrities comprise themselves but there are a handful of Artists who remain steadfast and on their purpose. I encourage you to connect to the Source and do your inner work and realize we're Divine beings in human flesh. I have to often remind myself of that to remember the Power that we possess. Let's be the change we want to be. Politicians will do political shit. They're not our God's or saviors.

[@MentalStillness]

This man is an Intellectual legend, Radical Truth speaker, and he hasn't changed or compromised his message in any era. I salute you Mr. Williams. Freedom and liberation for all living Souls on this plane,

[@BH-qs7vo]

I love this man and his words!. Especially in the Nike commercial and on The Colbert Report. Thank you public university of CA for spreading the word to fight the machine!

[@flyagaric23]

Thank you. All love, word sound power.

[@paoloalemanni282]

Oh my, oh my, I'm reborn after this. My most heartfelt thank you for your words and for your work

[@hodgesgravely3648]

Merci beaucoup pour votre traduction ! Je suis américaine et je veux partager avec ma communauté francophone

[@vivalaleta]

We are 100% with you, sir. You are wise beyond your years.

[@bpalpha]

Extremely wise. Reminds me of Mario Savio's Berkley speech about placing your bodies upon the gears of the machine. Peace.

[@sweetsugak]

My goodness, this world is so weird, I am grateful for the solidarity and support and ongoing efforts to stop this madness ✊🏾

[@ottabee]

THANK-YOU so much for sharing your wisdom and words, deeply appreciated 💖

[@kyraocity]

11:05 Wall Street 11:36 Global strike possible? 12:00 Thoreau quote 12:13 Time someone Spelman’s campus with playwright Pearl Cleage

[@ZephyrAvoxel]

My mom will love this...thank you for sharing!

[@Antarctica2025]

What a beautiful and profound talk!

[@_4200h]

not many famous people earn more respect from me the longer I am aware of them but Saul Williams is one of the very few

[@ManueDanielle-k1j]

Yesterday men were scared to become slaves.. Tomorrow men will be scare to become robots .. don’t remember who said it .. But never got out of my head..

[@mahutingz]

EŌ thank you for naming so many cousins in solidarity. names matter. words matter. and you wove them beautifully. it is a time when we need to take metaphor and analogy as fact. it’s time to take stories as science. it’s time to take each other seriously. thank you for giving a powerful example of this. aloha 🌊

[@ja9.b73]

Very moving. I hope this video will be widely viewed. Thank you. Solidarity from South Africa ❤

[@LeoulB]

“God, grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change, The courage to change the things I can, And the WISDOM to know the difference.”

[@a.d8357]

I trust that you know, by way of wisdom granted you by God, that you must find the courage to change the things this man describes.

[@Salamander_falls]

So long as you do not use this as an excuse to live in fear or complacency. Instead use it as a call to create change. Be strong and courageous. Do not be terrified, do not be discouraged.

[@LeoulB]

🍻cheers to that

[@raosthegray7090]

I need a more powerful word than 'poet' to describe this man. Very moving

[@brlopwn]

Amazing speech. Thank you.

[@Shmyrk]

It’s an interesting point he makes here, and sheds tremendous light on how a future of robot labor would be so very advantageous to the elites

[@Fancysymbol]

Moving. I have so much I want to say. It catches so many separate thoughts and emotions I've had this year and ties them to a call to action

[@lisarincon3527]

Thank you Mr. Williams for relieving my cells with the words of deep truth. This is the ONLY speech that needs to be shared and celebrated. My partner, he is Lenape!!! Love you Saul❤

[@Fromtherivertothesea-p7v]

Over my dead body!

[@santleo7579]

W🔥W! Thank you Mr. Williams for your words! You clearly are gifted and awoke!

[@M0053yfate]

Chills don't describe what this gave me

[@a.d8357]

Sunday, Nov. 17, at Trace Brewing from 2 to 5 p.m. in Pittsburgh, PA there will be an organizational meeting outlining various options to free Ourselves from this system of Corporatism by way of, amongst other things, work strikages. I plan to read my speech entitled: "I have a dream, too" there on that day.

[@FryNeedsCalm]

Wow. The music thing hit me. I was so attuned to the misogyny of rap music growing up even as a little girl…I couldn’t understand how anyone else didn’t see or more simply, care

[@timwhite794]

Mr. William’s insights and uncompromising truth-telling are exemplary. Thank you for posting

[@gatorscoops]

❤❤❤❤❤ Beautiful speak

[@Antarctica2025]

That’s exactly how I feel that there is nothing I can do….so I am inspired by your vision.

[@jhall2281]

Saul is a legend.

[@fibanacci8]

Truly..

[@Azupiru]

I have amends and reparations in my pocket. I need to send a letter to Saul. How do I find him?

[@xHarpyx]

Sharing everywhere! We can't wait for May Day 2028

[@OddoFelacio]

why the wait?

[@gregmc1270]

Thank you, sir.

[@cyberT3000]

I'm with you. People feel powerless and are mostly trying to survive. How can we build a better world, when even the idea of a world where the most vulnerable are protected, is dwindling?

[@MariposaMaat]

Aseoooooo! The Epitome of TRUTH and COURAGE

[@RobertThompson-rj2hg]

Yes! Tell the TRUTH! Thank you very much!

[@SuperlunarNim]

What labor can you withhold you ask? You already having nothing that they value means you're on the right path.

[@Salamander_falls]

But their money is the only language the enemy speaks. How do you send a message to an entity with whom you have nothing in common? Im not intending to criticize but genuinely inquire

[@SuperlunarNim]

@@Salamander_falls Yes, but our goal is not to communicate with the ruling class, it's to reclaim our humanity and our human instincts, and in doing so rob them of the power they have over us. If we can all agree amongst ourselves that a poet has value to us communally not because they provide some economic benefit, but because they are a human being and they enrich our lives, if we agree that that alone is justification enough for a life and dignity, then we don't need the ruling class because it means we can look out for eachother. We can carry eachother, it's the natural human way that they've made us forget, all so that we can be divided and made to compete against one another.

[@Paperbutton9]

Wow, this is important

[@emarkjacobs]

Saul still on that fire 💥💥

[@danielhancock4992]

I'm with You

[@LouRoberts-x1z]

Thank you for speaking...

[@seangfrank0474]

Hell to the yeah!

[@909RC3P4T]

égrégore méfiez-vous atelier depuis le temps..tjrs là soutien.. Bonne continuation 🌱

[@montlejohnbojangles8937]

Spectacular.

[@lesleybruce2786]

Thank you so much for fighting for the people of Palestine ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Shmyrk]

I watched this because absolutely had to see if my old hero was still resonating more with the “Democratic Party” (not to imply he was before, but it certainly felt more aligned 10+ years ago). I am so relieved to see that Saul sees through it.

[@YouSoldMe]

Thank you

[@SBintHennigan-u2l]

Thank you

[@Estherbethe1...]

✨🔥💖🔥✨ Absolute truth!

[@reversefulfillment9189]

Solidarity ❤

[@SpiritNurse1]

“Only justice can bring peace”- Avatar Kyoshi. We need to recognize our power as a collective, a collective of individuals who understand that life is meant to be lived beautifully, boldly, and with human ingenuity. Petty tyrants hide the beasts who salivate for man. The time we are fetishized must come to an end.

[@sheepmellow]

Wow, this was powerful.

[@johnpolo8413]

Thanks for sharing Saul's presentation and thanks to Saul for his efforts over the years. At around 1:55, Saul "... the ruling class is willing to kill...". Too easily. I comprehend what he means when, before that, he says, "... you have to be willing to die for your cause." The thing is, with the ruling class being so willing to kill AND the fact that they are not a minority... say 40% (maybe a little more) of the population, the willingness to die on behalf of the resistance and the willingness, and ease with which, the ruling class would kill the resistance, wipes out the resistance. I want to have the conviction to die for my cause, but I don't want to die. This is a painful (and paradoxical?) realization for many, I suspect. It is for me. We do have to be dedicated, I agree.

[@johnpolo8413]

I wrote the first comment only 5 minutes into his talk. I'm through the whole thing now. Powerful....

[@stephenlawless4156]

As much as life is brutal, it is also beautiful ( in comparison to oblivion). Death is less to fear than a lifetime of increasing suffering.

[@randyping6036]

I'm boycotting all non-essentials.

[@Nothingmonkey]

Did an ancestor hack the machine so I may be inspired by his presents and truth? Let us not keep the conversation in the context of their narrative we must create a new one.

[@KB-mk9lv]

claro que si

[@Tianysaurus]

Absolutely wow

[@zacharysmith5947]

Good Stuff!!

[@defectivebarbie]

6:50 I had to write that down by hand because it’s so powerful.

[@xikano8573]

27:56 I love that, brother! ❤😂🎉

[@SamWilkinsonn]

I thought he was on a keyboard at the start, thought his talking was gonna be the drop to a sick piano sesh

[@skinny-play]

we crashing parties with uncomfortable truths all year long!

[@James-qo3xf]

This is exact!

[@felixicon]

"Have you ever thought about what it would be like If everybody woke up and said "F*@k work" Webs of small talk, people caught up in this thing I try to relax, but I stay shaking like the blue flame" -Goodie Mobb (Big Gipp)

[@danielhancock4992]

❤

[@yokothespacewhale]

Not saying his linguistic analyses isn’t poignant, but Master and slave are basic and long standing philosophical concepts that predate electronics. If anything electronics use the language of war, “charge”, “battery”, “discharge”, “prime” etc

[@CommanderNelson84]

I stand with you 🕉️ To become Buddha it is mandatory to just stop and then enlightening arises 🕉️🙏

[@palatonian9618]

This is incredible let's also go for the national strike organized by the uaw for 2028

[@scottyoung7579]

There's more power in our heart than the barrel of a gun.. Especially when they are articulated such as this discourse from Saul.. Soul fire clarity.

[@21zero64]

🍩 incredible, ty

[@gadgettv2023]

Haven’t worked or paid taxes in a year, Saul.

[@thearki-vist6050]

Legend . Kpax

[@DamienAdiaMarassa]

My Man

[@BrownDresden]

how do we distinguish ourselves from those who should and must pay? (21:10)

[@xaza8uhitra4]

that was power

[@BigBunnyLove]

We are the unconscious machines. We must wake up. Forgive them, they know not that they do. Love the other. Rinse and repeat.

[@johndavis2399]

Note that nearly every other large country (China, Russia, India, recently Brazil) has some level of dictatorship. The larger the herd of people under one government, the more coercion and opression is required to maintain it. >> Nice poetry Mr. Williams.

[@vivalaleta]

What we have in the US is Corpocracy.

[@the_famous_reply_guy]

robot (n.) 1923, "mechanical person," also "person whose work or activities are entirely mechanical," from the English translation of the 1920 play "R.U.R." ("Rossum's Universal Robots") by Karel Capek (1890-1938), from Czech robotnik "forced worker," from robota "forced labor, compulsory service, drudgery," from robotiti "to work, drudge," from an Old Czech source akin to Old Church Slavonic rabota "servitude," from rabu "slave" (from Old Slavic *orbu-, from PIE *orbh- "pass from one status to another;" see orphan).

[@_dnk]

So when do we do it? What week? Like you said, I can't afford to lose a week of pay, or especially lose my job. I want to be a part of this, how can I, without damning myself to be further swallowed by this machine?

[@AtelierOncléo]

GLOBAL STRIKE • Dec. 9-13 2024 • WITHHOLD YOUR LABOR • This is a call out to every organizer in every local community, every poet, everyone interested in providing mutual aid, everyone interested in arranging teach-ins, sit-ins, actions… If you don’t like the direction the world is heading, stop it. Take part in a global reset. WITHHOLD YOUR LABOR for 5 consecutive business days. In solidarity with the call for Global Escalation Nov. 27-29 ( @in.war.ds )we are escalating by calling for a GLOBAL STRIKE Dec. 9-13 for the people to be reminded of their power & for the ruling class to be reminded that they cannot take our labor, nor our concerns, for granted. In solidarity with those under the gun in Palestine & Lebanon, those running & fighting for their lives in Sudan, those in & around the mines in the Congo, those fighting corruption in Kenya, Nigeria & the world at large, those struggling to put food on the table - even in countries like the US where the fight for minimum wage & healthcare has been practically abandoned while slave labor, Cop Cities, homelessness continue to rise & vulnerable communities continue to be sacrificed, those in US prisons who make up the majority of prisoners in the world -in a so-called “Land of the Free” & for all political prisoners- who have fought for indigenous sovereignty, an end to apartheid, an end to the plundering of natural resources, a sustainable approach to climate emergency, the rights of workers, the rights of women, care for the disabled, the education of our children, the fight against fascism & the unity of all fields. Regardless of political bent - stand in solidarity to say we cannot depend on our governments to do what we ourselves must do. Stop the machines. And if we cannot convince workers to take time off then maybe it’s our job to provide the time off by stopping the machines ourselves. WITHHOLD YOUR LABOR Dec. 9-13 • Lay the the groundwork for the year ahead. Make your list of demands. Leave no disenfranchised groups behind. *see End of Empire keynote speech Parts 1 & 2 in pinned posts for more thoughts on the why & how. -> instagram.com/p/DCUqRo8TjOa/?

[@WE.ARE138]

REGARDLESS of what any of us Americans think we are guilty by association. And when was the last time capitalism actually took care of the people, even the people who consider themselves capitalist don't even realize they are getting taken advantage of just like the lower class and I don't say middle class because that deteriorated a long time ago.

[@eggsandwichmafia]

R.i.p. Peanut the squirrel!

[@alexs5723]

28:17 "We have the power to stop this if we do it in the millions"

[@slowvoltage]

💜

[@fpep5]

Powerful stuff. Although I wish people would releaize that capitalism preys on vulnerability not race or skin color

[@xaviermack1449]

💯💯💯💯💯💯💯

[@scenFor109]

You can completely de-register as a voter?

[@coreyano]

11:20 "wall Street"

[@svaccha_]

yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes yes

[@zackpetra]

I ll be waiting for prices to go down lol 😄 I'm certain they're gonna look back & regret choosing him... especially when he crashes the economy and we enter into another depression and worse, a dick-tater-ship.

[@gjford1951]

Dont be so certain. We have been certain all along. That's why so many of us say "I can't believe that..." We adapt like frogs to warming water, like the Germans to concentration camps and exterminations.

[@zopi9]

Yes. Rump and the space potato. Dick & Tater.

[@hellcat7911]

🖤💜🧡

[@learrus]

Wait until he finds out who owned the slave ships and markets and who was a main buyer of them.

[@Antarctica2025]

Thank you … we were being held hostage…. Work for a third party… demand choice ranked voting and work to remove the electoral college.

[@Brigantia11]

As long as there are 50 different third parties that are nearly identical, and no ranked choice voting, it's pointless. But go ahead if you want some experience, but there's no chance of holding major office. Maybe a very, very local race, but nationally third parties in the USA are a pipe dream.

[@vivalaleta]

Right on

[@AngryKnees]

Let's not pretend that this ain't just a coping mechanism for the intelligensia, so they say were morally correct to comfort themselves as they watch the proles suffer.