Unlikely Stories Mark V

[frogmarch]

I'm considering submitting a story to Unlikely Stories Mark V. Maybe some of you have something you'd like to submit too.

Unlikely Stories Mark V is an electronic magazine of literature, art, and culture that attempts a direct engagement with society and sociopolitical issues. We believe that art and philosophy are synonymous, and that they are the appropriate source of all social activism and political thought. By tracing our social work back to this source, we are able to explore sociopolitical concepts freely, and hope to do so in an engaging way. We strive to avoid both snobbery and populism and simply publish cool shit. We are activist and transgressive. We are unapologetically antifascist, however you want to define that.
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We believe that the creation and curation of art is as immediately and politically valid as street activism, and a great deal more valid than sending checks to whichever Political Action Committee promises to halt or restart public horsefucking this week. We believe in aggressively occupying the PAC’s offices and forcing them to listen to us recite our poetry, instead.
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We are particularly interested in first-hand accounts of attempts to bring about sociopolitical change. We understand that we might not agree with the change you are trying to bring about, given a basic assumption: we are interested in activism that promotes the rights of humans. Humans aren’t states, they aren’t borders, and they aren’t corporations, and we would gleefully tear down a dozen nations to save one human soul. You can argue that with us, if you like, except we aren’t listening and you should really just take every single flag and fuck away instead.
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That established, there are a number of different ways to approach this, and we don’t want to limit you. A story of why you felt motivated to take action? Good stuff. Facts and figures to support your case? Fantastic. Simply an account of your experience, striving to be a force for social change? Also good.

more: https://www.unlikelystories.org/mission

[mikelewis]

1. ' we would gleefully tear down a dozen nations to save one human soul'

gleefully? I mean, how many people would have to die to bring down a dozen nations? And even if you could... why would that make you remotely gleeful... I honestly don't care... I just found that to be an odd thing to say... killing thousands of human souls to save one human soul... that's interesting math.