#taz live in seattle

[green-green-grass]

flaming raging poisoning [chainsaw] of doom

[somelazyassartist]

Oh shit I've been out of the TAZ loop for MAYBE two weeks bc I've been temporarily focusing on Dungeon Meshi and in that time nobody told me TAZ Live! in Seattle came out????

[dailyanarchistposts]

A friend of mine, a Trump supporter, recently sent me a social media post from an anonymous Seattle police officer about the “organized protest” zone, or autonomous zone, established by the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement in the city’s Capitol Hill neighborhood. The officer argues, in part, that “there is a part of our country that is no longer under our control,” and that “we [the police] have been castrated.” The post is mostly filed with misinformation, that the protest space has its own currency, ID system, and that the former police precinct, abandoned by the mayor and the city at the height of the protests, is being used as a BLM headquarters – no doubt a kind of black witches coven in their imagination. Indeed, in the language used in the post, “terrorists” and “anarchists” are stock piling “ammo and chemical weapons,” and are headed by a “warlord” who “drives a tesla and has been arrested for drugs, guns, pimping and crimes against children.” The officer concludes that “this is real,” and that “you can’t make this up.” These developments they call “unthinkable.”

The police are not the only ones hysterical at the loss of their station. Right wing media have also chimed in, exacerbating and stoking the fears of the Right. Fox media personality, Tucker Carlson, for example, bloviates on his nightly show that the founders of the Capitol Hill Organized Protest (CHOP) are “just like the conquistadors” because they’ve seized and occupied already established land and are extorting local businesses. Not to be outdone, President Trump, searching for an election year issue, called on the city of Seattle to attack and retake the space. He tweeted angerly, “Take back your city NOW. If you don’t do it, I will. This is not a game. These ugly Anarchists must be stopped IMMEDIATELY.”

What is unthinkable, or was at the beginning of the month, is the power of the Black Lives Matter movement in the streets. The emergence of the autonomous zone is a pinnacle of that power, a significant victory. It demonstrates the ability of popular power to win the impossible from structures of white supremacy – the state and the propertied interests they represent. That victory, and the subsequent diminution of state violence, is a major step forward for community self-control and autonomy. It shows that ending anti-Black violence is the first and most basic step to honoring Black life.

But it is just the beginning. Honoring Black life means constructing a society where Black autonomy and Black power are the cornerstones of community, and one where Black freedom is the foundation for broader, collective liberation. The advent of the movement’s autonomous zone was a step in that direction. Taking the city’s east police precinct demonstrates not only that our movements can win, but we can win previously unimaginable victories for Black lives.

There is another legacy now that must be dealt with from the CHOP. Much uglier, it is about the violence that took one life and left several in critical condition in a series of recent shootings. The shootings and the lack of direction for the space sadly demonstrate that our movements are not yet mature enough to know what to do with victory. As I write, the Seattle police are threatening to retake the building in the wake of the violence.

The shootings happened as the movement languished. With no clear direction, political, strategic, and tactical infighting broke out, reminiscent of Occupy Wall Street’s failures. Questions emerged over whether the encampment was for abolition or reform, taking the police station or not, “autonomy” or remaking existing institutions, marching or occupying, and others. This infighting was rooted in a lack of decision-making process that made even the most basic agreements impossible to gain collective consent.

In the autonomous zone, a diverse flowering of self-activity emerged, a variegated patchwork of mutual aid projects, support, care, and action that reflected the full diversity of the movement’s politics and people. That beautiful moment must not be lost in its downfall, but now with violence in the space, it must also be held within a more complex picture of the movement’s failures as well.

[boopthemanbooster]

[fuckin-flip-wizard]

[TAZ BALANCE SPOILERS!!!!!!!!] Okay okay this is probably the only post I'll make about Live! In Seattle until it comes out but I can't stop thinking about Joaquin and just. In my heart he came to Faerûn. I know realistically he's probably dead or lost in the void somewhere like everybody else but. In my heart he's alive...... My boy............

(also the nightgown is inspired from Justin's actual liveshow outfit, he wore THE sparkliest red shirt I've ever seen in my life and I adore it. Might edit my design for it later though lol)

[thrandilf]

Just saw TAZ live in Seattle and whenever this latest live show gets uploaded please listen it was even better than I expected and I had a blast

[griffsin]

seeing taz live in seattle tonight. who's here? 💜

[thesituationroom]

I don’t care that you were at the taz live show in seattle it should’ve been me

[feysplendent]

The TAZ live event in Seattle will be Balance?! In 2023?! You bet your ass I will be cosplaying Balance for the first time in years to that show. :D

[laresearchette]

Sunday, May 05, 2024 Canadian TV Listings (Times Eastern)

WHERE CAN I FIND THOSE PREMIERES?: THE REAL HOUSEWIVES OF NEW JERSEY (Slice) 8:00pm

WHAT IS NOT PREMIERING IN CANADA TONIGHT?: MARYLAND (PBS Feed)

NEW TO AMAZON PRIME CANADA/CBC GEM/CRAVE TV/DISNEY + STAR/NETFLIX CANADA:

DISNEY + STAR MONSTERS AT WORK (Season 2)

NETFLIX CANADA ROAST OF TOM BRADY

IIHF U18 MEN’S HOCKEY (TSN/TSN3) 7:00am: Bronze Medal Game (TSN/TSN3) 11:00am: Gold Medal Game

MLB BASEBALL (SN1) 1:00pm: Jays vs. Nationals (SN Now) 4:00pm: Atlanta vs. Dodgers (TSN) 7:00pm: Giants vs. Phillies

NBA BASKETBALL (TSN4) 1:00pm: Game 7 - Magic vs. Cavaliers (TSN4/TSN5) 8:00pm: Game 7 - Mavericks vs. Clippers

NHL HOCKEY (SN) 4:00pm: Game 1 - Hurricanes vs. Rangers (SN/SN360) 7:30pm: Game 7 - Knights vs. Stars

MLS SOCCER (TSN3) 6:30pm: Seattle vs. L.A. Galaxy

RACE AGAINST THE TIDE (CBC) 7:00pm/7:30pm: The teams are forced to risk it all in an old-school sky-high sandcastle challenge. In Episode Two, emotions are running high as the teams pay tribute to someone who has made a huge impact on their lives.

CANADA’S ULTIMATE CHALLENGE (CBC) 8:00pm: Alliances emerge on the remote Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine Québec with the first elimination showdown looming.

PWHL HOCKEY (TSN3/TSN) 9:00pm: Ottawa vs. Toronto

GHOSTING (CBC) 9:00pm/9:30pm : Devyn Nekoda screams her way through Castle Kilbride with Luke and Matthew in Baden, Ontario as they discover its past. In Episode Two, Frankie and Hale Grande serve a sinister sentence at the infamous SDG Jail in Cornwall, Ontario with Luke and Matthew.

SULLIVAN'S CROSSING (CTV) 9:00pm: Things start to heat up between Maggie and Cal when they're forced to take shelter at Cal's cabin.

BIG BROTHER CANADA (Global) 9:00pm

THE TATTOOIST OF AUSCHWITZ (Showcase) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): Holocaust survivor Lali meets novice writer Heather and shares an unforgettable love story, told through traumatic and fractured memories, of meeting the love of his life -- prisoner 4562 -- when he was a tattooist in the most notorious death camp.

GILDED NEWPORT MYSTERIES (HGTV Canada) 9:00pm (SERIES PREMIERE): In 1895 a society page writer witnesses a murder while attending a ball at a mansion in Rhode Island. She soon gets drawn into the investigation when her brother is arrested.

INTO THE DARK: CULTURE SHOCK (T&E) 9:00pm: A young Mexican woman crosses illegally into the United States, only to find herself in an American nightmare.

WHEN CALLS THE HEART (Super Channel Heart & Home) 9:00pm: Hickam and Lee clash with the mayor of Benson Hills, while Gowen suggests a solution with huge implications for the town; Elizabeth and Nathan clear up a misunderstanding.

PROSPER (Super Channel Fuse) 9:00pm: The newly promoted Dion and Taz are under more pressure as Gascoigne moves on the Charity Tax bill.

JEOPARDY! MASTERS (CTV) 10:00pm (SEASON PREMIERE): Contestants Amy Schneider, James Holzhauer, Matt Amodio, Mattea Roach, Victoria Groce and Yogesh Raut face off to win the grand prize of $500,000.

THE CURSE OF OAK ISLAND (History Canada) 10:00pm (SEASON FINALE): As winter descends on Oak Island and clues continue to be uncovered, the fellowship makes a final bold effort to find the treasure before operations cease for the winter.

BRYAN'S ALL IN (HGTV Canada) 10:00pm: Corey and Abby are ambitious entrepreneurs determined to keep their family's generational maple syrup business alive; from humble beginnings working out of a sugar shack, they're in the process of building a state-of-the-art facility.

[cataztrophi]

Y'all holy shit! They're doing Balance in Seattle?!!

[Image ID: a screenshot of an Instagram post from the official McElroy family account. It features a promo of Clint, Travis, Justin, and Griffin McElroy in front of a purple and pink background. It advertises: "The Adventure Zone: Balance one-shot with GM Griffin! August 31st, Seattle, WA WAMU Theater." The post caption reads: "In just TWO WEEKS we'll be doing live shows in Seattle, and the TAZ show we're doing on the 31st will be a Balance one-shot GM'ed by Griffin! Get your tickets today by going to the link in our bio and selecting "Events", or by going directly to bit[dot]ly/McElroyTours. End ID.]

[motherfuckingmagicbrian]

Dracula sounds like a quintuple vampire

[somelazyassartist]

Very minor TAZ: Live in Seattle liveshow spoilers below

Trying desperately to draw art for theTAZ liveshow but I've been so excited the last few days I've barely slept and all I can think about is the fuckin g way Griffin said "go to the Pike Place Market and throw a fish idunno, get a fucking job!" (paraphrasing) and because my brain is so fucking tired I can't seem to make myself draw anything but that right nowhelp

[dailyanarchistposts]

No Direction

The victory of the CHAZ soon came to be undone by the lack of political maturity of the movement to capitalize on victory. This is not about unity, but maturity: the ability to navigate political difference and move forward on shared interests for collective liberation. Indeed, as soon became clear, there was little ability to discuss the pressing strategic and logistical concerns in the space.

Instead, people just started doing – hundreds and thousands of people working on hundreds of individual and collective projects. This included a community garden for Black and Indigenous lives, nightly concerts and political rallies, documentary film screenings, a veritable renaissance of street art, a “decolonial” café, and more. For the movement, there were nightly marches to other police precincts, and people used the autonomous zone for meetings, political conversations, popular education, and abolition work.

Even in the early days of the zone however, there were problems evident. The biggest was that there was no space to have collective decision making to shape agreed upon priorities. A general assembly did emerge, but it was very difficult to get things done. It became more of a speak-out, with people voicing impassioned testimonials against the police, but not able to raise political or strategic questions with each other. This was partially because few had experience facilitating large meetings, forming agendas, setting short time limits for debate, and having the discipline to silence or remove those who were off topic and disruptive. This was exacerbated by police infiltrators who acted to divert, distract, and make focused conversation more difficult.

In addition, there were significant political differences difficult to overcome. Changing the name from CHAZ to CHOP – Capitol Hill Organized Protest – was reflective of this. Very early, there were voices raised that the autonomous zone was a distraction, that it took away from the movement for Black lives, that the focus became holding space, rather than stopping police violence, and that it was dominated by white activists. There are merits to these claims. Still other voices, many of them Black, questioned the focus on “autonomy,” arguing that as African Americans they sought not autonomy from the institutions of the country, but integration, respect, and a dignified existence within. Again, with merit.

There were differences between Black voices, and for white ally politics this posed a quandary – whose voices to prioritize? Some Black and POC organizers were talking with the police, making suggestions to lead marches away from the zone, or to make other concessions with the cops including allowing street traffic access or in other ways limiting and restricting the autonomous zone. While other Black voices were more militant, defended the notion of an autonomous zone, and challenged the more conservative Black organizers. Others were frustrated by the whole debate over the name and looked for a clearer strategic orientation for what to do with the precinct, the autonomous zone, and what could be won from the police. Part of this confusion was also because most of the established radical Black leadership was organizing elsewhere, putting their efforts into other mobilizations in the city.

Then people started shooting. On Juneteenth one man died after a fight in the CHOP. The next night there was another. And a few days later, yet another still. Several people were sent to the hospital in critical condition. While one victim said his assailants were white supremacists who were lurking near the space, most of the shootings stemmed from internal personal conflicts that spiraled into violence.

In the most recent days, Mayor Durkan and Chief Best have done their darndest to capitalize on the situation, calling for the occupants to voluntarily leave, marshalling conservative Black leadership for support, and waiting for people to disperse enough to get the precinct back. These are tense and troubling moments. Meanwhile, people in the zone cannot agree on strategy at this critical juncture. Some are arguing in favor of leaving, others, for holding the space at all costs.

[minus9818]

Pringles, Lydia, Muffy and Winthrop might seem like an unlikely quadrio and yet here we stand

Shout out to those two guys at the Seattle live show that got so excited to meet me and Winthrop. And also that one Aubrey that we aggressively asked to replace poor Winthrop's singed sleeve

[thrandilf]

I was here!

I've waited half a year for this live show to drop to get to share with you all and I'm so happy, it's a one-shot so even if you aren't familiar with TAZ I think you can still enjoy. It was a lot of fun!