About Me

Matthew Krishna’s life is a profound and multifaceted journey, deeply shaped by his intersectional heritage, personal trials, and an unwavering commitment to activism, philosophy, and justice. Matthew carries forward the legacy of his ancestors which speaks to the historical endurance and resilience of indentured laborers. This grounds Matthew’s perspective on life, emphasizing the sacredness of existence and the firm refusal to accept any form of progress that demands sacrifice through suffering or exploitation.

Matthew’s early experiences were marked by systemic challenges, including time spent in statutory out-of-home care (OOHC). His lived reality in OOHC revealed the paradox of protection versus control within institutional systems, where frameworks ostensibly designed to safeguard children could also become mechanisms for neglect and abuse. These experiences sharpened Matthew’s critical eye toward social systems and fueled his determination to advocate for those trapped in cycles of institutional violence and neglect.

This intimate confrontation with institutional power deeply informed Matthew’s activism. His work is marked by a radical commitment to dismantling oppressive systems—especially those rooted in capitalism, racism, sexism, homophobia, and other structural discriminations. He has engaged in grassroots organizing, campaigns for social justice, and intellectual movements that seek to amplify marginalized voices. His activism is not only about protest but about reimagining community, identity, and resistance in ways that honor complexity and intersectionality.

Having a distinctly anarcho-communist philosophy, Matthew’s work is enriched by a sophisticated engagement with thinkers such as Plato, Anne Feeney, Angela Davis, Marx, Dorothy Day, Dostoyevsky, and Sarah Ahmed, whose ideas frame his understanding of knowledge, ethics, and human suffering. Central to his thought is the concept of systems of oppression (SOOs) as "hyperobjects"—originally a term coined by philosopher Timothy Morton to describe entities so vast and distributed across time and space that they defy easy comprehension. Matthew extends this idea to describe the capitalist superstructure itself as a hyperobject: a sprawling, metaphysically tangible force that shapes everyday realities invisibly yet pervasively. This capitalist hyperobject is not just an economic system but a constellation of power, phantasm, ideology, and material relations that envelop individuals and societies, often rendering resistance fragmented or misunderstood. Going further so as to discribe the "organs" of the superstructure as hyperobjects in themselves which reinforce capitalistic hegemony.

Matthew views the capitalist superstructure’s hyperobjective nature as the root cause of many social ills—exploitation, alienation, environmental destruction—while also recognizing how acts often dismissed as “getting offended” or “being triggered” are, in fact, forms of agnotological bravery. These are moments where subjects attune themselves to the overwhelming presence of SOOs, acknowledging their impact and resisting the imposed ignorance that capitalism demands to maintain itself. Through this lens, Matthew’s activism becomes a project of radical awareness and refusal, an attempt to reclaim knowledge and agency from the vast, distributed machinery of capitalist oppression.

Despite barriers such as financial constraints and restrictions on movement, Matthew has maintained a steadfast dedication to education and political engagement. He rejects simplistic identities or reductionist labels, instead embracing the term “Communist Mutt” to signify a radical hybridity that challenges manifold orthodoxies, and celebrates the complexity of lived experience.

At the core of Matthew’s journey is a sacred belief that prioritizes the sanctity of life above all else. This conviction of his reflects a profound ethical stance: that no advancement or change is justifiable if it comes at the cost of even a single drop of blood. It is a radical affirmation of human dignity and a call to resist all forms of violence, systemic or otherwise.

Matthew Krishna’s life story is one of survival, critical reflection, and revolutionary hope. It is a continuous quest to expose and dismantle systems of oppression, reclaim identity and language, and forge new paths for community and justice. His story exemplifies how history, philosophy, and activism intertwine to create a powerful narrative of resilience and transformation in a world too often marked by violence, neglect, and alienation.