Where are the nationwide protests? The national strikes against the destruction of what is left of U.S. democracy? As for the eerie complacency of the Democrats, it is hardly surprising why there is such a huge loss of trust in the leadership of the Democratic Party.
On a weekend when we’re not disrupting anything. The defacto complaint is, “I can’t take time off work.” Sorry for the inconvenience. Then the next most common excuse is, “Nobody shows up during weekday protests.” Well, shit. Sorry for your democracy. See you next time we put up clever signs on a Saturday.
We need to organize.
We need to organize.
We need to organize.
Organization is hard. Mobilization is easy.
Kwame Ture convinced King to include Vietnam in his stance against the government when most people said that it would be a mistake. Ture marched with King. He helped organize the Million and More March on DC. He was an authority on protest and civil disobedience… but I think it’s time to be uncivil.
https://www.itsinscope.com/research-internal/2020/10/31/kwame-ture-organisation-vs-mobilisation
Edit: Downvoting because this upsets you? Good. You’re part of the problem. WE NEED TO FIGHT. You can stay home if you’re clutching your pearls.
“Do it my way or it’s not good enough.”
Nah, dude. Do it half-assed and it’s not good enough. You can do whatever you want, but if you want change, anything less will be defeated.
You can’t protest from the comfort of your living room.
What tips, in your experience, can you give everyone in achieving those relentless weekday protests you’ve been doing? Any mutual aid orgs you can point people to in order to pay bills and take care of children and not lose their job and health insurance? Or for the seniors that need safe transportation? We’re all ears. Seems like mass weekend protests should be pretty doable for most folks unless you’ve got some other trick we can all use.
Gatekeeping resistance will surely work out for the best.
Okay, buddy. As you wish. You’ll surely defeat the fascists with that go get 'em attitude.
Here’s the thing: nothing is going to effect change at this point short of civil war, and that doesn’t “just happen all of a sudden.” There’s going to have to be a period of civil unrest ahead of that, where some people - maybe you - are going to do legally questionable things. Setting fire to Teslas is already happening.
For civil unrest to progress to actual change, the few people who start it are going to have to get away with it. In order to do that, those people are going to need lower level support from other people, like looking the other way, not talking to
copsbastards, providing places to hide, providing materials. Eventually, those lower level things are going to have to develop into supply chain logistics, producing rations, medical supplies, 3dp weapons, all sorts of things I’m not even thinking of.But someone else might think of important and necessary things, and we want them to participate when they do. Being a dick about how other people “aren’t doing it the right way” (according to you) today will have a quieting effect on their desperately needed participation.
The more people who are pulling in generally the same direction, the better off we’ll all be, whether a particular individual is pulling a little or a lot or exactly the way you think they should.
So yeah, any way someone wants to pull in the direction of defeating fascism is welcome. Because it’s going to take a lot of people, a long time, and bloodshed.