[I originally posted this in chapotraphouse, but it was deleted for being “pro-cop” even though that very much wasn’t the case. (I believe PSL was actually involved in organizing the protest if I’m not mistaken.) The mod that deleted it openly broke the sectarian rule too.]
Been seeing a lot of people hating on what the protest marshals did during the pro-Gaza protests at the DNC and I feel they definitely did the right thing. Instigating stuff like going up against the cops under the guise of “revolutionary” action just gets a lot of people arrested and doesn’t accomplish anything.
EDIT: Users who were present at the protests have said, counter to what is claimed in the screenshot, that the protest marshals did NOT call for the police. Thank you for clearing this up, comrades!
You’re right – these are baby steps. But when you have no existing, large organization, the way you start building one is… baby steps.
If a genocide can’t push America beyond the baby steps it’s been walking for decades now I really struggle to empathize with anyone that thinks protests should continue to be peaceful. I don’t think there’s any pride in a protest that serves as an impotent release of our rage that we should be doing much more with, it’s like we treat americans as if they’re taking their first steps everytime they walk and are surprised when the don’t move onto running