The Panthers did free before school breakfast and after school babysitting and all sorts of actual community building like that. The PSL does protests and craft events and that's it. I guess providing consistent services is an order of magnitude more difficult than organizing marches but it just doesn't seem like the marches are getting us anywhere.

  • panopticon [comrade/them]
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    4 months ago

    The Revolutionary Blackout folks all do organizing as well, they feed people, give out clothes and other necessities, and are even building a community library. They're expressly following the example of Fred Hampton and the Panthers. So there's another podcast/YouTube channel that walks the walk.

    • NewLeaf
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      4 months ago

      I am unfamiliar. I'll give them a listen!

    • SpiderFarmer [he/him]
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      4 months ago

      Thanks for reminding me of that one. I enjoyed a few episodes before the Youtube algorithm buried it.