The protests changed me in a lot of ways. One way was, I was by no means a class reductionist before. But the protests really woke me up to the real struggles of oppressed communities in the US and importantly, the revolutionary potential in those communities. I remember listening to Rev Left in my car and had to pull over for a minute to absorb it when Breht said something to the effect of "what did white socialists in America ever give us?! Bernie Sanders!? Fuck that! The real revolutionary potential is with oppressed communities."

  • Tripbin [none/use name]
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    3 years ago

    Also fuck megaphones. I don't care who's speaking atm. Grab that shit, smash it, and run. Even if it's a commrade that was using it within 3 minutes some dipshit lib or infiltrating little pig will take it over and completely defuse the tension and then the crowd gets gassed. It's was devistatingly depressing to see them do this simple tactic in multiple cities night after night.

    One that always comes to mind was during the first week or first few days of the protests they had some cops shitting their pants outside their building and the crowd was vibing and spitting vitriol at them rightfully so. Then some random guy just comes and grabs the megaphone and starts talking about how we need to calm down and be peaceful and open dialogue with the police. The police then start talking with him and the crowd chills out. As soon as the cops saw the crowd chill they unleashed a hell of tear gas and rubber bullets.

    DO NOT TRUST ANYONE ON A MEGAPHONE THEY WILL MOST LIKLEY GET YOU SHOT OR GASSED OR KETTLED AND THEN ARRESTED