• ssjmarx [he/him]
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    3 years ago

    How is it that I haven't even heard of this until now?

    Was there an "American Spring" of CHAZ-style neighborhood takeovers all across the US that got censored or something?

    • HumanBehaviorByBjork [any, undecided]
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      3 years ago

      Even the local paper, the Star Tribune, has only reported on George Floyd Square to say that the Mayor is planning to clear it out, always with quotes from the poor little local small business owners who are losing customers because no one walks.

      • notthenameiwant [he/him]
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        3 years ago

        The Star Tribune is owned by Glen Taylor, billionaire ghoul who owns the local sports teams (except the Vikings for now, must be out of his price range). Right wing paper only covering things like this if they have to. I remember the struggle to get them to cover anything related to Line 3.

    • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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      3 years ago

      There totally was, and it got censored and destroyed for obvious reasons. Remember, the capitalist establishment wants you to think that better things aren't possible. There was one in my community that never got press, too.

        • wtypstanaccount04 [he/him]
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          3 years ago

          Mine was only in my neighborhood, but never got any press at all. (I'm also not doxxing myself). There were several around the country, including Richmond, VA, Philly, NYC, Portland, Seattle, Minneapolis, Olympia, and Bellingham. These varied from full autonomous zones to occupied areas with demands. They all got press, but I'm certain there were many, many more.

          • NeverGoOutside [any]
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            3 years ago

            also atlanta: https://crimethinc.com/2021/05/19/we-are-now-the-story-of-an-armed-no-cop-zone-in-atlanta-a-documentary-film

    • NeverGoOutside [any]
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      3 years ago

      there is a new 20 minute documentary about the one that happened in Atlanta: https://crimethinc.com/2021/05/19/we-are-now-the-story-of-an-armed-no-cop-zone-in-atlanta-a-documentary-film

      • Tyreup [none/use name]
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        3 years ago

        Do they talk about the 8 year old getting shot up and killed there on July 4?

        I knew people who backed off of RBPC as soon as that happened.