This post doesn't need 300+ fucking comments. I'll just say this:
Unless your rally is willing enough to engage in rioting or other forms of illegalism and adventurism, then it's nothing more than a glorified parade and a recruitment drive for the orgs that organized the event. This is regardless of whether the rally is a Sanders rally or a pro-Ukraine rally or the "bad" anti-war rally or the "good" anti-war rally. The George Floyd riots were effective precisely because they were just that: riots. Not every BLM rally in 2020 became riots, but it's the threat of rioting that kept the pigs on their toes. Once the ops came in to sabotage the rallies from within as part of a counterinsurgency strategy, then the rallies became glorified parades and hence useless.
True though parades are useful if you get names and make lists at them.
Basically libs like these displays and this is one way to reach them. You can also use it as an opportunity for name recognition: oh hey, X Org was at the protest! They are anti-war ans the person I talked to was pretty chill.
This post doesn't need 300+ fucking comments. I'll just say this:
Unless your rally is willing enough to engage in rioting or other forms of illegalism and adventurism, then it's nothing more than a glorified parade and a recruitment drive for the orgs that organized the event. This is regardless of whether the rally is a Sanders rally or a pro-Ukraine rally or the "bad" anti-war rally or the "good" anti-war rally. The George Floyd riots were effective precisely because they were just that: riots. Not every BLM rally in 2020 became riots, but it's the threat of rioting that kept the pigs on their toes. Once the ops came in to sabotage the rallies from within as part of a counterinsurgency strategy, then the rallies became glorified parades and hence useless.
agree whole heartily, i do think these do serve a purpose of unifying colations together for a specific cause, if used well.
True though parades are useful if you get names and make lists at them.
Basically libs like these displays and this is one way to reach them. You can also use it as an opportunity for name recognition: oh hey, X Org was at the protest! They are anti-war ans the person I talked to was pretty chill.