You're right in that this is more or less inevitable when slogans are put forth by a patchwork of organisations and unorganised people, and that we are in a better terrain for organising around these issues than we were prior to the unrest. Still, I just wish there was more clear programmatic unity around what reforms could actually be achieved in this moment.
I've seen "defund the police" be "implemented" in places by decreasing the annual bump to the PDs budget by like 10% or something and then the liberal and opportunist organisations claim this as a victory and by then there isn't any momentum to take it any further. At this point this has nothing to do with your original post, but seeing the slogan just reminded me how much I hate how well the protests have been recuperated and I felt I had to rant lol
You're right in that this is more or less inevitable when slogans are put forth by a patchwork of organisations and unorganised people, and that we are in a better terrain for organising around these issues than we were prior to the unrest. Still, I just wish there was more clear programmatic unity around what reforms could actually be achieved in this moment.
I've seen "defund the police" be "implemented" in places by decreasing the annual bump to the PDs budget by like 10% or something and then the liberal and opportunist organisations claim this as a victory and by then there isn't any momentum to take it any further. At this point this has nothing to do with your original post, but seeing the slogan just reminded me how much I hate how well the protests have been recuperated and I felt I had to rant lol