As US President Donald Trump gears up for the first major military parade in the US in decades, protesters are planning "No Kings" events all over the country on Saturday.
This one should be boring. We want to simply make a show of numbers. That we outnumber them. And the implied warning. We are looking to gain recruits from the apathetic center by denying the accusation of “wild socialists and anarchists”.
If this day’s protest is ignored, (or put down with violence), then the next time we burn it all down.
I hear the spirit of what you’re saying, and don’t oppose it with any venom, but I also think that it would take a smaller number of privileged liberals getting shot with rubber bullets to create massive outrage than revolutionary leftists. It will be cool if things can work with just a warning dire warning of numbers, but it will also be incredibly useful to the cause if the cops fuck this one up.
I don’t say this lightly, my own mother will be there and I would never want her to be hurt, but I also know how much it would motivate her bourgeois friends if she experienced even a waft of teargas. Much like republicans, centrists are most strongly motivated when circumstances hit them directly.
My personal threat assessment for the protest I’m going to is “bring snacks, electrolyte freeze pops, water, ice packs, ear plugs, first aid kit, and saline solution”.
The only thing listed that wouldn’t take to, say, a summer pride event is the saline solution.
This one should be boring. We want to simply make a show of numbers. That we outnumber them. And the implied warning. We are looking to gain recruits from the apathetic center by denying the accusation of “wild socialists and anarchists”.
If this day’s protest is ignored, (or put down with violence), then the next time we burn it all down.
Agreed?
I’m going to hopefully find other anarchists in my area. It’s lonely out here
I hear the spirit of what you’re saying, and don’t oppose it with any venom, but I also think that it would take a smaller number of privileged liberals getting shot with rubber bullets to create massive outrage than revolutionary leftists. It will be cool if things can work with just a warning dire warning of numbers, but it will also be incredibly useful to the cause if the cops fuck this one up.
I don’t say this lightly, my own mother will be there and I would never want her to be hurt, but I also know how much it would motivate her bourgeois friends if she experienced even a waft of teargas. Much like republicans, centrists are most strongly motivated when circumstances hit them directly.
My personal threat assessment for the protest I’m going to is “bring snacks, electrolyte freeze pops, water, ice packs, ear plugs, first aid kit, and saline solution”.
The only thing listed that wouldn’t take to, say, a summer pride event is the saline solution.
Additional suggestions: face mask, gloves, sharpie, sunscreen. None are large or heavy.
I’m inexperienced, what is the sharpie for?
Good calls, thanks.
That’s my understanding of the gameplan