There's several international dynamics happening around the rebellion in the United States that I think are interesting. This thread will be based around people, not states, because geopolitics is a discipline full of charlatans

First: it's clear that the rebellion has captured the attention of the world. The US is the empire, and everyone pays attention when something happens there. This obviously doesn't take away from the justice of the cause, but there's been several different reactions I've seen

Racism and state violence are (unfortunately) global phenomena, and people in other countries seem to be reacting in different ways. Many Europeans and Canadians have had the worst reactions, acting like things are worse in the US than in their countries

But guys: the US isn't *any more racist* than your countries, it's just somewhat more self-aware about the fact that it's racist. Fuck Europe. There was a genocide on European soil *in my lifetime* and y'all need to take a long look in the mirror

Others have used the rebellion to draw attention to local problems with racism: there's Colombian activists who've been trying to use the interest in the rebellion to draw attention to the case of an Afro-Colombian trans woman who died after being denied medical care, for example

Finally, there's people who are committed activists in their own countries, but who've said ignorant shit about the rebellion. But how well do Americans know the politics of other countries? How easy is it to say ignorant shit in left spaces about Hong Kong, Syria, Venezuela?

Spoiler alert: very easy.

Their ignorant comments - which should obviously be condemned - have their mirror in the ignorant comments about social movements in other countries made by people in the American left. The fact is, we all need to be better internationalists

If you hate the Resistance Liberals who say it's all a Russian plot, think the next time you see someone say that the Hong Kong protests are all a CIA plot, get just as mad at them. The fact is it's not really possible to create a major social movement by paying people

And if there's certain slogans in, say, Venezuela that make you hesitate to show solidarity with those facing state repression there, try to think if there's any slogans people use in the US that might come off as insensitive in other countries (spoiler alert: there's a lot)

In any case, the international impact largely seems to be good: many people are consuming it as spectacle, but rebellions are also contagious, and watching the leader of the empire cower is always a beautiful sight. For those in the streets, stay safe out there