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Don& #39;t let anyone tell you the liberal co-option of the #chaz
is a strike for decentralized organizing.
Centralization, a couple moderate figures forming a "leadership", is exactly how shit got co-opted. Fuck everyone who sees themselves as a leader in a mass movement
is a strike for decentralized organizing.
Centralization, a couple moderate figures forming a "leadership", is exactly how shit got co-opted. Fuck everyone who sees themselves as a leader in a mass movement
If there& #39;s one lesson to learn from CHAZ, it& #39;s that we have to kick out any & #39;activists& #39; pushing moderation immediately from our spaces and movement.
Don& #39;t let leaders into leaderless spaces. Kick them out by any means necessary.
Don& #39;t let leaders into leaderless spaces. Kick them out by any means necessary.
i& #39;ve seen this same cycle happen many times before
- radical movement forms without leadership
- "moderate" activists make themselves known, bring megaphones and start acting like leaders
- people unfamiliar with protest begin following them
-initial radicalism is lost
- radical movement forms without leadership
- "moderate" activists make themselves known, bring megaphones and start acting like leaders
- people unfamiliar with protest begin following them
-initial radicalism is lost
But don& #39;t think of a project failing as a bad thing. Imagine a prototype plane going further and further each time it& #39;s tested- it lasting a little longer before failing is a success of that test. Each test shows us a little bit of what works and what doesn& #39;t.
For instance, CHAZ has helped show us the importance of branding to spreading a radical message - just the name CHAZ inspired a shitton of radical folks all over the world, and judging by the president& #39;s tweets, scared the everlasting shit out of the ruling class.
We can also see parts where it failed: when conflict slowed with the cops, it devolved into a street fair and allowed liberal activists to co-opt the protest away from its roots in resistance against SPD and abolitionism.
I feel this means it& #39;s important to maintain conflict.
I feel this means it& #39;s important to maintain conflict.
