After seeing so many protest lines getting scattered by organised charges from these cops I have to say it feels real good to see the people actually pissed off enough to FIGHT instead of simply running. This is the power of an actually radical crowd.
These people have made that much extremely clear tonight. It's extremely interesting to see the difference that a simple change in mindset does from "hold the line" to "we are taking these streets they are ours".
If you look at Portland and previous clashes, the mindset of the protesters can best be described as "hold our ground and our protest". That differs very much to the mindset being displayed tonight in Philly, these people are taking their streets back and it makes a very fundamental difference in the way the clashes are conducted. It is purposeful and they are wholly committed to the goal of sending them off, not simply standing in the street opposite them and clashing a few times.
There's definitely some sort of change in mindset that protesters have to go through. A pipeline if you like.
Lib standing at side looking shocked and running away when the cops attack peaceful protesters for no reason.
Standing in line and getting beaten.
Shield wall. Breaking down at first charge because whole crowd starts running and really had no commitment to keeping the line.
Mild fightbacks. But still being displaced.
No more fucks given. Goal is to displace the police. Take the streets back.
This feels like it is a process to me. That there is a difference in effectiveness of tactics based on the mindset of the group and tactics should be built around whatever stage the current group appears to be in.
I am guessing that a couple more stages down the line you get to the part where people are stacking furniture across the roads for multiple blocks, hoisting up red flags and categorically demanding self rule of their area. I can only hypothesise on that though because I haven't actually seen it. We're essentially going through a learning process that every other revolutionary movement must have also gone through.
I wish we could pick the brains of previous revolutionaries who saw the same processes first hand. I wish these weird details and extremely specific pieces of knowledge were better documented.
Riot cops sent running for the hills
After seeing so many protest lines getting scattered by organised charges from these cops I have to say it feels real good to see the people actually pissed off enough to FIGHT instead of simply running. This is the power of an actually radical crowd.
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These people have made that much extremely clear tonight. It's extremely interesting to see the difference that a simple change in mindset does from "hold the line" to "we are taking these streets they are ours".
If you look at Portland and previous clashes, the mindset of the protesters can best be described as "hold our ground and our protest". That differs very much to the mindset being displayed tonight in Philly, these people are taking their streets back and it makes a very fundamental difference in the way the clashes are conducted. It is purposeful and they are wholly committed to the goal of sending them off, not simply standing in the street opposite them and clashing a few times.
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There's definitely some sort of change in mindset that protesters have to go through. A pipeline if you like.
Lib standing at side looking shocked and running away when the cops attack peaceful protesters for no reason.
Standing in line and getting beaten.
Shield wall. Breaking down at first charge because whole crowd starts running and really had no commitment to keeping the line.
Mild fightbacks. But still being displaced.
No more fucks given. Goal is to displace the police. Take the streets back.
This feels like it is a process to me. That there is a difference in effectiveness of tactics based on the mindset of the group and tactics should be built around whatever stage the current group appears to be in.
I am guessing that a couple more stages down the line you get to the part where people are stacking furniture across the roads for multiple blocks, hoisting up red flags and categorically demanding self rule of their area. I can only hypothesise on that though because I haven't actually seen it. We're essentially going through a learning process that every other revolutionary movement must have also gone through.
I wish we could pick the brains of previous revolutionaries who saw the same processes first hand. I wish these weird details and extremely specific pieces of knowledge were better documented.
The gang takes back the streets