I thought the Arab Spring taught us that Social Media isn’t the be all and end all. Mass media was hyping the Arab Spring as the first “social media revolution”, Mubarak was ousted, but the Army took over and then Morsi. Occupy Wall Street was the biggest leftist movement in America, maybe this will ignite something similar, but this time for fucks sakes, don’t let another Dem sheepdog like Sanders or AOC lead the masses back to the Dems.
That’s got nothing to do with it. As citizens of the biggest force of imperialism in the world, the PA and what they do is who you should be looking at.
Ok but imagine for a moment that someone is getting radicalized because of the shit health insurance industry. How does immediately jumping to talking about Palestine help that radicalization process? Guide them to groups that combine the Palestinian struggle with more broad based workers struggles. Start with the issues that effect their immediate material conditions and work outward from there by encouraging education and involvement in the org
I could see another one in the next few years. And then another, and another. The conditions are only going to become more likely for them. My worry is we get some neoliberal release valve rather than revolution. There’s a lot of clocks ticking right now and none of them are counting down to anything good.
Literally nothing has happened
People are talking, they’re mad, but nothing has happened
We’ve seen the rubber band get pulled and it’s snapping back into place
The real question is whether or not we’re going to actually get people to actually learn about why this was an inevitable act
I thought the Arab Spring taught us that Social Media isn’t the be all and end all. Mass media was hyping the Arab Spring as the first “social media revolution”, Mubarak was ousted, but the Army took over and then Morsi. Occupy Wall Street was the biggest leftist movement in America, maybe this will ignite something similar, but this time for fucks sakes, don’t let another Dem sheepdog like Sanders or AOC lead the masses back to the Dems.
Maybe an unpopular opinion but idk how organic the Arab spring really was. There’s US spooks up and down the social media companies.
Read If we burn for more! My reading group threads are still in /c/theory
It’s our job to guide people toward the PSL right now
Lol. More like PA.
More like AA, am I right fellas?
I always forget that not everyone is American
That’s got nothing to do with it. As citizens of the biggest force of imperialism in the world, the PA and what they do is who you should be looking at.
Ok but imagine for a moment that someone is getting radicalized because of the shit health insurance industry. How does immediately jumping to talking about Palestine help that radicalization process? Guide them to groups that combine the Palestinian struggle with more broad based workers struggles. Start with the issues that effect their immediate material conditions and work outward from there by encouraging education and involvement in the org
If we lived in Nazi Germany would you be trying to radicalize people to join a political party or to get involved in direct action?
Obviously they should join the kpd and do direct action, they’re not mutually exclusive
If?
I could see another one in the next few years. And then another, and another. The conditions are only going to become more likely for them. My worry is we get some neoliberal release valve rather than revolution. There’s a lot of clocks ticking right now and none of them are counting down to anything good.