Having seen Germany, and having seen the US: the US is not Germany and the US needs to stop trying to mimic European approaches and develop its own. Which the US Black activist community has already done.https://twitter.com/persimmonfacts/status/1022024021129539586 …
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I watched a bike demo yesterday absolutely gridlock Kotti. The US doesn't achieve European numbers even in its biggest cities. We need to stop using tactics that rely on those kind of numbers and start working on tactics that build those kind of numbers.
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US laws are different. Its police are different. It's relationship with protest is different. Its cultural memory of the permanence of the state is COMPLETELY different.
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Over here, if you mention to someone that you're going to a demo to oppose AfD you have a fucking menu to choose from. "Oh are you going with the greens or Die Linke or antifa or...?"
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We don't do great at coalition building in the US.
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