This meant that tactics had to change. We had permits for adjacent parks. Cameras and livestreams to document even when things were mundane.
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There was no black bloc in Cville. No masking. No traditional tactics. We had to stay above board even tho it meant a ton of risk.
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The end result: the Nazis did what they were gonna do--cause violence--without provocation.
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In the light of mass surveillance, protest tactics have to change. In Cville we turned that surveillance aspect against the Nazis.
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It was unambiguous. Modern anti-fascism is going to have to look like letting the fascists lose by their own rules.
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In a crowded protest, that pulls a bunch of unwilling people into a fight they're not prepared or trained to survive.
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Use the right tool for the job. Sometimes that's violence, sometimes that's getting all of them fired or their businesses boycotted.
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That's why we start with the low-hanging fruit. And now they're afraid to organize in public.
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