In Charlottesville, we didn't mask. Masking is a felony in VA, and the close ties between Nazis and LE made it risky. We had to go un-anon.https://twitter.com/zeynep/status/904686566404104193 …
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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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