BTW, keep an eye on international street protests: the Hard Lefties actively field-test in or learn from a variety of international markets. Plenty of Lefties have been checking out Hong Kong and would love to use those tactics here. I expect they will.
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Replying to @hradzka
What tactics? I'm kind of delighted by this trope of magic tactics in Hong Kong. Do tell!
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Replying to @Pinboard
Dude, you're the one who's been tweeting about them! Use of anonymous Bluetooth communications in large groups is one that I found particularly striking.
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Setting up tables of free protest supply shit (goggles, masks, etc) is another item I've seen American Lefties visiting Hong Kong be extremely jealous of (a great on-ramp!), not to mention the "leaderless" structure and coordination.
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Replying to @hradzka
The leaderless structure is a fascinating one because I don't think it can work in a different context. It depends heavily on three things—collective memory of failure in 2014, an absolutely unbending opponent, and a sense of civic duty that helps dampen extremist tactics
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I'll believe Hong Kong tactics can be exported when I see masked black bloc protesters with bricks and metal bars in hand walk through an entire upscale shopping district without breaking a single window, something so routine in HK no one even points it out
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Replying to @Pinboard
"Okay, first, have the black blocs made up entirely of people from Hong Kong, THEN --"
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Also way too many of them throw bricks underhand. It is a dark secret of the protests
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