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Complex systems, wicked problems. Society, technology, science and more. @UNC professor. @NYTimes columnist. My newsletter is @insight: http://www.theinsight.org 

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    1. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017

      The grave—global—threat is fascism and authoritarianism consolidating state power. Need to link the power of protest to countering *that*.

      17 replies 750 retweets 1,877 likes
    2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017
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      German Nazis consolidated power not because they weren't opposed in the streets—they were—but because of strategic weakness of opposition.

      22 replies 295 retweets 656 likes
    3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017
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      And once they consolidated state power they could crush the opposition—streets couldn't win against state violence —and carry out genocide.

      3 replies 112 retweets 331 likes
    4. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017
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      Most Western left has never faced full violence of the state. I wish we taught the 1930s. It wasn't lack of street fighting. The opposite.

      10 replies 193 retweets 550 likes
    5. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017
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      Advocating strategic, long-term thinking isn't from naiveté or not being radical enough. Romanticizing short-sighted tactics is the naïveté.

      7 replies 209 retweets 704 likes
      zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017

      I've protested my whole life. Protests have real power. But realism and long-term thinking about linking them to deeper organizing is key.

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        2. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017
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          Plainly: historically, anything that looks like street brawls helps fascists consolidate power. "Many sides" is their core tactic. Works. +

          14 replies 370 retweets 818 likes
        3. zeynep tufekci‏Verified account @zeynep 20 Aug 2017
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          Not an argument for not protecting the vulnerable. The opposite. Such protection needs to be strong, strategic and disciplined. Hard game.

          5 replies 86 retweets 354 likes
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        1. Matthew Burton‏ @matthewburton 20 Aug 2017
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          Which organization in the U.S. has shown the most promise in this regard?

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        1. Maxcina Jones 🧢 ☂‏ @Bigeeta_Jones 20 Aug 2017
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          Exactly! What #activism needs now is #strategic #targeting w/#long_term #goals & #realchange in mind! More #creativity & #guerrillatactics!

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        1. Ricky Allen‏ @nellaykcir 21 Aug 2017
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          If you people worked for a living, you wouldn't have time to do protesting.

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        1. Tim‏ @OtherSideReflec 26 Aug 2017
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          What I don't see here: What does this deeper organizing look like in real-world terms? What are the steps & what are the visible outcomes?

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