Also, whatever you think of this action (I happen to be against it because it's illegal.), acknowledge that mobilizing this many people is the result of invisible forms of organizing, not neccesarily legible to the "left" whose traditions cross-polinate with the professionalized activism of ngos, labor unions and political parties.

It's just a shame that it was expressed this way. We need major social democratic reforms and avenues for disenfranchised people to exercise political power so these kinds of desperate actions don't disrupt our lives.

The provocative title is a way to call attention to the ways that overseas reporting and domestic reporting on social conflict differ. A detournament of imperialist propaganda if you will.

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[–] sooper_dooper_roofer@hexbear.net 15 points 2 years ago (1 children)

and more opportunistic than political.

it's obviously political, otherwise it wouldn't happen right after a police shooting

oh wait there's so many police shootings that it's impossible to observe any causality with them isn't there

[–] 420blazeit69@hexbear.net 10 points 2 years ago

That could mean it's political, or it could mean people anticipate a chaotic situation and see a chance to grab something. There's almost certainly some of both, so the question is what's the prevailing reason.