I’d argue that at the stage we’re at in the west, it’s most important to educate people and combining that with material support networks such as mutual aid groups. Burning cop cars and court houses isn’t really going to achieve much of anything in the grand scheme of things. Without an organized movement, it just ends up being people lashing out in ad hoc fashion. Something along the lines of Rainbow Coalition that Fred Hampton was building would be good to see.
The “burning cop cars and court houses” stuff is kind of the problem though. It’s just mindless adventurism. It’s not actually fighting the system, it’s someone being the hero fighting the system. It’s self-aggrandizing. It doesn’t help any left wing causes really. It either hurts innocent civilians (and turns the public against your cause) or causes the state to crack down harder on your movement. Actual, organised action is what is needed, not adventurism. Though to their credit, I’ve seen plenty of anarchists in the west organise too though.
I’d argue that at the stage we’re at in the west, it’s most important to educate people and combining that with material support networks such as mutual aid groups. Burning cop cars and court houses isn’t really going to achieve much of anything in the grand scheme of things. Without an organized movement, it just ends up being people lashing out in ad hoc fashion. Something along the lines of Rainbow Coalition that Fred Hampton was building would be good to see.
The “burning cop cars and court houses” stuff is kind of the problem though. It’s just mindless adventurism. It’s not actually fighting the system, it’s someone being the hero fighting the system. It’s self-aggrandizing. It doesn’t help any left wing causes really. It either hurts innocent civilians (and turns the public against your cause) or causes the state to crack down harder on your movement. Actual, organised action is what is needed, not adventurism. Though to their credit, I’ve seen plenty of anarchists in the west organise too though.
absolutely
The angry, feeling leftist in me loves the sound of adventurism.
The critical, thinking leftist in me knows better than to let that comrade out.
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