I'm not sure it's just the shift in funding, after the antiwar protests of the 1960s colleges across America invested extremely heavily in anti-protest infrastructure including changing the design of campus buildings and spaces to impede organizing. They've been preparing for half a century
Kind of hard to square "the power of antiwar protest is waning" with the fact that every institution in the country brought the hammers down on every single antiwar protest that happened this year. The powers being protested sure seem worried!
I'm antiwar, but humans are going to resolve things how humans have always resolved things: periods of abject horror in war, followed by a repulsion of war as a method of doing business. It's sad that it only took 4 generations to forget about the horror. That's how long war lasts.
Sticking with fantastic Asian rock/metal, Wagakki Band is easily my favorite Japanese band. Basically anyone who can shred on traditional instruments like this is hitting all of my happy buttons. The noh motif in this video and the antiwar lyrics make it even cooler. www.youtube.com/watch?v=K_xT...
YouTube video by avex
Fun fact about me is I worked on an antiwar Green Party campaign against DeLauro back around the turn of the century. Few remember that she was quite hawkish on the Iraq war at first, our campaign was successful in moving her position on it.
A thread showing one way social media can be dangerous to you. A provocateur, taking advantage of an ordinary person's frustration about events, makes a semi-cloaked call for violence hoping you'll agree. Re: last night's thread on a NYC antiwar protest where police knocked a woman unconscious.
Bernie Sanders is supporting Momodou Taal who Cornell University has practically promised to deport for taking part in a noisy and nonviolent antiwar protest. I hope more pressure can be brought to bear on this absurd singling out of a sober, thoughtful Black Muslim student. x.com/BernieSander...
Like, i would probably watch this movie/dream. Its a weird mishmash of genres and imagery with an antiwar/war is horror message with what would have been pretty wild practical effects and horror makeup. Idk
Will police be less vicious with antiwar protesters since the cop-mayor is being indicted? Nope! I've never seen this tactic. From behind on the sidewalk, driving bikes into people. Cops hit. Keep moving. Violence with no arrest = no paper trail. Isabelle L. does great work. x.com/isabelle_ley...
25 protesters were arrested this morning as they stood in netanyahu’s motorcade’s route to the UN: instagram.com/reel/DAYcMlJO1ix/?igsh=Nmh3bXc5aW9kNTd5 there’s another protest on the steps of the main library in bryant park at 3pm today.
