Just a little reminder that the ruthlessness of repression we're seeing in the US is shaped by the memory of the George Floyd Uprising and that the entire society has spent four years actively building counterrevolutionary fervor

The Palestinian genocide's Dem support is an example of how far both parties will go to squash ANY movement that impacts GDP, military-industrial complex, energy, etc As the stakes grow, the boot won't be as relatively measured like it was when we protested the murder of random black/brown folks.

Also worth pointing out how much racist a lot of white men online have gotten against black people after BLM just because they felt that black people "wronged" them in some way.

The rise of the far right is based far more in backlash to social progress than anything else. But the idea that it's a new problem caused by foreign interference seems incredibly appealing to a lot of people.

There's a news story no one is writing which is the mobilization of the NYPD to prevent a summer 2020 from ever happening again.

People are gonna be so shocked when it sparks again and it's instantly HOT

I’m in the Bay Area this week, where Gaza protests shut down the Golden Gate and another major bridge. Afterward a local prosecutor came on the news talking about felony prosecutions and setting up tip lines. The viciousness is really stunning.