• nul42@lemmy.ca
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    3 days ago

    The message is that peaceful protests that don’t involve property damage, and major disruption to business don’t warrant respect or attention in America.

    • b161@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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      3 days ago

      Within a capitalist system no one is going to pay any attention until you distrust the flow of capital in one form or another: stop traffic so people can’t go to work, shut down businesses, strike, slow down at work, target a CEO home, call in sick en masse.

      Why would anyone pay attention if you’re just standing in a park holding signs?

      • Fredthefishlord@lemmy.blahaj.zone
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        16 hours ago

        Boycott boycott boycott. The most effective methods are strikes. But we need a higher level of organization for that, something I’m not seeing