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Bernie Sanders

villager

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16. exactly right on all counts, NB

Reply to nashville_brook (Reply #15)

Fri Aug 14, 2015, 12:59 AM

Aug 2015

The activist community was small -- we all kept together via gatherings, self-published newsletters, mailing lists, etc., and we "knew of each other" doing similar work, in far-flung communities.

And yes, even folks who should've known better allowed the FBI to shape their narrative of what those "crazy" activists were like.

And people are astonishingly naive if they think -- should an activist movement now get anywhere near successful -- that it won't happen again.

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I've supported BLM since the beginning, and I support Bernie now. Here's some thoughts... [View all] nashville_brook Aug 2015 OP

Factionalization is the goal of the elites, and they achieve it with seemingly little effort villager Aug 2015 #1

those of us who've been doing this awhile recognize the signs of manipulation nashville_brook Aug 2015 #2

Saw the same thing(s) in eco-organizing in the 80's villager Aug 2015 #3

yep, that's where i started in the 80s nashville_brook Aug 2015 #5

Don't forget Judi, indeed villager Aug 2015 #14

even before the internet - or maybe b/c it was before it -- the activist community nashville_brook Aug 2015 #15

exactly right on all counts, NB villager Aug 2015 #16

Thank you, sister. n/t Admiral Loinpresser Aug 2015 #4

very nice post tk2kewl Aug 2015 #6

i can't help but think we're going to see fewer white allies at BLM actions nashville_brook Aug 2015 #7

yeah, that does suck tk2kewl Aug 2015 #8

some conversations give me great hope. others not so much...but nashville_brook Aug 2015 #11

We need each other. No one group azmom Aug 2015 #9

solidarity is the only way we'll win nashville_brook Aug 2015 #10

It's hard enough during peace time, but azmom Aug 2015 #12

wow! amen! nashville_brook Aug 2015 #13