Lydia ConwellI was watching a video with Matt Kennard in it and he mentioned how during the rise in #fascism in both Italy and Germany, the right took advantage of the disenfranchised while the left was not well organised.
This is what's happening now in the US and UK and probably a lot of Europe.
I think about things like this and I think about the role of tech. I'm pretty certain for the left to be properly organised they need independent means of communication that are not corporate owned. The censorship on corporate platforms prevents meaningful discussion, and the left need safe spaces to says the things they need to say without fear of censorship or arrest.
I also think more organisation needs to be in the real world. That is, an actual network of people meeting regularly. And I think at first, this group would be better simply to quietly work out a strategy rather than to join protests and make noise.
But also, if a rise in fascism is coming and people's powers are diminished, there needs to be a strong counter force to that. A network of people ready to resist. And that needs to be outside of corporate channels.
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