Micah White: "I believe it is very important never to protest directly against the police. Because the police are actually made to absorb protest – the objective of the police is to dissipate your energy in protesting them so you'll let alone the most sensitive parts of the repressive regime in which we live: politicians and big corporations. We must #protest more deeply."

https://www.occupy.com/article/protest-broken-co-creator-occupy-wall-street-calls-new-mental-shift #strikes #quotes #policeViolence #politicalPhilosophy #violence #institutions #police #militancy

An Amnesty International guide entitled "Staying Resilient While Trying to Save the World / A Well-Being Workbook for Youth Activists": https://www.amnesty.org/en/latest/campaigns/2021/01/well-being-workbook-shows-how-happiness-and-activism-can-co-exist/

#resource #brochure #selfDefence #militancy #militants #activism #activists #mentalHealth #wellBeing #resiliency

"Anti-oppression, civil rights, and decolonization struggles clearly reveal that if resistance is even slightly effective, the people who struggle are in danger. The choice is not between danger and safety, but between the uncertain dangers of revolt and the certainty of continued violence, deprivation, and death."

~ Kate Khatib, in "We are Many: Reflections on Movement Strategy from Occupation to Liberation", 2012, via @RhinosWorryMe 🧵

#struggle #struggles #liberation #revolt #resource #selfDefence #militancy #militants #activism #activists #mentalHealth #safety #resiliency #quotes #resistance #personalSafety #stateViolence #violence #KateKhatib #risks

A push for new automation may be redirected to the workers’ well-being. Funneling must be done by workers actively involved. Here is a win: https://www.bloodinthemachine.com/p/yes-the-striking-dockworkers-were

#dockWorkers #workers #success #strike #win #labour #labor #organizing #unions #struggle #struggles #militancy #militants #activism #activists #safety #resiliency #personalSafety #collectiveSafety #risks #dockers #Longshoremen #Luddites #AIRisks #work

What NGOs like Greenpeace ultimately offer, according to @ClementSenechal, is “environmentalism as spectacle.”

'Of particular interest is Sénéchal’s treatment of the past and present of Greenpeace. Quite visibly at odds with his former employer, the author takes Greenpeace as representative of the decadence of official environmentalism. Eschewing a coherent critique of the environmental crisis, organizations like Greenpeace, according to Sénéchal, are more devoted to agitprop demonstrations and photo ops better geared to satisfying activist egos rather than advancing strategic goals.

'These contradictions were apparent from the 1970s':
https://jacobin.com/2025/03/environmentalism-climate-activism-ngos-policy

@climate 🧵

#activism #spectacle #environmentalism #book #agitprop #joy #career #struggle #struggles #liberation #demonstrations #militancy #militants #activism #activists #protests #politicalPhilosophy #institutionsDeceive #politics #lobbying #lobbies

“If we want to be able to see what’s happening, we’ll have to be in the front”

"Police hate to be outflanked—they can’t risk being surrounded themselves."

https://crimethinc.com/2025/01/28/its-safer-in-the-front-taking-the-offensive-against-tyranny

#fear #frontLine #struggles #Bush #GeorgeWBush #IraqWar #comrades #collectives #crowdManagement #WashingtonDC #anarchists #antiFascists #territory #kettling #responsibility #tearGas #agency #demos #demonstrations #protests