It’s going to take a collectively outwardly aggressive movement, in the spirit of the armed Black Panther party.
You are emphasizing the aggressive portion of it, but I think Americans still need work on the collectively. “Get armed or get out” isn’t going to get you far in building a movement. For example, if Alex Pretti was alone and not recorded by a mass of other non-violent protestors at the time of his gang murder by ICE, the propaganda that Pretti was looking to shoot them first would stick a lot longer. Gun for gun, ICE’s budget for weapons per agent is a lot larger than even the most kitted out Black Panther. It’s already stupid the amount of weapons they have stockpiled against peaceful protest. If violence becomes the only way to win as you believe, ICE will put out a purchase order for a few LRADs or other “less-lethal” technologies that will make it hard for organized armed resistance to hold a gun straight. And further, at the first sign the administration can muster up a flimsy excuse to do a “MOVE bombing”, they certainly will.
Elections are state level, and while the fascists and gestapos are trying over and over to take it over from the states, so far it’s not working out. The MN boycott and national day of action happened last month and I don’t think they are saying “mission accomplished, we don’t need to do anything else” in response to 2000 of 3000 federal thugs sticking around. Various other groups are also organizing, like the supporters of Haitian refugees in Ohio, who will use these moments to organize and over the next few months become part of a national resistance network. Then there will be more options for aggressive and non-aggressive tactics.
You are emphasizing the aggressive portion of it, but I think Americans still need work on the collectively. “Get armed or get out” isn’t going to get you far in building a movement. For example, if Alex Pretti was alone and not recorded by a mass of other non-violent protestors at the time of his gang murder by ICE, the propaganda that Pretti was looking to shoot them first would stick a lot longer. Gun for gun, ICE’s budget for weapons per agent is a lot larger than even the most kitted out Black Panther. It’s already stupid the amount of weapons they have stockpiled against peaceful protest. If violence becomes the only way to win as you believe, ICE will put out a purchase order for a few LRADs or other “less-lethal” technologies that will make it hard for organized armed resistance to hold a gun straight. And further, at the first sign the administration can muster up a flimsy excuse to do a “MOVE bombing”, they certainly will.
Elections are state level, and while the fascists and gestapos are trying over and over to take it over from the states, so far it’s not working out. The MN boycott and national day of action happened last month and I don’t think they are saying “mission accomplished, we don’t need to do anything else” in response to 2000 of 3000 federal thugs sticking around. Various other groups are also organizing, like the supporters of Haitian refugees in Ohio, who will use these moments to organize and over the next few months become part of a national resistance network. Then there will be more options for aggressive and non-aggressive tactics.