Reply To: Group activism ideas

[Anonymous]

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Hi All

I’ve been reading Antifa: The Anti-Fascist Handbook recently. Its written by the guy that organised Occupy Wallstreet. Its got a part in it that I’ll quote here:

“The Strategy is no longer for party militants [on the right] to occupy the streets, but for spokespeople to occupy televisions screens.

Street anti-fascism (demonstration, marches, etc.) today is at an impasse: either it confronts extreme right groups that are politically insignificant, but physically dangerous; or it tries to confront organizations that are politically significant and finds its faced with parties that are not only absent from the streets, but are by this point well integrated into the political game, sustained by law enforcement, and perceived as legitimate by the population.

The only way to respond to the rise of mainstream far-right parties it to transform into a concrete and large solidarity movement.”

It would appear that Antifa has come to the conclusion that street activism is unprofitable. All you get is arrested and punched and the only groups you oppose are fringy irrelevant right wing idiots. What they are losing to (which they admit) is well organised groups that have face-time on TV and social media, are protection under law as what they are doing is lawful and are accepted as legit by society.

Street activism looks set to die.