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In reply to the discussion: To the older folks at DU from a 20-year-old, about protests, confusion, and love for one another [View all]nadinbrzezinski
(154,021 posts)but tactics that once worked will no longer do, and new tactics will have to be developed. Yeah, yeah I think the 'isms of the 20th century are pretty much over.
And I have been in the streets with many of you taking photos, recording and putting the story out.
But if I should offer a piece of advise... your fight is not yours alone and at this time, identity politics will hurt, at least in the short haul. In the long haul, I have no idea.
Here is a good read on this I recommend
It is Not Enough to be Angry
And trust me, this is a new moment in time. In my mind, this is also the crisis moment of late stage capitalism.
This read has some pretty hard classic marxist analysis, but it is not like I am not seeing it everywhere now. That alone is probably scaring some in positions of power. When I finally run my analysis piece on mobilization, it will not be run here though. This place is in many ways the past.