• acargitz@lemmy.caOP
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    5 days ago

    Stoermer is literally talking about the rest of the US learning from the non-violent direct action organizing in Minnesota.

    Non-violent does not mean peaceful by the way. Non-violent can be insanely disruptive. And no, general strike is not the only means of non-violent resistance.

    Here are some of his other videos on the topic:

    Binge watch the guy, he’s actually good.

    • ReallyActuallyFrankenstein@lemmynsfw.com
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      5 days ago

      Thanks for the links, I’ll watch them - scanning I see it’s about infrastructure and congressional process. My existing understanding of direct non-violent action are things like blocking highways, which yes, I agree with.

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        Direct action is one kind of non-violent resistance. But there are others. Resistance is about making abusive authority have to pay a price for every thing they do. It’s about throwing sand in its gears, making everything be a bit more shitty, and a bit more difficult. Direct-action is obviously a tactic, but so is things like causing delays, raising financial costs, denying organizing space, deplatforming, etc etc etc. Weaponize pettiness :)