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Showing Original Post only (View all)What the Media Got Wrong About Last Weekends Protests in Berkeley [View all]
We don't have to like the name, "antifa."
But we need to support those I now call U.S. DEFENDERS -- U.S. Defending Every Force Ending neoNazi Destruction (of) Equality, Race, and Solidarity
http://www.motherjones.com/media/2017/08/what-the-media-got-wrong-about-last-weekends-protests-in-berkeley/
The locals were fed up. Back in April, a Berkeley rally consisting of several hundred alt-right activists, including white supremacist groups, had devolved into a bloody all-day brawl.
Two weeks ago, some of those same supremacists helped organize the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when a neo-Nazi drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters.
A week later, an attempted far-right rally in Boston drew some 20,000 marchers opposed to white supremacy. Last weekend marked the latest attempt of far-right and white supremacist groups to hold provocative rallies in major American citiesand once again, they were dwarfed by the anti-racist demonstrators.
Much of the coverage of Sundays non-rally gave the impression of violence and chaos.
But that wasnt the story many Americans heard.
By focusing on scattered violence, reporters glossed over the bigger story: The Bay Area has become the latest target of fascist and other far-right groups promoting disruptive rallies across America, often in cities where they know they are not welcome.
Two weeks ago, some of those same supremacists helped organize the Unite the Right rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, where 32-year-old Heather Heyer was killed when a neo-Nazi drove a car into a crowd of counterprotesters.
A week later, an attempted far-right rally in Boston drew some 20,000 marchers opposed to white supremacy. Last weekend marked the latest attempt of far-right and white supremacist groups to hold provocative rallies in major American citiesand once again, they were dwarfed by the anti-racist demonstrators.
Much of the coverage of Sundays non-rally gave the impression of violence and chaos.
But that wasnt the story many Americans heard.
By focusing on scattered violence, reporters glossed over the bigger story: The Bay Area has become the latest target of fascist and other far-right groups promoting disruptive rallies across America, often in cities where they know they are not welcome.
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They are not welcome in Berkeley, arguably the most liberal community in the USA.
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#5
Then why did the progressive (Bernie Sanders-endorsed) Mayor of Berkeley...
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#4
What forms do rejections of fascism take, then? What has worked to stop its growth so far?
ancianita
Aug 2017
#6
"No face, no place" means that those who want to demonstrate on "our side" should not wear masks...
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#9
Of course it's not difficult to understand. You can drop the shade casting. Of course I'd support it
ancianita
Aug 2017
#10
Noam Chomsky is wrong. Silence allows all the genocides he's ever covered. I've read him,
ancianita
Aug 2017
#12
Chompsy is wrong, the Mayor of Berkeley is wrong, I'm wrong, everyone is wrong...
Expecting Rain
Aug 2017
#14
Clever by half. You don't represent everyone. Some leaders are mistaken.Chomsky is no authority on
ancianita
Aug 2017
#18
Explain, exactly, how people of good will have prevented the growth of 900+ fascist groups so far.
ancianita
Aug 2017
#13
If I defend my kids from being intimidated, bullied, even hit, is my cause just? Is my due force
ancianita
Aug 2017
#8
Thanks for your thoughts. It's judgment. Standing on the street in the face of hate, you can see
ancianita
Aug 2017
#20
Fair enough, free country. Who decides "immediate danger"? Me in my home? Or you, outside my
ancianita
Aug 2017
#25
Indeed. It's ugly. It's going to get uglier. We need to keep a chronology of these current clashes
ancianita
Aug 2017
#28
Be sure to count smashed windows and overturned newspaper boxes as "violence"
maxsolomon
Aug 2017
#31
I agree. Amplification by media are almost always the false equivalency source for these claims.
ancianita
Aug 2017
#29
It's damned sad that antifa have to check themselves with "taking a knife to a gunfight" attitude.
ancianita
Aug 2017
#30
Thank you back! I'll quote my favorite TV writer, and free speech absolutist, Jenji Kohan,
ancianita
Sep 2017
#34