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There has been at least one national guard shooting during a protest since Kent State - David McAtee in Louisville in 2020, although he wasn't protesting or particularly near a protest at the time.
i don't want to dunk on any of the people who replied or quoted this with a "well ackshully the national guard will shoot protesters, look at kent state," but my request is to a) remember that kent state was over half a century ago and b) read about the NG's response in its aftermath
and if you call out the national guard and tell them to, against their training, their mission, and likely the intuitions of the service members, use force against protesters, there is a good chance you are on the path to losing face, with no other way to escalate. (3/?)
June 8, 2025 at 9:19 PM
There has been at least one national guard shooting during a protest since Kent State - David McAtee in Louisville in 2020, although he wasn't protesting or particularly near a protest at the time.
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And here we go with the typical process of Democrats draining the rebellious potential of grassroots anger by just using it to give money and electoral/political support for one of the two parties that are responsible for the abysmal state of USA and the world (including, especially, Gaza/Palestine)
AOC: In every single stop that Bernie and I have had in the past couple of days… every single stop has completely blown out all attendance projections.
March 23, 2025 at 4:38 PM
And here we go with the typical process of Democrats draining the rebellious potential of grassroots anger by just using it to give money and electoral/political support for one of the two parties that are responsible for the abysmal state of USA and the world (including, especially, Gaza/Palestine)
There's a long history of blockades and sabotage in the US. One of the bigger examples would be overturned trains during the 1894 Pullman strike, which was often done by people who lived near the lines rather than the strikers themselves.
It seems pretty fucked up that protesting outside car dealerships is turning out to be more effective than protesting at political sites. #teslatakedown is getting more heat then any organized letter or phone call campaign in recent memory.
Capitalism is a hell of a drug.
Capitalism is a hell of a drug.
March 22, 2025 at 9:56 PM
There's a long history of blockades and sabotage in the US. One of the bigger examples would be overturned trains during the 1894 Pullman strike, which was often done by people who lived near the lines rather than the strikers themselves.
People keep saying "I can't believe the British government is going to make piracy legal but only for huge companies!" and can't help thinking "Have you heard of the East India Company."
January 16, 2025 at 7:18 AM
People keep saying "I can't believe the British government is going to make piracy legal but only for huge companies!" and can't help thinking "Have you heard of the East India Company."
Prince Andrew should be designated an 'enhanced risk'. Never mind China.
December 16, 2024 at 10:29 PM
Prince Andrew should be designated an 'enhanced risk'. Never mind China.
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Prescott leaned into his northern roots and trade union affiliations with unflagging zeal, and weaponised this image to give the Blair government a free pass for mass privatisation, devastating wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a surveillance society at home.
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/11/21/j...
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/11/21/j...
John Prescott: The Blairite bulldog who forgot the working class - Freedom News
The former Deputy Prime Minister weaponised his northern roots and trade union affiliations to enable neoliberal Labour and its wars ~ Uri Gordon ~ John Prescott, the plainspoken northern bruiser who ...
freedomnews.org.uk
November 21, 2024 at 6:17 PM
Prescott leaned into his northern roots and trade union affiliations with unflagging zeal, and weaponised this image to give the Blair government a free pass for mass privatisation, devastating wars in Afghanistan and Iraq, and a surveillance society at home.
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/11/21/j...
freedomnews.org.uk/2024/11/21/j...
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grim to see the ethnonationalists of the Homeland Party campaigning so publicly at the farmers protest
November 19, 2024 at 2:16 PM
grim to see the ethnonationalists of the Homeland Party campaigning so publicly at the farmers protest
OK I have been on mastodon for ages but looks like loads of you turned up here instead.
November 15, 2024 at 7:47 AM
OK I have been on mastodon for ages but looks like loads of you turned up here instead.