The Democrats are not going to call any demonstrations. Not when they can write a strongly worded letter or maybe file a lawsuit.
On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 3:42 PM Marv Gandall via groups.io <marvgand2= [email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Nov 9, 2024 at 12:43 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Sure I would. If Trump throws the NY Times out of White House press > briefings and the Dems want to organize a protest, while controlling the > tactics and limiting demands to "free speech" "free press" I certainly > would not join in the structure set up by the Dems to lead the > demonstration. Attendance, agitation, in the body of the demonstration is > something else. Now if that demonstration was attacked by fascists- I think > a Marxist organization would offer physical defense of the demonstrators, > but again refrain from participating in the structure created by the Dems > > But if Bhaskar Sunkara, to use my example, or for that matter anyone else > associated with the DP, asked you to help provide marshalling and other > services and to coordinate your activities with the main body of the > demonstration, including the manner in which to handle confrontations with > the fascists and the cops, would you not agree to do so? > > As you know, the independent and counter-productive actions of young > anarchists, often encouraged by undercover provocateurs, has always been a > concern for protest organizers, for Marxists as well as liberals. Assuming > you share the general disapproval of such violent freelancing by. the > Black bloc and Antifa, I expect you would agree to coordinate your > activities with the organizers of the demo to ensure a peaceful and > disciplined march or a disciplined collective defence of it if attacked. > If so, I would describe this as tacit cooperation "in the structure set up > by the Dems" and it would not matter much whether or not you formally > decided to take a seat on the coordinating committee in order to influence > the planning and execution of the event. > > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#33439): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/33439 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/109441085/21656 -=-=- POSTING RULES & NOTES #1 YOU MUST clip all extraneous text when replying to a message. #2 This mail-list, like most, is publicly & permanently archived. #3 Subscribe and post under an alias if #2 is a concern. #4 Do not exceed five posts a day. -=-=- Group Owner: [email protected] Unsubscribe: https://groups.io/g/marxmail/leave/13617172/21656/1316126222/xyzzy [[email protected]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
