Midnight@slrpnk.netM to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 3 days agoRepression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the worldtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up189arrow-down10cross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
arrow-up189arrow-down1external-linkRepression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the worldtheconversation.comMidnight@slrpnk.netM to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 3 days agomessage-square6fedilinkcross-posted to: climate@slrpnk.net
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-23 days agoAll successful, meaningful, peaceful movements have had violent allies, or allies who were threatening violence.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·3 days agoA protest without the threat of escalation is no protest at all.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·3 days agoI suppose that’s a good point. Like MLK Jr. was proposing a peaceful resolution to inequality, and the alternative was Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers. I doubt MLK would have been as effective without those counterparts.
All successful, meaningful, peaceful movements have had violent allies, or allies who were threatening violence.
A protest without the threat of escalation is no protest at all.
I suppose that’s a good point. Like MLK Jr. was proposing a peaceful resolution to inequality, and the alternative was Malcolm X, the Nation of Islam, and the Black Panthers. I doubt MLK would have been as effective without those counterparts.