Thousands of Oregonians on Saturday joined nationwide protests
There were easily 10k+ at the waterfront in downtown Portland, combined with the single digit thousands at other spots in the greater metro and the numbers from other spots around the state, it's much more accurate to say ten of thousands.
I saw a clip of this moron for the first time a week or two ago.
The entire segment was him saying that genocide against native peoples was justified because they too had violence present in their societies. Of course, the overwhelming majority of complex life on earth include violence in their behavior repetoire.
So per this dipshit, you're morally justified in wiping out complex life.
Humans follow laws, animals ignore them
Laws are for binding the poor, the rich ignore them.
There are stages to escalate through and multiple channels to apply pressure through at the same time.
Large-scale peaceful demonstrations are an important first stage, and are still required as more intense channels are opened up.
It's a matter of "Yes, that and more" not "No, something else"
willing to escalate, and BLM was not that.
I live in Portland OR so I know that's not true.
A more effective version of BLM would've called a general strike.
You can't just call a general strike like it's an I Win power in a video game.
How is BLM going to feed and pay rent for millions of strikers in this general strike? A general strike is a massive, resource intensive feat of logistics with many possible fail points that takes a long time planning to have any hope of success.
Especially since we've not had a general strike in over a generation, there's a good chance it would fail and sour the prospects of doing a general strike in the future.
Also, BLM was a diffuse multi-regional movement with local goals and concrete demands. Defund police departments and end qualified immunity were consistent national goals.
Yeah it's laughable to suggest that russia has a plan that benefits the US in any way. Help us destroy the country and you can loot the ruins is the plan.
My Italian friend assures me it's coffee and a cigarette.
He has multiple credible rape allegations going back years.
He supports ideologies that encourage hurting others.
His peers are known rapists.
He's active in an explicitly pro-rape social scene.
He's rich and famous, which neurologically reduces your brain's capacity for empathy and encourages more harmful behaviors.
Russel Brand exists in a social environment that permits harming others and specifically encourages rape, and he has reduced cognitive barriers to harming others. As an organism, his social and cognitive environment is a strong incentive to commit rape and multiple witnesses say he has.
Incorrect. He's definitely guilty. He has resting rapist face. When he walks into an elevator, everyone is like phwoah, what smells of rapist? Because Russel brand is definitely a rapist.
a broader shift in military strategy away from Europe and counterterrorism
Putin is pulling US troops out of Europe. This will allow the US military to focus on it's one consistent strength: making the world hate the US.
How many months of food and rent money do you have saved up?
A general strike isn't only a massive challenge of will and solidarity - it's also picking a resource fight with capital itself. All the determination in the world crumbles in the face of hunger and deprivation. A general strike requires months or years of planning and hoarding.