Midnight@slrpnk.netM to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 2 days agoRepression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the worldtheconversation.comexternal-linkmessage-square6fedilinkarrow-up188arrow-down10
arrow-up188arrow-down1external-linkRepression of climate and environmental protest is intensifying across the worldtheconversation.comMidnight@slrpnk.netM to collapse of the old society@slrpnk.net · 2 days agomessage-square6fedilink
minus-squarenjm1314@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up14arrow-down1·2 days agoThat’s what peaceful protests result in.
minus-squareOlgratin_Magmatoe@slrpnk.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up14arrow-down1·edit-22 days agoAll successful, meaningful, peaceful movements have had violent allies, or allies who were threatening violence.
minus-squaremetaStatic@kbin.earthlinkfedilinkarrow-up13arrow-down1·2 days agoA protest without the threat of escalation is no protest at all.
minus-squareAwkwardLookMonkeyPuppet@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 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.
That’s what peaceful protests result in.
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.