Good am Mark: Your note made me realise that I had been quite wrong in not being more specific.
I completely agree with you that "If we are at war, it is a non-violent one" - although I would still say it is unquestionably a war. I agree that should our side make a violent move now - we lose. Not the Trumpians. But Mark, I do not agree that it one can use the word that it is a "passive one" - I mean the brave people of the Twin Cites have been anything but "passive". And you are right that "Trump wants us to fight, fight, fight violently and with lots of property destruction. " Hence the title of a piece when this ICE strategy began (It seems ages ago now... in LA) was: " Justifying” a military crackdown – Trump, Stephen Miller use ICE to provoke and goad”; June 9, 2025 At MLRG.Online June 2025 ( https://mlrg.online/current-events/justifying-a-military-crackdown-trump-stephen-miller-use-ice-to-provoke-and-goad/ ) " I believe that John Reimann was urging this also, and i think both of you are right hare. I agree completely with you when you say that: "He picked Minneapolis, I think, because that's were the BLM movement started in 2020 and was easily led into a national series of confrontations and riots. It's what he wants. Owing to the relationship of forces, the tactics that I would recommend are non-violent, mass demonstrations. If rights to speech and assembly are blocked by federal or local police, then we take a page from the SCLC/SNCC for non-violent civil disobedience." So perhaps the best formulation is as below. It is meant as a query rather than a final conclusion: "We are at war, with an enemy who is much more powerfully armed. At this stage our class response must be non-violent, mass demonstrations. If rights to speech and assembly are blocked by federal or local police, we for now should remain at a non-violent civil disobedience stage." Be well, H -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Groups.io Links: You receive all messages sent to this group. View/Reply Online (#40396): https://groups.io/g/marxmail/message/40396 Mute This Topic: https://groups.io/mt/117465106/21656 -=-=- 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]] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-
