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I’ll answer your reply here I guess since I think thats what I should do maybe? *shrugs*Yeah we need more practical classes but I’m not surprised at how we have lacked them considering our education system isn’t actually designed to teach anyone anything of any importance. which is unfortunate.

I know it would be so much easier. But nothing we learn at school is ever as practical amiright 

The way Freddie Gray died would be considered a war crime but the cops that did it are just suspended with pay so people have a right to be angry. But this isn’t just about Gray this is an angry reaction by African Americans against a system which is failing them, which takes the life of an African American every 28 hours and subjects them to racial profiling and various other barriers which white people do not have to face.I feel like its important to remember that the vast majority of protestors are peaceful however I support violent resistance as much as Peaceful resistance. Peaceful resistance is noble but oftentimes useless. Its a circus act and requires and audience, if you do not have an audience/media coverage than you can be ignored or worse brutalised by police and ignored. Furthermore, if the action is not accessible by the poor it is not revolutionary. The hungry cannot go on a hunger strike, just as those who are being targeted and killed as part of the segregation, racist attitudes and virtual Jim Crowe of the 21st  century cannot really afford to not fight back. As JFK said “those who make peaceful revolution impossible, make violent revolution inevitable.” America killed the chance for peaceful revolution when the killed MLK.However I do not support all acts of violence in the name of resistance especially if they are not pragmatic or truly help the cause. Yes, products belong to the working class as they are made because they were made by the working class, so I believe looting is fine so long as the focus is on big business. I would prefer if the products looted were distributed to those most in need, such as people who stole milk and other products from fast food companies during the Ferguson protests to counter riot agents. But I do not believe that is happening. Looting is good at getting attention but not much else. One also needs to take into account that this is a struggle not only against police violence but against all the injustices people of colour face in the US, large portions of which are caused by capitalism.Fighting the police directly is useful at protecting people. But for it to make any kind of effect you either need a lot of people willing to fight back who are organised so as to defend against police if you do not provoke them- Or have literally everyone willing to chase the police out of town (which has occurred in places such as Mexico) Otherwise the effect will be minimal and could even lead to more people being hurt.Randomly shooting at police doesn’t do anything unless it is a large scale armed uprising. Which I will support if it occurs but at the moment it seems unlikely. The small shootings of cops by individuals don’t do anything except to provide wider society with an opportunity to vilify the struggle.I believe that the best course of action for those resisting to take is a two step plan.1) Organise into small “crews” who can perform acts of sabotage leading up to a peaceful protest, including attacking and disabling police stations and vehicles so that it takes longer for police to muster a large force to counter the protest (and more of the police will be out of town and the protesters will have the home field advantage) As well as making the area difficult for police to traverse by sabotaging main routes of travel to the protest. They can also leak misinformation to the police about where “protests” or “riots” are taking place. Luring them away from the action. Or whatever you can think of to fuck with them really.2) “speak softly and carry a big stick.” When the protest finally comes around remain peaceful until the police start becoming aggressive. At which point give them absolute hell. Remember; there are more of you than there are of the police if you communicate and outmanoeuvre them, you can have them out of town and create space for a protest to continue peacefully.

tagging some people balletlockbutt benedictscumberbatch petamh and anyone else who wants to do it!