The protests changed me in a lot of ways. One way was, I was by no means a class reductionist before. But the protests really woke me up to the real struggles of oppressed communities in the US and importantly, the revolutionary potential in those communities. I remember listening to Rev Left in my car and had to pull over for a minute to absorb it when Breht said something to the effect of “what did white socialists in America ever give us?! Bernie Sanders!? Fuck that! The real revolutionary potential is with oppressed communities.”
Damn you have a real way with words. ML is cringe and not based, I am now Third World
That’s fine, we all got something different from the protests, which is why we’re sharing on this thread. I’m sure some people saw it as a triumph of spontaneous organising, like what people said about Occupy, or as further proof that revolution in the US is impossible because the uprisings lead to nothing. I just don’t see it that way, I saw it as proof that the people in the US want a revolution and just don’t know how to get there. I also don’t believe the third world can “go it alone” and the people in the imperial core have a responsibility to struggle and do their part in furthering the revolutionary cause.
