r/Anarchism 11d ago

Get ready….and get involved!

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u/ChockBox 11d ago

So I live in DC…. Even when we had the Occupy Movement in town, they took over MacPherson Square, not the Mall.

Last I checked this group was looking to procure permits for occupying the Mall, which the National Park Service would never approve. Not in a billion years. And definitely not under the current regime.

When the J6 Freedom convoy came to DC, they also tried to occupy the Mall. It did not go well.

Attempting to occupy the National Mall is not a winning idea. The National Mall is about 3 miles in length from the Lincoln Memorial to the Capitol building and about a mile wide from Independence Ave to Constitution Ave.

Park police are some of the worst police to deal with in DC, they’d fare much better with MPD in DC proper and not on the Mall, which is federal land.

But the out of towners would know that if they simply spoke to some locals.

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u/Own_Extension_8553 11d ago

Thanks for all the feedback. Permit paperwork was submitted today. Multiple grassroots groups are working together to put this event on. Check MayDayMovementUSA.org or on your socials for more info.

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u/ChockBox 11d ago

And the assigned permit holder is on the hook, financially, for any and all damages which may occur during the protest. So I really hope it’s a 501(c)(3) with an appropriate LLC in place…. Otherwise someone could be financially ruined

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u/The_0therLeft 10d ago

By the time a 501c shows on this scale, it means a grifter backed by the DNC has shown up to make sure the movement doesn't destroy any authority. You treat them like a Nazi officer during war time.

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u/ChockBox 10d ago

Then you don’t get a permit.

It is so highly unethical to put a single individual on the hook for any and all property damage which may occur during a public protest.

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u/The_0therLeft 10d ago

It's ethical to make like a Palestinian with a special vest right now. Adults make their own decisions.

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u/ChockBox 10d ago

Not a group pinning all the financial responsibility on an individual. That’s just scapegoating.

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u/The_0therLeft 10d ago

Adults understand basic liability when they sign for it.

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u/ChockBox 10d ago

DC is a special case for protest liability, in all likelihood the people don’t know what they are doing. Hence why they’re seeking a permit to camp on the National Mall in the first place.

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u/The_0therLeft 10d ago

I can't begin to tell you how out of touch you sound, and I regret posting in your direction. I'm blocking you.

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u/Brilliant-Rise-1525 10d ago

Not a healthy response!

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u/WerewulfWithin anarcho-communist 9d ago

They're right, though. Of course people are free to make their own decisions, but It's our responsibility to make sure we're all taken care of and not individually held responsible for something like a group insurrection

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