Protest and mass mobilization carry risks:

1. Police/military could escalate and crack down.

2. Black bloc might rush into reciprocal violence.

3. Decentralized movements can splinter and lose coherence.

There are resources that can help point the way.

Gene Sharp (RIP): From Dictatorship to Democracy

thenewpress.com/books/from-dic…

Also, Erica Chenoweth, Civil Resistance: What Everyone Needs to Know

global.oup.com/academic/produc…

#uspol #democracy #resistance #civildisobedience #nonviolence

From Dictatorship to Democracy

Twenty-one years ago, at a friend’s request, a Massachusetts professor sketched out a blueprint for nonviolent resistance to repressive regimes.

^{The New Press}