This last month I left the activist motorcycle affinity group I started last year, and wanted to share my analysis as to the failures that lead me to do that, so that others can avoid making the same mistakes. In this video I’ll broadly explain the root causes for problems I experienced working with other groups, and how that lead to shifts in culture that convinced me I needed to make a change. Then I’ll share several lessons I learned about behaviors and tendencies connected to white liberalism, so that you can push back against them in your own organizing.
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It’s the first video of SquidTips I didn’t like. I haven’t seen them all, just many.
The points he made in the second half (from what I recall) were valid on a theoretical level.
On a practical level and in relation to the first part of the video, the things that created the fraction need to be addressed and clarified before the action (and he does talk about this). So, what sort of organizing are we talking about if these basic things are not clear beforehand? As he said it himself, when he disagrees with tactics he just doesn’t go, cause there are plenty of things to do anyways.
Also, I think that he should have waited longer before posting this. I believe if he would have given it some time, his analysis would have deep enough not to remind me of i’m a better anarchist than you.
I just want to be free to ride my machine, and not be hassled by the man.
