Thread by @OC_PDX

Okay, here's some advice to frontliners

I know this is one month into an ongoing battle, but unless a group is coordinated, hundreds strong, and has a plan, it's just... SMARTER to wait for the cops to make the first attack each night. (1)
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Reason one: optics. I know. It's overused. But we are going to need the people to join us in fighting back, and last night at the N precinct showed that every time we build a joyous space and it gets torn down, more people are radicalized. (2)

We have to prove, over and over, that they are behaving monstrously. It's not fair, it's not right, it's the way it is. We just don't have the numbers or trust to win a straight fight. That means we need to redirect our focus towards protecting each other when pigs attack (3)

Theyre resorting to melee because it's the only thing pdx hasnt learned to repel. I'm not going to tell anyone what to do, and everyone needs to make their choices, this is just a fact: if frontliners want to stay alive, people are going to need to start hitting back. (4)

People are getting hurt out there - badly. Last night, cops were firing munitions next to a GAS STATION. The front line is damn lucky nobody's died yet. In coming years, retaliation will only get worse. For this momentum to carry, we need to get better at protecting each other(5)

The first group to strike back is taking an incredible risk. Will your comrades have your back? Are you throwing away your freedom? Your life? You won't know until you do it. And honestly, the first battle? We'll probably lose. But then a new precident is set. (6)

Are the people ready to take one step forward in community defense? I think so, if the moment is chosen well. I wish we were in a different place right now, and the resistence was stronger. If this moment passes, there will be another. Do not act rashly out of desperation. (7)

I do not want a martyr in this city. But if the moment is there, if you're ready for that chance & you believe in your comrades... the first de-arrest will make it an option. The first person to hit back will show that we can. Start talking, PDX. Start thinking. Start acting. (F)

I got off track but point is we are united and on the same page when we are defending each other. Everything I say is advice, but by far the tactic that requires the LEAST coordination is to establish a space and defend it. So start planning the long game and b smart until then