Thanks to @RosieBarton for having @ArielTroster and I on and thanks to everyone for their positive support.
We weren't on for too long so there were some points that I missed and I wanted to address here below (a thread 🧵) 1/8
We weren't on for too long so there were some points that I missed and I wanted to address here below (a thread 🧵) 1/8
https://twitter.com/PaigeVBA/status/1495433011499868161
1. The ONLY reason @OttawaPolice acted at all was because thousands of residents stood up and were organizing against the far-right in our city and calling out their complicity with the occupiers.
We proved that WE keep each other safe not police. 2/8
We proved that WE keep each other safe not police. 2/8
2. This was not a peaceful protest nor did it "turn into a far-right protest."
I'm not saying every single occupier was directly implicated but many especially the leaders were directly involved in hateful, racist and homophobic movements from the very BEGINNING 3/8
I'm not saying every single occupier was directly implicated but many especially the leaders were directly involved in hateful, racist and homophobic movements from the very BEGINNING 3/8
3. This does not end here. The far right has and will continue to grow.
One of the only ways to combat this is for governments to put in place measures that ACTUALLY help people like bringing back CERB, paid sick days, removing the TRIPS waivers on vaccines, etc. 4/8
One of the only ways to combat this is for governments to put in place measures that ACTUALLY help people like bringing back CERB, paid sick days, removing the TRIPS waivers on vaccines, etc. 4/8
4. This has spoken to the need to build local, anti-fascist organizing.
Electoral politics is important but what is also necessary if not more important is for people to get involved in building skills for direct action like the #BattleofBillingsBridge and mutual aid. 5/8
Electoral politics is important but what is also necessary if not more important is for people to get involved in building skills for direct action like the #BattleofBillingsBridge and mutual aid. 5/8
5. @CPC_HQ has been complicit in enabling and coddling the far right to take over #Ottawa.
Conservatives like @CandiceBergenMP, @PierrePoilievre and @Cooper4SAE used residents of #Ottawa as bargaining chip for their delusional cause. They dont care abt workers and never have 6/8
Conservatives like @CandiceBergenMP, @PierrePoilievre and @Cooper4SAE used residents of #Ottawa as bargaining chip for their delusional cause. They dont care abt workers and never have 6/8
6. This was never a working class movement.
The very nature of what the occupiers were pushing was not pro-worker. In fact, for weeks, convoy supporters harassed and terrorized workers by not following public health guidelines and violently threatening them. 7/8
The very nature of what the occupiers were pushing was not pro-worker. In fact, for weeks, convoy supporters harassed and terrorized workers by not following public health guidelines and violently threatening them. 7/8
To everyone I organized with throughout this whole terrible ordeal - thank you and to everyone in different cities who want to talk about organizing against the far-right please reach out.
Our work isn't done yet by a long shot. 8/8
Our work isn't done yet by a long shot. 8/8
Sorry last but important point I forgot is that this also speaks to the need of PEDESTRIANIZING the whole downtown core so that we can stop things like this happening again and make sure our streets are for people not cars or trucks.
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