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   𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 🌻🏴:heart_bi: (tothedaring@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 08:16:08 JST 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 🌻🏴:heart_bi:

   • Kolektiva.media

   🔔 Friendly PSA for people on @kolektiva & adjacent instances and those following or supporting the #StopCopCity movement:

   A group known as Refuse Fascism (@/refusefascism/@mastodon.world) is on Mastodon and they seem to have a sizeable reach.

   This group is associated with the Revolutionary Communist Party a.k.a. RevCom as well as Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, none of which are to be trusted and I would suggest considering adding them to block lists.

   These groups are known among organizers to:
   • collaborate with police
   • stifle dissent
   • perpetuate harmful ideas & myths
   • perpetuate racism & transphobia
   • swoop demonstrations or co-opt movement engagement for their own ends (like funneling green protesters into their cult-like patterns of behavior or their fundraising efforts—including merch—that diverting funds away from longtime and legitimate outfits)

   The last point is critical because prior to the Supreme Court decision to overturn protections, they had no established presence or platform in this movement space then spun up Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights to capture newly generated interest among new or young activists. They appear to be using the same playbook for the #StopCopCity movement.

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     eris (eris@akko.disqordia.space)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 08:18:25 JST eris

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     @tothedaring @kolektiva also notable that RevCom is a cult surrounding Bob Avakian
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     The Galactic Shitpost Outpost (cosmictrigger@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 22:07:47 JST The Galactic Shitpost Outpost

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     @emurphy @tothedaring @benda @Vice @theintercept @annamerlan @robertmackey

     The worst leftist movement I have witnessed firsthand is the Red Guard.

     Not only are they violent (they showed up at a DSA meeting in Austin and started assaulting people because of their stance on electoral politics) and take themselves way too seriously (I ran for Mayor on a rent strike platform and after the race was over I met with two of them to organize rent strikes and they both wore huge bandanas over their faces and huge sunglasses to hide their identities and demanded I leave my phone in my car, as if the FBI actually has any interest in such an ineffectual group of CHUDs)

     Like, if you're so against landlords, beat landlords up, not other leftists. But then, cowards gonna coward.

     One time at a BLM protest, one of them was more open about his membership in the Red Guard and UNDM and when I brought up how Finland solved homelessness by giving homes to the homeless, this Debbie Downer says "They were only able to do that because they are colonizers."

     Like, this guy couldn't even give credit where credit is due for a decent housing policy.

     And that is why there can never be "leftist unity" with Authcom Marxists.

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     𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 🌻🏴:heart_bi: (tothedaring@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 22:07:48 JST 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 🌻🏴:heart_bi:

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     @benda @Vice @theintercept @annamerlan @robertmackey too much of that going around these days so i hear you there. glad we’re on the same page 💪 nothing communist or revolutionary about RevCom grifters

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     E. Murphy, the name you know (emurphy@c.im)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 22:07:48 JST E. Murphy, the name you know

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     @tothedaring @benda @Vice @theintercept @annamerlan @robertmackey Now if they were the *People's* Revolutionary Communist Party...

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     𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 🌻🏴:heart_bi: (tothedaring@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 22:07:49 JST 𝙛𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙠 🌻🏴:heart_bi:

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     If you’d like to read more about RevCom / Refuse Fascism / Rise Up 4 Abortion Rights, their patterns, history, and criticism have been covered in @Vice and @theintercept by @annamerlan and @robertmackey

     https://www.vice.com/en/article/4axx7q/the-abortion-rights-group-other-activists-want-nothing-to-do-with

     https://theintercept.com/2022/07/14/rise-up-4-abortion-rights-protests-revcom

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     benda (benda@kolektiva.social)'s status on Tuesday, 19-Sep-2023 22:07:49 JST benda

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     @tothedaring @Vice @theintercept @annamerlan @robertmackey hey comrade, thank you for keeping your eyes open and thank you for posting the links. I honestly thought this was going to be unproductive leftist in-fighting and anti-communists shit. but I'm sold. block the #grifters