Notices by Elm Fork JBGC (efjbgc@denton.social), page 2

The oppressive, hierarchical nature of the military is deeply embedded in the tactics themselves. Military tactics only work for their goals because you have small teams and chain of command, you can't just change the language and use it for liberation. Successful resistance has worked because it is decentralized and built around solidarity to work with massive crowds. E.g. it's common wisdom that a confrontational action or radical group shouldn't have a "leader" because this presents a target

The tools and tactics used to oppress people when you have a whole hierarchical military will be different from what works for anarchists to liberate communities using the resources they have. There's a wealth of knowledge in self defense and protest tactics that has been developed by and for radicals. Hong Kong, Iran, France, the US civil rights movement... that's who we should be learning from. We already have a strong lineage of people fighting oppression and learning how to do so