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DESCRIPTION:Over the last two weeks, cities in the U.S. and around the world have risen 
 up in rebellion against white supremacist terror from the police following 
 the despicable murder of George Floyd. Millions have taken to the streets 
 despite strict shelter-in-place orders and they have been met with a 
 violent response by the police. We have seen protesters beaten, tear 
 gassed, tased, and even murdered as the state struggles to suppress this 
 mass movement. But it is important to note that the protests are not solely 
 a response to the murder of George Floyd. They represent a revolt against 
 the general systematic slaughter of black people by police and against the 
 white supremacist-capitalist state as a whole. The size and scale of these 
 protests is remarkable and it is encouraging to witness the powerful energy 
 that fuels them. \n\nThe problem is that we have been here before. In the 
 past, mass protests against police terror and the white 
 supremacist-capitalist state have occurred, but after initial outrage and 
 police crack downs, the excitement and activity of the protests subsides. 
 Those who are not consistently active in political work disappear while 
 activists and political organizations fail to push the movement forward for 
 the long haul. We need to come together as a community to discuss how we 
 can build up a long-term sustained resistance to white supremacy, police 
 brutality, and the capitalist system. \n\nWe cannot afford to tail 
 spontaneous movement after spontaneous movement. We need to organize for 
 the long-term, which means doing much more than showing up to protests 
 every time a black person is murdered by police or voting every two years. 
 The police harassing, terrorizing, and murdering working class people is 
 the norm and politicians will not work to overthrow a system that keeps 
 them paid. Reforms intended to quell police brutality are often not 
 applied, ineffective, insufficient, or completely rolled back. If a 
 long-term organized movement against white supremacist police terror is not 
 sustained, then we will continue to see black people murdered in cold blood 
 by the police.\n\nPlease come out to Willow Park in Oakland on June 9th at 
 6pm to discuss how we can sustain this movement for the long-term. We'll 
 talk about how to link the local struggle in Oakland to the larger 
 nation-wide movement. We'll discuss ways in which we can use the momentum 
 from the protests to bring more people into political organizing and how we 
 can advance the work we are currently doing to ensure that we are moving 
 forward in our struggle to overthrow the white supremacist-capitalist 
 system! \n\nWe will have food, drinks, and great conversation. We hope to 
 see you there. \n\nAll Power to the People!\n\nTwitter: 
 @revunitedfront\nReddit: u/revunitedfront\nFacebook: 
 www.facebook.com/revolutionaryunitedfront\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/07/18833916.php
SUMMARY:Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests
LOCATION:Willow Park\nOakland, CA 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/07/18833916.php
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