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DESCRIPTION:In the past month, 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 23rd at 
 6pm as we continue discuss how we can sustain this movement for the 
 long-term. The last time we met, people discussed the need for more 
 political education, meeting peoples basic material needs, and struggling 
 to raise revolutionary consciousness and practice. We will discuss ways to 
 work towards achieving these goals.\nWe will continue to 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: 
 http://www.facebook.com/revolutionaryunitedfront\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/18/18834310.php
SUMMARY:Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests Pt. 2
LOCATION:Willow Park\nOakland, CA 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/06/18/18834310.php
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