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DESCRIPTION:In the past month and a half, 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 West Oakland on 
 Tuesday, July 21st at 6pm as we continue to discuss how we can sustain this 
 movement for the long-term. In our previous meetings we determined the need 
 for more political education and concrete steps towards some type of action 
 that we can collectively take. Last meeting we established an ongoing 
 political study starting with the Black Panther Party's Ten-Point Program, 
 which we will be conducting via video conferencing on Tuesday, July 14th at 
 6pm (contact us for more info). We have also scheduled a planning meeting 
 for a rally that we will have in the near future. The planning meeting is 
 taking place at Willow Park in West Oakland on Thursday, 7/16 at 6pm. 
 \n\nIn the Community Meeting taking place on Tuesday, July 21st which we 
 are promoting in this post, we will talk about how the study and planning 
 meeting went as well as discuss further next steps in continuing our 
 political education and plans of action. More broadly, we will continue to 
 talk about how to link the local struggle in Oakland to the larger 
 nation-wide movement against white supremacist police terror. 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\nThis event is put on in collaboration with The United Front 
 Against Displacement\n\nSocial Media Info:\n\nTwitter: @revunitedfront & 
 @theUFAD\nReddit: u/revunitedfront \nFacebook: 
 http://www.facebook.com/revolutionaryunitedfront\nWebsite: theufad.org & 
 revolutionaryunitedfront.com\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835023.php
SUMMARY:Community Meeting on Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests Pt. 4
LOCATION:Willow Park \nOakland, CA 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/07/11/18835023.php
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