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DESCRIPTION:In the past three months, 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, September 1st at 6pm as we continue to discuss how we can sustain 
 this movement for the long-term. In previous meetings we determined the 
 need for more political education and concrete steps towards some type of 
 action that we can collectively take. We have began and will continue an 
 ongoing political study of the Black Panther Party. We have also planned 
 and carried out an action on August 1st where we marched from West Oakland 
 Bart to Willow Park to show solidarity with the West Oakland Community. 
 Last meeting we debriefed this action and discussed further steps forward. 
 \n\nIn the next meeting taking place on Tuesday, September 1st which we are 
 promoting in this post, we will continue to discuss plans for another 
 action to address the lack of consistent trash pickup for both housed and 
 unhoused residents in the area which forces people to live in abhorrent 
 conditions. More broadly, we will continue to talk about how to link the 
 local struggle in Oakland to the larger nation-wide movement against the 
 white supremacist capitalist system. \n\nWe hope to see you there. All 
 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 \nInstagram: @therevolutionaryfront & @theUFAD 
 \nReddit: u/revunitedfront \nFacebook: 
 http://www.facebook.com/revolutionaryunitedfront \nWebsite: theufad.org & 
 revolutionaryunitedfront.com\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/23/18836070.php
SUMMARY:Bi-Weekly Community Meeting On Police Brutality and the George Floyd Protests
LOCATION:Willow Park \nOakland, CA 94607
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2020/08/23/18836070.php
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