The FBI used bad jacketing against both AIM and the Black Panthers with great success. It's a tactic that is used by actual infiltrators in order to throw blame off themselves, and usually to take down movement figures who are too successful. While infiltration of activist groups is absolutely real - we had two verified infiltrators in an anti-war group I was a part of in the 2000s - the danger of infiltration is nothing compared to the danger of bad-jacketing. I actually want to provide some real-world counters to this, because while the advice is well meant, it's actually incredibly dangerous. With the names being floated for appointments, protest movements need to act hard and fast on expelling and publicly denouncing anyone with even the slightest whiff of being a planted agitator. Posted by Kutsuwamushi at 10:26 AM on Novem For now I am going to make another donation to the ACLU. There needs to be massive, concerted effort on the part of every citizen to impede Trump's plan to persecute Muslims. I'm not in the country right now, but if I was, I would be offering all of my Muslim acquantainces as much protection as I could offer, such as crashing at my place, help with transportation to safe places, protest, etc. This is a really, really worrying direction. He's surrounding himself with paranoid, far-right bigots like Gaffney and Bannon, and rejecting intelligence from experts. This is the paranoid, dangerous dickhead who accused Obama of being a closet Muslim, and reads secret messages of submission to Islam in innocuous government logos. This is the Islamophobic conspiracy theorist who has accused both Huma Abedin and fucking Grover Norquist of being secret agents of the Muslim broherhood. Trump is also being advised on national security by Frank Gaffney. NBC has a good round up of Trump's early statements on Muslims here. The only surprising thing about this is is that it's a show of consistency from a campaign that has been extremely inconsistent. Trump was justifying a Muslim registry with the existence of internment camps back in December. This blew up on my Facebook feed in the last few days, and I had to remind people that this isn't new. Posted by the thorn bushes have roses at 10:16 AM on NovemĮver since they announced the Muslim registry When living under the constant threat of state violence, surveillance and oppression, how have Black and brown and Muslim and indigenous people gone on? How have they fought?Ī website put together with some Autostraddle staffers aiming towards the hail mary electoral college save.Īnd, for fun(?): This Thanksgiving, Be The Raging Feminist Killjoy Your Family Fears with FASHION We Grieve, and Then We Get to Work: I bring this up to say, when you look at the future and think how can we possibly go on, how can we possibly fight this, look to the groups who have been living in the world you were just recently inducted into for generations. A lot of overlap from what's been posted, but since they're a website for queer ladies, they lean towards a queerer/younger demographic and some of the resources they posted I haven't seen here yet:īe the Change: 5 Ways to Stand Up to Trump’s Tyranny Right Now: this more like 5 categories, a LOT of great links here. In case anyone needs more resources for what actions you can take, I finally had the heart to catch up on the rest of the internet yesterday and found that Autostraddle has been putting together some really great guides. posted by Wordshore (2733 comments total) * Amber Ruffin invites white people to join the fun. * I need a good laugh, badly by azpenguin. * The post-election edition of Have I Got News For You, hosted by Charlie Brooker (alternatives: ). There are also many recent election-related threads in Ask MetaFilter.

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