Sunday, May 31, 2020

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From a friend's comrade in the Twin Cities:

"I am an anarchist in the Twin Cities, and I have seen anarchists in this town providing medical care, food, water, helping secure businesses, and organize against white supremacists. In our day to day lives, anarchists in the Twin Cities are active union members and organizers, caretakers of food shelves and community gardens, workers at cooperatives, providers of harm reduction and mental health services, copwatchers, musicians, and more.
Anarchists have stood with the movement against police brutality from the beginning. Many of us, especially black and brown anarchists, have taken injuries or arrests working as community members in the uprisings after the deaths of Jamar Clark, or Philando Castille. Anarchists have mobilized again and again to drive off white supremacists from this town, and more recently to defend and support health care workers.
Those of you blaming anarchists for the scariest parts of this uprising- how many anarchists do you know? Have you talked to an anarchist?
The narrative that this is all caused by outside agitators isn't something the cops believe. It's a justification that they need to say before they start committing much more serious violence. It's a justification for shooting youth from our city. 
The main force from out of town who are causing violence in the Twin Cities are the cops and the National Guard."

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