Big Protest In Conroe Organized By We Rise Up & CY-Tom Dems-We Are Organizing Ourselves

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​I rent to a protest yesterday at a highway overpass at N. Loop 336 and I-45. The protest was organized by We Rise Up & Cypress-Tomball Democrats. The subject was the terrible conditions in ICE detainment/concentration camps across Texas. I'd say there were at least 125 people. You see the protest above. 

Going to the protest expanded my networks. I’ll be part of more & help build more because of people I met  & colleagues I stood with again. 

The most important opposition to authoritarianism is & will be autonomous, decentralized, self-funded, not dependent on elected officials or political parties. There will be a minimum of grift & a surplus of pragmatic building of alternative structures to help protect us from mainstream systems.

When Trump/Abbott won't accept our election results, no matter how peacefully we assemble we’ll be surrounded by cops & elected officials will be uncertain allies.

A big reason I believe in organizing protest and networks outside electoral politics, is so the people we help elect and their insider networks on our side of the aisle can’t sell out people focused on democracy to the right, in exchange for some promise of safety or reward in an authoritarian state.

I’m always wary of electoral organizing and influencing that builds top-down rather than bottom-up networks. I’m glad the March 28 No Kings gives us another round of organizing ourselves not dependent on big money or elected officials. Find a No Kings Protest near you. Organize one yourself if there is not one near you. 

The next action is when you organize it. The First Amendment is your permit. The only credential needed is your presence. Voting is not going to be enough. 

​We need our own networks & structures across the Houston-region and we are in the process of building them.

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