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Have we ever had social media driven student protests that have been this obviously driven by Russian political technology?
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@thekitmalone @GreenFire @thekitmalone @GreenFire @thekitmalone @GreenFire That's exactly what it is. Some of the protesters at USC were far-right groups infiltrating to push their own divisive agenda. And to sow civil war. That's probably why LAPD was so heavy-handed towards the REAL protesters. Those false actors did the same thing in the 2020 protests. And even during the 1992 uprising that surrounded the campus. @GreenFire @IveyJanette @thekitmalone @lucybeahere @IveyJanette @thekitmalone That is my main point. @GreenFire @GreenFire @lucybeahere @thekitmalone I agree. I remember walking with my grandma in a picket line outside the department stores on Broadway in the early 60's in downtown LA. When I was an infant. The stores integrated not long afterwards. I walked the picket line with my mom multiple times during the grape boycotts and when her union went on strike against the big hotels. My cousins participated in the Eastside Blowouts of 1968. Protesting gets voices heard. @lucybeahere @GreenFire @thekitmalone That's also why so many disaffected communities choose to violently take to the streets instead of voting or protesting. We've seen it time and time again. |
@GreenFire I don't buy it.
It's def inconvenient timing, but I've organized alongside plenty of pro-Palestinian organizers over the years, and of course they are going to be highly active in this moment.
Do I think Russian disinfo actor might be using this moment as a wedge to destabilize the election? Sure. But the Palestinian liberation movement isn't astroturf. It's been simmering for years, waiting for its moment.