{"id":221319,"date":"2020-11-29T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2020-11-29T08:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=221319"},"modified":"2020-12-01T08:17:31","modified_gmt":"2020-12-01T08:17:31","slug":"portlands-black-blm-activists-say-theyre-done-with-white-antifa-want-separation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thetruthseeker.co.uk\/?p=221319","title":{"rendered":"Portland\u2019s Black BLM Activists Say They\u2019re Done With \u2018White\u2019 Antifa, Want \u2018Separation\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"

Emily Zanotti \u2013 The Daily Wire Nov 25, 2020<\/strong><\/h1>\n
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Activist displays munitions fired at protestors by police in Portland. Click to enlarge<\/p><\/div>\n

Oregon Public Broadcasting<\/a> reports Wednesday that black members of Portland\u2019s Black Lives Matter movement are tired of their anti-racism demonstrations being hijacked by the mostly white \u201cAntifa\u201d anarchists and are working to separate the two movements as protests continue.<\/p>\n

\u201cTensions between Black activists fighting for racial justice and anti-establishment protesters have bubbled beneath the surface for months,\u201d the outlet says, noting that many of the anti-racism protests, now in their sixth month, began as peaceful demonstrations but became violent after nightfall, when anarchist groups, who organized on social media, appeared.<\/p>\n

The riots, which made national headlines, tainted the Black Lives Matter protests, activists say, and confused commentators who often assumed the violence developed from the demonstrations. Instead, they say, the unrest was wholly separate \u2014 and now they want the groups to disentangle.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis week marks six months since Floyd\u2019s death, and protests continue in Portland,\u201d OPB reports. \u201cBut now, activists in the city are divided as to whether they are still fighting in a racial justice movement centered on Black lives, or if an unfocused, anti-establishment fight against capitalism and state power has usurped the initial cause that brought thousands of Portlanders into the streets.\u201d<\/p>\n

BLM activists also contend that the largely white \u201cAntifa\u201d group is \u201cprivileged,\u201d noting that many of those arrested during the protests are middle- or upper-class, are quickly free on bail, and often escape prosecution \u2014 luxuries not often afforded to people of color who tangle with the same justice system.<\/p>\n

\u201cMost Black people in our community don\u2019t feel like they have the privilege to go straight to the police and yell in their face,\u201d one activist told OPB.\u00a0 \u201cIf you\u2019re privileged, if you\u2019re white, you care less about whether or not a protest is going to result in reforms that might save even just one life. And you have the ability to be a purist in a way that Black and brown communities really do not.\u201d<\/p>\n

The privilege gap becomes an even bigger problem, BLM activists say, when the Anarchists push back against peaceful protesters who suggest less violent tactics might be more effective at achieving protest goals. In Portland, especially, the notorious, Antifa-aligned Pacific Northwest Youth Liberation Front excoriated more peaceful groups for \u201cpacifying the nightly justice center action,\u201d calling members of BLM \u201cpolice collaborators.\u201d<\/p>\n

The breakup does go deeper. Antifa-aligned groups tried to \u201ccancel\u201d social justice organizers, dredging up old Tweets, accusing key BLM protest leaders of sexism and \u201cbeing disrespectful to women.\u201d<\/p>\n

Interestingly, the calls for \u201cseparation,\u201d though, have surfaced only recently, as protests are dying down. BLM was largely silent over the summer, even as the unrest in Portland threatened lives and security, and the more \u201cpeaceful\u201d elements of Portland\u2019s protest community said little when Antifa-aligned groups began marching through Portland\u2019s residential areas, confronting homeowners they deemed insufficiently supportive of their cause.<\/p>\n

It could be that the election made a difference. The Los Angeles Times reports<\/a> that things began to fall apart between the two groups just a month ago \u2014 the day after the presidential election \u2014 after Antifa-aligned groups tried to \u201csend a message\u201d to leftists about party politics and attacked the city\u2019s Democratic Party headquarters.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe day after President-elect Joe Biden delivered his victory speech, telling the nation it was time to heal and unite, a clandestine Twitter account \u2014 @safePDXprotest \u2014 summoned Portland anarchists,\u201d the LA Times reported. \u201cWord spread through the group that the target tonight would be the local headquarters of the Democratic Party. Somebody started beating a drum as a chant broke out: \u2018F\u2014 Joe Biden!’\u201d<\/p>\n

BLM activists, satisfied that President Donald Trump had likely been defeated, pushed back, claiming they\u2019d reached their goal. At that point, BLM began accusing the anarchists of \u201chijacking the movement and undermining the push for racial justice by continuing to commit violence.\u201d<\/p>\n

Protests in Portland have died down considerably. Although unrest over the summer drew crowds of several hundred, a demonstration over the weekend drew just over a dozen individuals.<\/p>\n

Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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