Passenger on Nostr: Yeah, this. The Chilean revolution in 2019 succeeded in large part because of local ...

Yeah, this.

The Chilean revolution in 2019 succeeded in large part because of local mutual aid networks, which formed a rock-solid support system for resistance operations.

If a fighter is in your neighbourhood and needs to hide from the cops, do they know to come to you? Can you tell them which families will help them and which will snitch on them? Can you tell them where the local cops park their vehicles when the parking lot is full? Can you bandage a wound and give them a full stomach and a fresh change of clothes?

There'll be lots of people who want to fight. There's a reckless courage you need in order to body-slam a cop, and that courage is seldom is short supply once things begin. There's another sort of courage we need too, the less reckless and more steely sort, the sort of courage that involves making hiding places in your cellar and buying disposable mobile phones. It's no less vital and often no less dangerous, but is often overlooked.

I have faith in people.