Carwil Bjork-James

Debating Tactics: Remember to Ask, "What Works?"

Our tactical debates should solve protesters’ problems, instead of dividing movements. In the midst of Yet Another Tactical Debrief, this time on the recent Move-In-Day-turned-street-semi-battle-then-mass-arrest at Occupy Oakland, I ended up tossing out on Twitter a cluster of successful movement moments, some of which involved fighting back against cops—Stonewall, Cochabamba Water War, anti-apartheid defiance campaign, Tahrir Square 2011—and others of which involved a ...