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I guess I am further out of the loop than I thought (and imagine I'll get reemed for this comment), but I thought BLM was a movement (with dubious Russian propa

I guess I am further out of the loop than I thought (and imagine I'll get reemed for this comment), but I thought BLM was a movement (with dubious Russian propagandic origins designed to fuel divisiveness, but turned mostly noble), not an organization. How did this org even come to be? I'd love to read an actual timeline or history of this all.

Animats 6y ago
There seem to be multiple Black Lives Matter organizations, going in various directions. Wikipedia tries to sort this out.[1] Occupy Wall Street tried to do that, but they were so disorganized to accomplish much directly. They did, though, firmly establish "the 1%" meme. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter
BigW1lly 6y ago
Slightly unrelated but for people that don't know, the "Black Futures Lab" which is an organization directly tied to BLM, is being funded by the "Chinese Progressive Association." I don't know what this entails but it's nice to see that the Chinese are interested in progressivism here in America.
- dragonwriter 6y ago
  > Slightly unrelated but for people that don't know, the "Black Futures Lab" which is an organization directly tied to BLM, is being funded by the "Chinese Progressive Association." I don't know what this entails but it's nice to see that the Chinese are interested in progressivism here in America. “the Chinese” at issue are people of Chinese ethnicity in (and, largely, citizens of) the US, so, aside from appeal to straight-up anti-Asian racism, why is this so interesting? “Founded in 1972, the Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power with other oppressed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.” https://cpasf.org/about/mission-history/ https://cpasf.org/about/mission-history/
  - symlinkk 6y ago
    Cmon we all know why it’s interesting, stop bullshitting.

Animats 6y ago

There seem to be multiple Black Lives Matter organizations, going in various directions. Wikipedia tries to sort this out.[1] Occupy Wall Street tried to do that, but they were so disorganized to accomplish much directly. They did, though, firmly establish "the 1%" meme. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Lives_Matter

BigW1lly 6y ago

Slightly unrelated but for people that don't know, the "Black Futures Lab" which is an organization directly tied to BLM, is being funded by the "Chinese Progressive Association." I don't know what this entails but it's nice to see that the Chinese are interested in progressivism here in America.

dragonwriter 6y ago
> Slightly unrelated but for people that don't know, the "Black Futures Lab" which is an organization directly tied to BLM, is being funded by the "Chinese Progressive Association." I don't know what this entails but it's nice to see that the Chinese are interested in progressivism here in America. “the Chinese” at issue are people of Chinese ethnicity in (and, largely, citizens of) the US, so, aside from appeal to straight-up anti-Asian racism, why is this so interesting? “Founded in 1972, the Chinese Progressive Association educates, organizes and empowers the low income and working class immigrant Chinese community in San Francisco to build collective power with other oppressed communities to demand better living and working conditions and justice for all people.” https://cpasf.org/about/mission-history/ https://cpasf.org/about/mission-history/
- symlinkk 6y ago
  Cmon we all know why it’s interesting, stop bullshitting.