Posted on 10/12/2020 5:17:56 PM PDT by E. Pluribus Unum
An organization of radical left-wing activists has posted an online guide to “disruption” that outlines a plan to shut down the country and force President Donald Trump from power in the event that the 2020 election is too close to call.
The guide, “Stopping the Coup,” available as a Google doc, is being circulated by a group called ShutDownDC. It casts its plan for disruption as a response to an imagined “coup” by the president in the case of a close election.
In an email promoting the guide, ShutDownDC declares: “Preventing Donald Trump from stealing the election and remaining in office is likely to take mass, sustained disruptive movements all over the country.” The guide is a manual to that “disruption.”
Parts of the guide are committed to ensuring a “fair election.” Parts of it, however, read like a manual for staging a coup rather than a guide to preventing one:
In the context of a coup or highly contested election we need to be clear that our actions must directly affect the structures and pillars of power. Our largest asset in this regard utilizes the ideas of non-compliance through massive, broad based direct action. Where we can, we need to be in the streets, on the highways, or at the sites of power and power holders. In our jobs and lives we must refuse to allow those taking control the legitimacy of the power they seek through strikes, slowdowns, and boycotts, and public refusal to accept an illegitimate ruling party.
Another section urges activists to stop American life from continuing if the election does not go their way (original emphasis):
In order to really win we will need to force some pillars of power (business, military, media, or other major institutions) to decide to side with the people, or...
(Excerpt) Read more at breitbart.com ...
Well, this probably just an “idea” like our friends on the friends on the Left say about antifa.
Lock ‘n load, guys and gals... Marxist season opens soon. No bag limit. ;o)
With extreme prejudice!
And then some.
Who wrote this? Who funded it?
Isn’t this sedition?
Yup
Trump should have taken “antifa” out at least 2 years back.
Bolsheviks
The coup planners position themselves as coup stoppers
What a frigging joke
Going to need thousands of body bags and refrigerated trucks.
Talk is so damn easy on a keyboard.
The old stage a coup to stop a coup trick, eh?
When the pent up furry is released, they’ll feel the pain.
Yep! Turn them into Soylent Green and feed the poor.
A “commentary” from a newspaper caling for disruption:
” Prepare to fight a Trump coup
By Eric Stoner
When Donald Trump recently refused to commit to a peaceful transfer of power and floated the idea that we might “get rid of the ballots,” many people were shocked and frightened.
It was the clearest signal yet that Trump might seek to remain in power, regardless of what happens in the upcoming election.
But, in fact, Trump has been telegraphing for months— as polls have consistently shown him lagging behind Democratic rival Joe Biden— that he intends to reject any outcome that does not result in his reelection.
It’s even pretty clear how he intends to pull it off _ by claiming that only those votes cast in person on Nov. 3 should count, while absentee ballots cast by mail should be disregarded. That’s why he has repeatedly insisted, without a shred of evidence, that mail ballots are fraudulent.
Biden’s supporters are expected to cast a larger percentage of their ballots by mail, due to their concerns about COVID-19. That means Trump could be ahead on election day but lose after all the votes are counted.
If Trump does refuse to step down under these circumstances, the people of this country must be ready to act. It’s not a matter of left or right, but of defending our fragile democracy from collapsing into an outright dictatorship.
Trump’s own bout with COVID19 seems to have done nothing to tamp down his impulsiveness. He recklessly took a closed-window joyride outside his hospital room, putting his Secret Service staff at risk. Then, once out of the hospital, he tweeted “don’t be afraid of Covid” and paraded in front of the White House without a mask.
Refusing to leave office despite losing an election is what scholars call an “autogolpe,” or self-coup. While an autogolpe has never happened in the United States, we can learn critical lessons on how to thwart an illegitimate attempt to hold onto power from the experience of others.
A 2017 academic study by University of San Francisco professor Stephen Zunes examined a dozen coups— eight of which were thwarted
through widespread civil resistance. It offers important insights for this moment.
First, numbers matter. We will likely need a mass movement larger— and more diverse— than any other in U.S. history. Black Lives Matter, which brought out millions of protesters, laid a foundation that must be built upon.
Energy must be directed to critical areas. Those responsible for ensuring that all votes are fairly counted must be strategically targeted. They can be called upon to respect their oath of office and uphold the Constitution.
This mobilization must be disruptive of “business as usual.” Tactics can include sit-ins, blockades of roads and buildings and a widespread general strike that shuts down the economy. Everyone can do something.
But disruption does not mean violence. To the contrary, the movement must be grounded in deep understanding of the strategic necessity of nonviolence to win.
If the conflict devolves into street fighting and property destruction, more people will gravitate toward Trump’s calls for “law and order.” It will also lead to heavier repression by police, with less likelihood that their violence will backfire.
Nonviolent discipline doesn’t just happen. Historically, it is often the result of serious training. A new group of veteran trainers called Choose Democracy is thankfully doing just that. They have created a pledge of resistance (see choosedemocracy. us) and are offering online training to anyone interested in preparing to defend this historic election. This is an “all hands on deck” moment that will test our nation in unprecedented ways. Despite our extreme polarization, protecting the integrity of our elections should be one cause that we all can agree on.
Eric Stoner is a co-founder and editor of Waging Nonviolence, and an adjunct professor at St. Joseph’s College.”
If you know local cops that are the good guys, share it with them so they can prepare in your area.
If ever I have seen a definition of oppression, this is it.
“We are not seeking a ‘return to normalcy,’ because we know that returning to ‘normal’ means returning to a system that was built on oppression. Rather, we see this as the time to rise up against the current crisis and move forward to dismantle the interlocking systems of oppression that have plagued this land for centuries.”
Various Marxist groups are using FB to organize and yet...anything positive about Trump that's posted is removed.
There was a black militant group organizing marches a.k.a terrorism against suburbs. They had uploaded videos of themselves terrorizing neighborhoods/Trump supporters in the wee hours of the morning. Banging pans, bullhorns with screaming 'wake up'! I reported the page to FB, they came back and of course said they weren't violating community standards. I reported it twice as harassment to no avail. Then I reported it as terrorism. Didn't hear another word.
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