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As its national influence has risen, the Democratic Socialists of America (DSA) has simultaneously grown more extreme. Nowhere is this more apparent than in the group's "Red Rabbits" initiative.
The Red Rabbits Security Commission, a subgroup within the DSA focused on "community defense" efforts, is, according to its authorizing resolution, preparing for a "national uprising against federal agents and police brutality."
In practice, that means training cadres in tactics like armed and unarmed self-defense, blocking intersections, and fighting "fascists" with umbrellas.
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A recent panel offered an unprecedented window into what the project looks like. Organizers from Minnesota, Oklahoma City, Philadelphia, Tucson, Austin, and Portland compared notes.
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During the event, local chapters described a range of security preparations broader than that envisioned by the national commission. These included martial-arts sparring, evacuation planning, wound-packing, radio communications, the use of umbrellas and signs to shield participants from and block "fascists," and even chemical-exposure training, in which participants practiced being pepper-sprayed.
Some chapters already conduct in-house trainings or are working to expand them, such as the Philadelphia chapter's plan to develop what one member called "sick" firearm safety trainings. The DSA's Oklahoma City Queer Fight Club has evidently become a local training hub, teaching self-defense and broader "community defense" skills. Portland DSA has organized trainings on blocking intersections with bicycles, a practice known as "corking."
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In New Jersey, DSA's immigrant justice working group has become a go-to security resource for immigrant organizations and Palestine affinity groups. In Philadelphia, the Red Rabbits started with abortion clinic "defense" efforts, then expanded to helping groups focused on everything from "immigrant justice" to "Palestinian solidarity."
And American Jews will still vote for the dem candidate that would love nothing more than to eliminate them.
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That work has also drawn the DSA into closer alliance with even more radical groups. Tucson's Red Rabbits, for example, work with the Party for Socialism and Liberation a would-be revolutionary political party with close ties to the Communist Party of China. Portland DSA cited its work with the National Lawyers Guild a left-wing legal group with historic ties to the Soviet Union to provide know-your-rights trainings.
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they suggest preparation for a broader "national uprising" one of the organization's stated directives.
I know most will just roll their eyes and laugh at them but the DSA are creating their 'Brown shirts' for violence. Look at the 3 extremely radical DSA candidates that won in NYC tonight. The openly champion stacking the Supreme Court to further their agenda, which you can bet your ass means gun ownership will be illegal. They have to disarm conservatives before they punish wrong think.
Conservatives and moderate dems (if any are left) better acknowledge this very real threat or it will only end with bloodshed.