Much love and respect to those who militantly organized against the racist elements in SoCal.

Active, physical confrontation against racism and facism is a viable and necessary tactic within a broader revolutionary programme.

I understand that there are comrades and wannabes who are not or cannot be down to directly confront and combat pigs and racists.

It is ignorant to assert that physical confrontation and direct action is not a part of revolutionary struggle.

If a bunch of EuroAmerican racists are organizing in my community, I don't care if they are only talking. Rhetoric is part of their attack. This kind of activity has a historical context, a pretty fucking genocidal one.

EuroAmericans need to know we have the will and the method to militantly organize ourselves against them and for our benefit.

For all those denouncing direct action and strategic assaults, study your history. The Vietnam, the Korea, the China, the Philipine, Guatamala, El Salvador and this valiant list continues.

People of Color have been successfully and militantly organizing themselves against imperialism for centuries.

I salute all those who went up against the racists in Westwood.

See you on the front lines and within the community,

Kim San

What does "direct physical confrontation" include? If it includes non-violent resistance tactics like street theater, lockdown, linking arms to ward off attack, and using your body to block the street, I'm all for it. If that's what SKAA wants to do, I'll be there with them. If that's what they wanted to do Saturday, then clearly the police were out of line.

But if "direct physical confrontation" means knocking down some toothless seventy-year-old man......nope, not down with it.

By the way, "non-violent" does NOT mean "passive", and it does NOT mean "non-confrontational" or staying away from the front lines.

I'm undecided on the question of "property damage". I'm against smashing store windows (flying glass could hurt innocent bystanders), but cutting the fence at a military base and pouring blood on nuclear missiles also qualifies as property damage. I guess it just depends on how outrageous or immediate the situation is. One rule of thumb is to respect the points of unity of the group that called the demonstration in the first place.

Even as a non-violence advocate, I find it darn near impossible to criticize the revolutionaries in El Salvador. They could not protest peacefully, because they were being killed off every time they tried. They had no alternative but to fight back. Same thing in the other countries you mentioned. But the situation in this country is not the same.

the consensus was basically to kick all their asses, hence the sheilds and beating sticks, but since we were the only ones to show up, we had to settle for a little practice against the cops.