queerrevolt:

doyoumisterjones:

The presentation of Standing Rock as a “non-violent” event erases the fact that forcing the Oceti Sakowin to take this approach was itself an act of colonial violence. Don’t co-opt the strategy at Standing Rock as part of an anti-gun/pro-pacifism ideology, because it ignores the nuances of our anti-colonial struggle (and rather blatantly that our culture is historically not pacifist.)

And DO NOT use it as a means to police the organizing methods of other communities.

Instead of saying the police are bad for attacking nonviolent protestors, we should realize police are bad for attacking.

^^^^^