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    • @rockSlayer
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      136 months ago

      direct action with the goal of filling jails has a long and very successful history, going back AT LEAST to the IWW Free Speech Fights. It also saw widespread success during the fight for Civil Rights.

      • @cricket98
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        -16 months ago

        Can you bring up an example that wasn’t 50+ years ago?

        • @rockSlayer
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          26 months ago

          There hasn’t been any “fill the jail” protests in the US since the civil rights movement due to the demonization of getting arrested. However, a protest like that has been occurring in Pakistan

    • @kautau
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      136 months ago

      For profit prison companies:

      Rubbing their hands together like an oldschool nintendo villain