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This Wreckage

Minneapolis Uprising Reacts Only w/ Cole James Cash, Leslie Lee III, Rob Rousseau (PREVIEW)

This Wreckage

Sean KB and AP Andy

Music, Arts

4.2970 Ratings

🗓️ 31 May 2020

⏱️ 6 minutes

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Summary

We Twitch-streamed Friday afternoon to discuss the events Thursday night in Minneapolis with Ghetto News Network's Cole Cash, Leslie Lee III of Struggle Session, and Rob Rousseau of 49th Parahell. We talked everything from the political economic origins of the protests, Cointelpro, white supremacy and interracial struggle, and if revolution is on the way.

We cut this into a podcast to spare our Patrons the boomer-level audio/and video quality, available here: https://www.patreon.com/posts/37701668

The full stream is also available on Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/videos/635634575

Transcript

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0:00.0

You know I'm an East Bay DSA.

0:02.0

Here's the difference between those liberal, you know, women's marches and this and that.

0:07.0

No disrespect, but you know what I'm talking about, you know?

0:10.0

Is that while all that is cool and all that all that's great but at the end of the day

0:15.8

Nobody fears that you know why because they know they know they know it don't mean shit and they're going to do shit. What they do, fear, what they do respect is the working class saying, oh I've had enough.

0:27.5

I've had enough. There is nothing more powerful than the working class and also not just fake solidarity like

0:35.3

you know what my friends black and we don't agree with everything but you know we try you

0:40.6

know I'm all about giving money to Sean Kink no real solidarity is you know I'm all about giving money to shine kink no real solidarity is you know what white folks need a fault

0:46.6

We at me as a white woman. I need to fall back see what's needed for this and see what the brothers need okay they need me here, I'm right there.

0:54.0

And Jamie, frankly, that's what I'm respecting about you,

0:56.7

because you said, that's what you're doing.

0:58.6

Remember we talked about mutual aid?

1:00.3

You said, I'm not gonna walk in and try to, you be a paternal white woman what y'all need I'm here right now

1:05.7

And that is the difference between the lives who nobody fears and what we do

1:10.7

So what we're doing right now is we are a part of history. All of us, we can look each other in 40 years from now. You know, I could look at you and say, Jamie if we even alive my son in all honesty my son can say

1:26.4

Do you remember when you and my dad were out there protesting?

1:29.6

Remember when you and my dad did this and this and this?

1:33.7

Having our shows are great because we're trying to reach our people.

1:37.6

But getting out there and looking our friends in the face

1:40.2

shoulder to shoulder.

1:41.7

The last time I did that, I on the 455 Air Expeditionary Unit. I was the 90th

1:47.6

Security Forces Unit and I thought I was a part of something, but all I did was mercenary work with a flag. This time I don't have the power of the state behind me. I don't have my guns with me. All I have is my heart and my people. And that's what we need. because this is what they fear the most.

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