I think the “peaceful protesting is useless, we need DIRECT ACTION” line still ultimately misses the point in the same way the overemphasis on peaceful protesting does.

We don’t need to replace one method with another. We need to step back and actually analyze the terrain.

We need to understand the context, the forces at play, the strengths/weaknesses of ourselves and of the enemy, and we need to come up with an overall strategy given those conditions and THEN choose the methods that make the most sense and best support the strategy.

“Direct action” as it currently takes form is largely an individual approach, entirely reliant on random brave individuals basically sacrificing themselves to the state, without any real support infrastructure, without a rear base area, without much hope of evading capture.

the state is waging protracted imperialist, capitalist, anti-Black, Islamophobic, colonial war.

we will not defeat that without recognizing it for what it is and actually strategizing against it, whether the methods are peaceful protesting or individual direct actions.