I monitor far-right groups pretty intensively and a good chunk of Paedophile Hunters are key organisers of said groups.
Its also not uncommon for far-right groups to be family operations where the adults will groom their teenage children into organizing and encourage their children to date other, often older, fascist organisers.
Gonna put this out there because nobody else has said it but you might want to glance over at @[email protected] and see how things relate to you. You are perfectly within your rights to be a lesbian if you would prefer that.
I actually imagine that there would be a lot of similarities to the structure of already existing anarchist organizing, particularly street antifascism.
Usually people will meet ahead of an action and discuss likely events and how to respond. If things happen that weren’t predicted, it relies on the initiative of people on the ground.
Usually people with experience will end up making snap decisions, though people will occasionally veto them. If there is an opportunity, the people who disagree will huddle and decide on a new course of action. If not, someone might just call it out a new course of action, which people will also sometimes veto.
I’m personally quite a fan of simple instructions that you can chant because it also boosts morale and demonstrates unity to the opposition.
At a recent example that I think was particularly effective, a group of spotters* were following a fascist march, one person shouted, “Come on guys. We can’t let them go unopposed.”
A second person indicated that they agreed by proposing a strategy, gesturing to link arms, saying, “Link up.”
A third person adapted that into a chant of, “Link your arms! Stand your ground!”
Spotters are a scout-like role who usually have the responsibility of keeping an eye on the opposition and relaying that information back to the action itself. In this case, the spotters realized that remaining as spotters was less useful and adapted accordingly, since the main counter was trapped elsewhere.
Interestingly, as the police decision makers were with the main counter, the police who were with the spotters were unable to act because their structure depends on a hierarchy whereas the adaptability of anarchist organizing doesn’t.
Last week, I was on a train and a much older drunk man came over and started asking me out and trying to make conversation. I ended up trapped on that train with him for about 30 mins, constantly having to consider the risks. I never outright rejected him because we were stuck in an enclosed space and I thought that it was a very real risk that he would become violent. Eventually, along with two other women that I had just met on the train, we managed to convince this man that it was his stop when it wasn’t because, without a word we each realized that he would become more of an issue if he followed one of us at our stops.
On a plane, it is even more enclosed and usually only goes to one destination. You can’t make the same decisions to keep yourself safe that women have to make all the time. Its also much more likely that you will be in an unfamiliar environment.
Every woman has countless stories like this so this woman was right to be scared.
Well the person who compiled this list is clearly a racist and queerphobic prick