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50 Ways to Prepare for Revolutionby adminon May 9, 2011 at 7:4 amPosted !n: "ssays#!deas

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by .tep+anie M&Millan

/+e people of t+e nited .tates are &urrently unprepared to seie a revolutionary moment) We must fi

t+at)

3o &an e raise our levels of revolutionary &ons&iousness, or*aniation and stru**le

Raise &ons&iousness

1 Raise &ons&iousness it+ t+e purpose of buildin* or*aniation and raisin* t+e level of stru**le)

2 !nvesti*ate before formin* opinions) Resear&+ +o t+e orld and t+e system fun&tion)

' Read foundational and +istori&al or6s about revolution, by t+ose +o +ave parti&ipated in and led

t+em)

4 nalye t+e system8s &urrent &ondition and trae&tory)

5 earn about t+e resistan&e, uprisin*s and revolutions *oin* on in t+e orld today)

Read t+e material t+at &urrently a&tive *roups are issuin* and dis&ussin*)

7 ;ontinuously develop, elaborate upon and refine prin&iples, t+eories and strate*ies for our movement)

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22 !f our friends dis&oura*e us, ma6e ne friends)

2' Aetor6 sensibly it+ people online) =ind lo&al people online +o epress similar ideas, and meet it+

t+em)

24 =ind a *roup t+at e basi&ally a*ree it+) Wor6 it+ it)

25 !f t+ere8s no lo&al *roup e ant to or6 it+, start one)

2 Write a leaflet it+ &onta&t info) Pass it out in publi& to find potential &omrades)

27 W+en e meet people, assess our points of a*reement) !f e a*ree on basi& essentials, de&ide +o to

or6 to*et+er) !f not, say *oodbye for no)

2efine allies a&&ordin* to overall outloo6 and *oals)

'0 >on8t let se&ondary differen&es prevent &ooperation) 3andle differen&es beteen allies nonC

anta*onisti&ally)

'1 >o not tolerate oppressive ?seist, ra&ist, +omop+obi& et&) dynami&s it+in t+e movement) ;onfront

t+eir epression and put a stop to it)

'2 Refrain from sayin* anyt+in* aloud, on t+e p+one or ele&troni&ally t+at e ouldn8t ant to +ear played

ba&6 in &ourt)

'' Deep ille*al dru*s aay from our politi&al life)

'4 Resear&+ and pra&ti&e *ood se&urity &ulture)

'5 Prioritie t+e ellbein* of our or*aniations over personal benefit)

' Ready our ran6s to seie on any brea6s in t+e le*itima&y of t+e system)

.tru**le

'7 se stru**le to spread revolutionary &ons&iousness and build or*aniation)

'efend, support, and en&oura*e our allies)

44 s opportunities arise, ea6en t+e enemy and its ability to rule)

45 @bey t+e small las) >on t *et ta6en out of t+e *ame for somet+in* unort+y)

4 =or ille*al a&ts, ma6e sure you &an trust your &omrades it+ your life and t+e lives of everyone

&onne&ted to you)

47 void bein* distra&ted and diverted into symboli& a&tionCforCa&tion8s sa6e)

4on t epe&t t+e enemy to a&t a*ainst its nature) !t +as no mer&y and &an not be reasoned it+)

49 /urn every atta&6 by t+e enemy into an opportunity to spea6 out, or*anie, and *ro more poerful)

50 Be illin* to or6 +ard) Be smart) Be brave) Remember e re all in t+is to*et+er)

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