Activists worry militants co-opting protests
Activists worry militants co-opting protests, miss chance to listen to Black community members, some say
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Activists worry militants co-opting protests, miss chance to listen to Black community members, some say
1) Jan. 13: Red Guards Ambush Heidi Sloan The Democratic Socialists of America organizer and candidate for Congress in the TX-25 Democratic primary was waylaid and threatened by militants associated with the ostensibly defunct Maoist group Red Guards Austin, highlighting stress fractures at the leftmost edge of Austin politics even as the influence of DSA-aligned progressives surged in an increasingly deep-blue Travis County. Sloan would lose her race to the also very progressive Julie Oliver, who set up a rematch with GOP incumbent Roger Williams. 2) Feb. 23: Bernie Sanders Rolls Through Tow...