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I’ve got too old and bitter & fearful of angina for protests, but when I see certain names and photos that keep appearing on the far far left as being engaged in being associated with various outbreaks, is seems to be that there is a local hardcore which engages in what they see as productive revolutionary violence. It comes out of a Leninist tendency (probably crudely read through Fanon) to lead, not follow. This is coupled with a radical internationalism/antiimperialism/ anticolonialism for both Australia and especially Palestine - liberation by any means possible in desperate and awful times. The keffiyeh is appropriated for local revolution but no one says No!
This on top of hated for local Nazis who are being clever and not breaking the law by skirting around the edges. The police can’t stop them if they are not breaking the law 😞 and clearly, some police have shown themselves not to be antipathetic.
Social media & encryption have resulted in what I think is at least one underground nucleus ( WACA) with numbers of hangers on & publicizers. And unknown the past, a number of the most radicalized people ( some quite reactionary), are women who appear to believe in violence. Others on the left may be reluctant to criticize for fear of being accused of gender or cultural disrespect.
And then of course there is all the COVID period alienation which set off bells on the right and left about state control of public movement (not to speak of vaccination but I think that’s a right, not left issue).