ABOUT. Linktr.ee/JLQ
Contact. jeremy@publicreport.org
The 2020 - 2021 report was intended to provide a non-partisan source of information on riot Direct Action, street conflicts and how they played out “under the cover of protests.”
The home page as of September 2022 now catalogues ALL reported events of political violence between 2015 - 2022. Omissions welcome.
You will find that those referenced in this report may carry several affiliations or self-identifications, a pervasive characteristic of diversified political & cultural identity in the US. The report strives to avoid labeling that is not backed up by self-identifications.
ie. Blanket labeling “Nazi,” “Fascist,” or “Commie,” etc.
I am an advocate for non-violence as a Photojournalist and former (sometimes still) professional news anchor; Also a working filmmaker, actor, and student of theater when time allows. From the perspective of a Thespian, all perspectives are valid and should be honored in the telling of what happens.
My concern, shared with others I collaborated with following unrest on the ground in 2020-2021, is empirical truth: Not agenda or partisanship.
I highly recommend those interested in parsing the culture war violence we witnessed, to go directly to primary source non-partisan documentarians such as Ford Fischer, Brendan Gutenschwager, Scootercaster, Jake Lee Green and C.J. Halliburton.
Even Sean B.C. aka acatwithnews will show you a street view of what is happening from the perspective of an ‘antifascist’ activist insider. Conversely, you can look at the work of Anthony Cabassa and see a right wing perspective from the streets.
Similarly, I would urge that reporting from the Daily Beast, Vice, Daily Dot Huffington Post, Guardian, Rolling Stone, and other Left wing partisan platforms be given the same scrutiny that Breitbart and others would receive for Right wing partisan coverage, as all appear allergic to printing anything that reflects poorly on one’s own affiliated activists.
Then there are the activists themselves presenting as journalists.
If a camera is positioned to show only one side of a conflict as is often the case, buyer beware.
There were neutral perspective journalists that captured how it went down on the ground during 2020’s summer of civil unrest which continued into 2021. Some of us were also at the Capitol on January 6th. Some have been on the ground since 2017.
We are not reporting from behind a computer monitor- but on the streets.
Seek us out.
Los Angeles, CA - Blending in since the end of May, whatever the scene. Photo: NY Times
I have come to the conclusion that the ‘Anarchist-Antifascist’ tactics working against peaceful protest not only hijacked the culturally left protest movements of May 2020— but also the principals of Anarchism itself, which center on individual freedom from coercive authority.
Why do militants feel the need to hide their faces if their cause is just?
At what point does the madness of the mob take over?
At what point if the Press falls silent or becomes entrenched in partisanship, do we cosign to the upheaval of our social order?
How steeped are we as a nation in a polarization crisis?
These are topics worthy of discussion.
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