November 4th: Non Update

I decided to check back in with what was going to happen on November 4^th in the city of Portland. I found the Facebook event page from Refuse Fascism.

The Protest

This event will take place November 4^th at 2pm and go till November 11^th at 8pm. Apparently the over throw of the ‘Trump/Pence regime will only take a week.

The details include statements such as “This Nightmare Must End: the Trump/Pence Regime Must Go!” and “Our protest must grow day after day and night after night.” This is an attempt to get people out to this protest because more people means more power and more cover.

Looking through the posts on the event page you will see that they have their guest list hidden. This could explain the 0 going 211 interested. If it does not than I doubt we will see much in the way of protest.

Refuse Fascism also has another event scheduled for the 19^th called meeting #5 at the Lucky Labrador Brew Pub. This just seems to be a planning meeting of some kind and only has 3 people attending according to the Facebook page.

Hype

The hype around this event is coming mostly from the conservative side. I have not seen a lot of sources from Antifa or Antifa affiliated site.

This just means that they are not posting things on public social media. In an undercover video by Steven Crowder you find out that Not Gay Jared had to have a special app downloaded onto his phone so he could stay in contact with other Antifa members.

On the public face of things it would seem that not much is going to happen on November 4^th. Behind closed door we can only speculate. If they are planning something big then they will want a large ‘peaceful’ protest to hide behind and with only 211 people interested in the Portland event I think they will be upset at the turnout.

Be Prepared

These Antifa protests seems to come out of nowhere. In fact they like that tactic, it gives them a mystical appeal to their fanatic followers.

It is hard to say if something big will happen or if we will just get a handful of people blocking traffic and generally pissing people off.

I would say be ready by keeping the day open and generally staying away from downtown Portland if possible. Let the police do their job and let the bad press roll in. If things go super crazy and the police do not step in we can figure out what to do from there.

If you must go, do not go looking for a fight. Defend yourself if you are attacked but do not start any fights. Right now this is about PR and the media will take any excuse to blame anything bad that happens that day on Trump and his supporters.

We still do not know what will happen but publically is appears not much. They do not realize how hard momentum is to maintain once a protest has started much less gain momentum without triggering a response from the authorities. Just be careful and avoid these people and they will be forgotten, a fate worse than death to them.