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4th February 2011, 15:30
I am pretty annoyed at the moment. Basically I have a comrade from another high school a bit younger than me who has been through tough times a lot in his life so far and been bullied by people a lot. Him and his best friend are really passionate about politics and seem to attract a lot of attention. I found out today that he'd been punched in the face by this really right-wing racist kid at his school whom he and his friend (another comrade) know and used to associate with. The teachers at their school are mostly fucking useless: when he got hit the teacher said 'oh don't worry, he was annoying anyway blahblah' and nobody was even talked to harshly for it. My sister goes there and had to deal with a lot of lumpens who beat her up for fun until she finally got restraining orders against numerous girls. Practically all except one of the teachers sat back and did jack shit.
The same racist arsewipe I spoke of before went into the house of the other comrade I mentioned briefly and tore up leaflets we were going to help distribute for an upcoming rally that he had printed.
Normally I wouldn't involve myself with other comrades' personal lives but they're good friends of my sister's and I really don't like seeing this kid getting attacked, especially for his political views (to illustrate the atmosphere of this school, there are at least a couple of rabidly Zionist teachers who call pro-Palestine students racists right to their faces there, IMO it seems like a pretty fucked up place).
As a fellow member of a leftist group I don't like to mindlessly advocate violence as a solution and I can't physically intervene without being most likely charged with assault (it's a different school to mine, and I don't have time or the means to go following these people up IRL). What would the best thing to do or bit of advice to give to these younger comrades be in this case?
Sorry for the abundance of harsh language but some people really get me pissed, and I apologize if this seems like a stupid question.
The same racist arsewipe I spoke of before went into the house of the other comrade I mentioned briefly and tore up leaflets we were going to help distribute for an upcoming rally that he had printed.
Normally I wouldn't involve myself with other comrades' personal lives but they're good friends of my sister's and I really don't like seeing this kid getting attacked, especially for his political views (to illustrate the atmosphere of this school, there are at least a couple of rabidly Zionist teachers who call pro-Palestine students racists right to their faces there, IMO it seems like a pretty fucked up place).
As a fellow member of a leftist group I don't like to mindlessly advocate violence as a solution and I can't physically intervene without being most likely charged with assault (it's a different school to mine, and I don't have time or the means to go following these people up IRL). What would the best thing to do or bit of advice to give to these younger comrades be in this case?
Sorry for the abundance of harsh language but some people really get me pissed, and I apologize if this seems like a stupid question.