Are We Being Provoked?
As the Trump regime works to impose itself in our daily lives, it is sometimes suggested that one action or another might be designed to provoke us in some way, so the government has an excuse to escalate even further. I recently heard this said again about ICE patrols storming American cities. The images of masked enforcers grabbing people off our streets are disturbing and it is no wonder people worry about what will come next and how to respond. At the same time, we celebrate moments when Americans stand up for their rights and make it clear we will not go quietly. We have seen it here in Washington, where restaurants successfully demanded warrants and stopped ICE agents at the door, and in places like Worcester, Massachusetts, where a crowd formed to contest an arrest and forced the city to assert its boundaries. Understandably, these dramatic scenes have raised the question again, are we being provoked? The problem with