Above: a protest from 2015, which mirrors PSL’s recent tactics in the Gaza demonstrations By any honest assessment, how can it be true that the tactic of blocking traffic under our conditions comes from a sense of faith in the people? The defenders of this practice may say that they trust the people will mobilize in response to the attention which the traffic blockages create for the cause. But in the United States at this stage, no communist organization yet has the kind of mass support which is required for such tactics to be effective.