Invisible Weapons examines revolutionary politics during the Movement for Black Lives (M4BL), asking why so few movement supporters reflect the Black queer and intersectional feminism of M4BL organizers.

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Enthusiasm for the M4BL, the largest movement in history, has hidden the tools of domination - coercing oppressed people into giving political power to their oppressors. Using original representative survey data, in-depth interviews in Chicago, and case studies from New York and Baltimore, I explain the psychology, politics, and propaganda behind oppression today. Through disempowerment, silencing, and political cooptation, I show how participation in protest is far from a guarantee of radical and revolutionary intent.

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Invoking lessons from #SayHerName campaigns, I show how political hopelessness is transforming revolutionary resistance into disempowerment, silence, and defeat. But all is not lost, as I also show that all of the ingredients we need for justice, revolution , and a peaceful existence are already with us. We must only have the audacity to hope for real change - not the one that elitists sell us at the cost of our lives.