When I heard about the CHAZ Antifa/BLM/etc. takeover in Seattle, my first thought was: I wonder how many of them went to Evergreen College?
Washington state’s Evergreen College was the site of the infamous racist intimidation/happening/experiment that made international news in 2017. (I recommend thinkspotter Benjamin Boyce’s documentary.)
So I Googled it and it turns out the college is just SW of Seattle, about 30 miles as the crow flies. Of course, there are plenty of other Evergreen sub-cultures out there in academia.
But: There is a pipeline from academic theory to activist training in college to take-it-to-the streets.