A third round of “No Kings” protests is planned this spring, with organizers saying they’ll be the largest demonstrations yet across the United States. Previous protests have drawn millions of people who took to the streets to oppose what they describe as authoritarianism under President Donald Trump.
Edit: this article kind of sucks. Check https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ for some events. I’m sure there are local organizers in whatever area you are in if you search for them. Listed upcoming events on fiftyfifty.one: January 30th: National Shutdown January 31st: ICE Out of Everywhere February 17th: Impeach, Convict, Remove, Defund March 28th: No Kings
Thanks mushroommunk for the extra info and potter297 for calling out the garbage article.
How do I get paid for this? I keep hearing that all protestors are getting paid by Soros.
I may not read well, but I didn’t see where they talked about when it was happening in various cities
Organizers said they expect even greater numbers on March 28 in the wake of Trump’s immigration crackdown in Minneapolis, where violent clashes have led to the death of two people.
There is a nationwide general strike this Friday. Not fucking 2 months out.
I hope thy are right, but I think this one is gonna flop.
We need a nation wide strike every Friday.
Never announce an end date to a strike. You do it until you get what you want.
The last one have over 7 million people if I recall… what the fuck makes you think its gonna flop? They’ve been the biggest protests in US history.
Because I think people will see nothing is happening because of it, and stop paying attention to that event.
Has to start somewhere. This is now the second Friday in a row. Let’s keep it up.
Once a week is a lot better than “no kings” … every 6 months haha.
I don’t think there is a general strike that succeeds in this country without mass organization of militarized labor. They have already proven they will kidnap or kill you for defying them. What do you think their response will be towards the profits being threatened?
It will be to disrupt and destroy that movement with state violence before it starts.
We can’t expect a one day or even a once a week strike to be the end. It would only be the start. Because when these strikes do not result in progress; do not feel loss. Do not accept a minor retreat of our enemy as a victory either. If we want real change then these strikes will move into armed occupation of datacenters, warehouses, and eventually the militarized strongholds of ICE. Because that is where their retaliation to strikes with violence will force anyone willing to stand up to them.
Didn’t read article but most of this is through https://www.fiftyfifty.one/ The current one is planned for March 28
Forgive my jaded ignorance, but what do the peaceful protests actually accomplish? The Trump administration doesn’t care and dismisses the protestors as whiny or paid actors. It feels as though they serve as an outlet for the frustrations of the people without receiving any concessions in return. It’s one step above “vote away the fascism”.
As they say, if it actually changed anything, it would be illegal.
The 50501 protests have their own uses, both as a method to show others that there are a lot of people who are also angry and upset with things (someone knowing they’re not alone is important to take any further steps), and as a way to ease people not used to activism into becoming an activist, and meeting like minded or more radical people, which hopefully leads toward meaningful organizing within their community, like the methods described under this post.
If protesting didn’t achieve anything, they wouldn’t be killing people in the streets for doing it.
Protests are basically giant rallies of people in your area who are motivated by similar grievances as you. The protests by themselves don’t do much but you can discourse and connect with other people who attend them.
Well… my 2 cents: it enormously matters because fascist regimes are way more fragile than they seem. Carney’s analogy of the ‘signs in the window’ was extremely appropriate (listen to his Davos speech if you haven’t), and even in the heart of Nazi Germany, proved massively impactful.
They won’t change everything by themselves, and there also needs to be a mobilisation in all layers of government, in the armed forces, police forces, etc… when you saw the National Guard joining the marches with high visibility jackets, recently, or the police kicking out Ice agents from a private property (hoping we can trust this one, weak source), it contributes to changing the dynamic…
Will it be enough or change fast enough idk, but its not useless IMO!
I too have been looking for a larger reason to protest instead of just an airing of grievances. I’m not sure I found one but i came across this article in a post the other day:
They shouldn’t stop.
