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Don’t start protesting on a week day. Protest on the weekend to get a show of force. If demands are not met, follow it up with a general strike for your next protest.
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Submitted 5 weeks ago by A_A@lemmy.world to [deleted]
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Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
GreenKnight23@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
[deleted]TheMightyCanuck@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I absolutely fucking hate that I can’t say you’re being a bit overkill.
What the actual fuck
horse_battery_staple@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
just saying, this seems really sketchy folks.
some tips to help you out
don’t take your phones to the protest if you take a burner, don’t take it home. buy it, and trash it at the protest. don’t take anything that could identify you as you superglue and baking soda on your fingerprints. don’t go crazy, just enough to make printing you impossible/difficult write any important phone numbers on your arm or ankle in permanent marker if you can’t remember them stuff a couple hundred dollars for bail in your shoe don’t give ANYONE your real name. don’t care how hot they are or how impassioned they are, just fucking don’t designate one trusted individual to come get you from jail. they are not to bring their phone, they should park at least 1/4 mile away and walk to get you(long enough to realize you’re being tailed by police).
pay attention to your surroundings, specifically the movement of officers/agents. if they’re running you should be too. if there’s a large group marching or a wall marching, leave immediately and regroup.
ICE will be there. they will be picking people up. many of them not illegal. if you’re not white, wear makeup if you can get away with it. paint your face with state colors if need be. not a mask, so it shouldn’t be covered by “no-mask” states.
know your rights. bring the proof of your rights. force them to acknowledge your rights.
stream everything.
if you are picked up you will;
go on a list be unlawfully monitored become a link in a larger web to ensnare organizers
you will go dark for at least a month. no social media posts about the protests, no discussions about the protests, nothing. after that, it should be difficult to pair your online activity with your real world activities.
if you can’t make it to the protests, record the streams, share them online, pressure the public to demand answers for the crimes committed by the officers/agents.
one last thing.
there will undoubtedly be people there to provoke the protests. do not let them. once one incident of violence is determined all bets off and the police will become physically involved.
trust no one, question everything, power to the people. 🫵
This message from a colleague will live here until the death of Lemmy
RamenJunkie@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Yeah, this whole thing is very poorly done and really screams like annexcuse toncreate andalse flag moment. I saw a Reddit comment that this exact thing was listed in the Project2025 playbook as part of an excuse to create a scene and enact martial law.
Katana314@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
One thing I’d recommend that I’m unsure how to easily obtain, is getting the phone number of a civil rights lawyer ready. It does kind of contradict the point about not bringing phones, I suppose. At the very least, if one is available in the vicinity after attempted arrests it can be useful.
I also feel somewhat guilty, as I will be attending in a very blue state that’s unlikely to have so much resistance, so I may skirt some of those rules myself.
mm_maybe@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
I’d say that violent incursion into blue states with the help of federal forces and local brownshirt provocateurs is almost a goal of Project 2025 and MAGA more broadly so I wouldn’t count on it not happening wherever you are. We’ve seen plenty of that kind of thing on the West Coast particularly. Local police unfortunately have a large membership overlap with said brownshirts.
Wogi@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Why is your entire comment history deleted?
vonbaronhans@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
I think the care for being not identified and covering one’s tracks provided in the above comment is a pretty obvious indicator for why their comment history is scrubbed lol.
y0kai@lemmy.dbzer0.com 5 weeks ago
Great advice except I’m confused about how to “stream everything” if we’re supposed to leave our phones at home.
Clbull@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
And based on the deal Trump is doing with Bukele, there’s a chance you could end up getting thrown into an El Salvadorian prison and locked up with MS-13 gangbangers.
GraniteM@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I only just learned about it today, myself. I work that day, but I might be able to shift things around.
I really wish that these protests were more widely shared in advance. I want to be involved, but only getting a couple of days advance warning makes it really hard. I know that sometimes you have to act fast, but if you want your movement to succeed then you’ve got to try to consider the real lives of all of the people who want to help, but are also really limited in their time. Plan protests on weekends, and if you’ve got to protest on a weekday, then plan it way ahead of time and give everyone a chance to plan to be there. I’m sure it looks better to have one big protest with 10X people there than ten protests with 1X people attending.
A_A@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
i don’t know who organized this and just made this post to have some answers. Thankfully, some users are coming up with answers … so i have updated the header of this post.
myster@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Pretty sure it was just an online thing, without any real leaders. Which, don’t get me wrong that has its own benefits. But understanding that origin also helps explain why it’s a little unorganized
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Love a protest in the middle of the workday, should be easy for most people to attend, no?
dependencyinjection@discuss.tchncs.de 5 weeks ago
You realise that anytime is the middle of the work day.
Not everyone is working 9-5. People work shifts, nights, and weekends.
Telodzrum@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You realize that there are differences in the populations working at different times, right? Or are you just happy to be seen being outraged?
meliaesc@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
If people aren’t willing to give up 1 hour of their corporate slavery to stop facism, then we are already doomed.
NikkiDimes@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
There’s a difference between “willing” and “able” 😅
__nobodynowhere@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Today you learn lot of people don’t live in their states capital city
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
It’s 576 miles between El Paso and Austin. Please explain how someone is going to be able to get there within an hour with time to protest.
boonhet@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
You had it correct at corporate SLAVERY.
Imagine you get fired over this, lose your home, stop being able to feed your family. I don’t think unemployment benefits in the US cover much, do they?
I hope most everyone who’s ABLE to protest, is also willing.
sudoer777@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
More like 2 days depending on where in the state you live
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’ve already seen someone on Lemmy say that they should feed their kids out of dumpsters if they lose their job that they rely on to live paycheck-to-paycheck (like almost half of Americans) and then their home because they can’t pay rent.
And if they lose their kids to CPS because they were made homeless and their parents were arrested during a general strike protest? Hey, they were clearly just MAGA bootlickers anyway.
Katana314@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m dubious of the reality of said comment, or the support it got in upvotes.
Most of us understand that protesting carries risks, and encourage others to risk what they feel okay with.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
This will be too short notice and too expensive for many to attend. Generalstrikeus.com has the right idea
DiagnosedADHD@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I think this has value even if it doesn’t cause immediate change. People need to just get out and express how they’re feeling and network with like minded people instead of sitting online doomscrolling. We’ve got to organize.
sudoer777@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
I’ve been trying to figure out how to network with people where I live and so far it’s been very difficult, partly because I’m very busy constantly and don’t have a car, and also because I’m depressed and my social skills are absolute garbage. At this point almost all of my social life for the past few years has been Lemmy, Reddit, and Instagram.
Aaron@lemmy.nz 5 weeks ago
I was pretty sure I knew what a general strike was… wouldn’t any strike be more expensive than 2-4 hours of protest, and wouldn’t a general strike involve much more planning than a normal strike due to the scale and breadth?
Also I was worried that generalstrikeus.com was too soon. The UAW general strike is planned for 2028 to get time to plan, because a general strike isn’t something you can just do successfully at the drop of a hat.
TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Yes it would. That’s why they’re having people fill out strike cards and waiting until they actually have that organization before they set a date
circledot@feddit.org 5 weeks ago
Could be used to organise for a general strike though.
Katana314@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I neglected to post it on Lemmy when I found out about it earlier. Key word being “earlier” - Lemmy is just one branch of where it’s been shared, so don’t assume the momentum started here.
A_A@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Added your GeneralStrikeUS.com link to the header of my post, thanks for this information
remer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Does nobody have a job here?
KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca 5 weeks ago
Some things are more important.
endeavor@sopuli.xyz 5 weeks ago
Call in sick. You’re not gonna get fired for missing one day.
If you are gonna get fired for that, this is literally the protest to stop that shit.
remer@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Not everyone lives in their state capitol. It’s a 10+ hour drive for some people. Take three days off? This protest is going to be low turnout.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
You’re not gonna get fired for missing one day.
Tell me you’ve never worked for minimum wage by telling me you’ve never worked for minimum wage.
If you are gonna get fired for that, this is literally the protest to stop that shit.
Tell me you’ve never lived in poverty with children depending on you by telling me you’ve never lived in poverty with children depending on you.
Bojack411@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
This is a white people thing. Students and min wage workers in large cities can pull this off. America is full of people with hope and a 9-5 to.oay there ridiculous rent.
FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Yes, all those impoverished people in cities working minimum wage jobs that rely on every cent of their paycheck just to keep a roof over their kids’ heads and food in their bellies who will get fired for missing even a day of work for any reason can totally pull this off. Totally.
sudoer777@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
As a student there is no way I am skipping a day’s worth of classes and risking my grade for a single protest that’s probably not going to do shit similar to the other protests I’ve been to that didn’t do shit
Lucidlethargy@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
This was poorly advertised. I’ve never heard of it, and I’m on Lemmy every day.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Why on such a weird day? I can just take off work this week and drive 3 hours to Madison lol. Can I digitally be there. Although I’m expecting an very poor turnout in every state tbh.
SuspiciousUser@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
because in the middle of the week in the middle of the day is when it causes the most disruption to literally everything and everybody. Government officials won’t even be there on the weekend. May as well decide to do it in the middle of a huge field out in the country.
SolidShake@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Ah yeah that makes sense. I would do it around 3-5pm so they can’t go home lmao.
ramenshaman@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I’m guessing since they’re protesting project 2025 organizing the protest to happen on 2/5/25 kind of makes sense.
A_A@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
i was also thinking it might be better in the weekend … fortunately, people will talk and decide.
But also it is called 50 protests, 50 states, one day : February 5thKittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
The date will be 2/5/25. I think it’s more symbolism of protesting Project 2025.
anomnom@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Yeah February in WI is not a smart time to plan to stand outside. Same in most other northern states for at least another 2 months
HeyThisIsntTheYMCA@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
if it’s not the start of a general strike idgaf. a single day of protests works about as well as blacking out a subreddit.
Katana314@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
General strikes take a pretty large mass. To build that, a very important step is making sure more people are aware of how many are committed to resistance.
It’s like being invited to a party, and the host says “Well, you’re one of the first ten people I’ve invited, but I’m encouraging others to share-” and you just reply “Nope, I’m not going unless there’s already a million people going.” Of course, in this case, the protest has been shared outside of just Lemmy, so don’t use local numbers as an indicator.
frezik@midwest.social 5 weeks ago
Right; what do people expect, here? A “general strike” that someone calls at random won’t do much more than a few extra people calling in sick. It takes time to build solidarity to agree that we’re all going to do this. If we had that kind of solidarity, I don’t think we’d be in this position in the first place.
AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
That’s my take as well.
Unless this goes on with some critical infrastructure impacted for at least a few weeks, it’s utterly pointless.
Flax_vert@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
As a Brit looking in, America is a mess
Eagle0110@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
a mess
Is that supposed to be a British way of spelling “disaster”?
boonhet@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I’d like to also tell you about the time an English brigadier responded “pretty sticky down here” when asked about the situation - ~600 Brits were surrounded by ~10k Chinese. Of course, the American General who had asked him didn’t think twice of it, but apparently when a brit says “a bit sticky” it means “we’re all about to die”, not “oh it’s not too bad”. About 40 survived.
BmeBenji@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
What is the objective here? Are we asking for something specific or just yelling in frustration into the void?
Blackmist@feddit.uk 5 weeks ago
TangoNoir@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
Father Ted references are always welcome.
dellish@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
“We the people” voted for it! There was no big reveal after the election; it was well known that Project 2025 was the goal. Anyone who says otherwise had their head in the sand for the last 6 months.
hellequin67@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
5th Nov 2024 - was the chance to prevent this. Trump’s team made it clear on the direction they were heading and no-one heeded the warnings. 35% didn’t vote and the majority of those that did voted for him, which either means they agree with the direction or were deluded into thinking it wasn’t going to happen.
I’m all for protest but I don’t think you have a chance of changing anything, he owns the legislature and the voting public allowed it to happend.
I’m not American or a resident of US but that’s just my opinion as an outsider.
HawlSera@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
I think it’s gonna be one of those things that’s supposed to be a thing, but isn’t a thing.
But I’m not going to shit all over someone’s attempt to make a difference if it’s based on genuine good effort and intention.
I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Can’t wait for all the pictures of these events with half a dozen people standing around looking lost.
HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
What exactly counts as the mainstream media nowadays?
Cable news?
I haven’t had cable TV for probably 20 years now.
Internet news?
Which ones? There seems to be an endless number of them
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Everyone just call in sick. Say it is because you didn’t want any vaccines.
youvegotmoxie@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Good luck but I either need to fly or take a ferry to get to my state’s capitol building. Need more than a few days heads up.
Sabre363@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
And accomplish what exactly? None of this means a damn thing if nobody has any clue what’s going on
Irelephant@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
From what I can see about it, the organisers are some reddit mods. The person who started it was reddit.com/u/Evolved_Fungi. The subreddit is r/50501 and their bluesky is bsky.app/profile/50501movement.bsky.social.
A lot of people don’t know about it, its gotten almost no attention from the media, that I have noticed. All I have found is one newsweek article newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationw…
hash@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
Alright, I’m prepared to take some heat for this because in the context of the best organized protests I think my assumptions are incorrect. However most protests don’t rise to that level. Thing is if your protest looks for the most part like a party with some political alignments and isn’t related to some direct action in your community or actual expectations/demands of the relevant political body…
Not to say that “performative” protests are useless. But there seems to be a distressing number of my fellow gen Z that think these sorts of protests alone will work. Like all they need to do is yell loudly into a few news network cameras on capital hill then go home.
I’ll probably see what’s going on in my home state and hope to see some targeted action and real dialogue. I truly hope my assumptions are proven wrong.
Lennnny@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Excited to see people ready to take action, but just be careful. See the thread on this profile for more info: bsky.app/profile/ecmclaughlin.bsky.social (this user has set her account to logged in users only).
“Listen, for folks who don’t know, I was a part of a small organizing team that led to a mass mobilization in 813 cities worldwide in 2019.
I am not talking out of my ass.
You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer”
There was also a mod thread on r/albuquerque about it.
I am sure there will be BOTH legit protests and shitty people using this for nefarious reasons. I’m still on the fence about whether to drive 2 hours to my local one or not. I’ve already signed up for other things through mobilize.us anyway.
MissJinx@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
As an outsider I can’t see them caring about this at all… but boy I support you guys. It’s time you do something
smb@lemmy.ml 5 weeks ago
Reject 2025
cabbage@piefed.social 5 weeks ago
For the love of everything, please do take to the streets. Better late than never.
Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
If people don’t go armed, I’m worried what could happen.
SocialMediaRefugee@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
I feel like the issue is with our fellow citizens who voted for him and the congressmen/woman. You can protest all you want but they’ll keep getting elected.
Sergio@slrpnk.net 5 weeks ago
Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 5 weeks ago
Ain’t driving 400 miles to Sacramento when there’s a perfectly good Federal Building within a mile. Also it’s not the State of California I’m mad at.
Deceptichum@quokk.au 5 weeks ago
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KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 5 weeks ago
They left out writing the number of your attorney or the ACLU on yourself in sharpie, so you’ll have it if you need it.
blazeknave@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Oldie but a goodie
zerozaku@lemmy.world 5 weeks ago
Not commanding enough. It should be “Avoid Google at all costs”.