@inthehands@hachyderm.ioIt is probably hard to distinguish some of the images you’re seeing here from, say, a WTO protest that turned violent.
There is an overwhelming sense of “everyone” right now — everyone is in danger, everyone is helping.
@Dragofix@veganism.socialStop the Government Redefining Animal Testing Sites as “National Infrastructure” #AnimalRights
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@cdarwin@c.imThousands of demonstrators gathered in the western German city of Giessen on Saturday
as the far-right Alternative for Germany’s new youth organization was set to kick off its founding convention.
Groups of protesters blocked or tried to block roads in and around the city of some 93,000 people in the early morning.
Police said they used pepper spray after stones were thrown at officers at one location.
The new youth organization of the anti-immigration Alternative for G…
@kirenida@social.linux.pizza @cdarwin@c.imBrazil’s federal police on Saturday arrested former president Jair Bolsonaro over suspicion he was plotting to escape and avoid starting a 27-year prison sentence for leading a coup attempt.
The decision laid bare some of the country’s divisions, with many uncorking Champagne outside the far-right leader’s prison to celebrate as his supporters prepared a religious act in his favor.
In a dramatic and unexpected twist in the final stage of a long and divisive criminal trial, feder…
@drgeraint@glasgow.socialA toot quoted a tweet earlier (can't find it now) highlighting that "antifa" may be cute for those associating with it, but it allows opponents to criticise without admitting to being fascists.
I agree. If the intention is to protest resurgence of fascism, then cute names that do not name the danger are counter-productive.
SWP had the right idea when they set up the "Anti Nazi League", which is now part of "Unite Against Fascism".
#1. Make …
@kirenida@social.linux.pizza @cdarwin@c.imSix million people exercised their democratic right to protest,
and Trump’s response was to giggle and express a wish to bury them in feces.
At best that’s juvenile; at worst it’s an ugly attack on the democratic spirit.
Either way, it’s bizarre, jarring, and extremely divisive.
You’d think journalists would want to talk about it.
And yet, for the most part, the mainstream media has shied away from the story.
The Sunday shows hardly mentioned it.
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@cellfourteen@social.petertoushkov.euThis week's monologues - watched them all, Colbert's and Kimmel's - referred to the most jaw-dropping and upsetting things I think I've ever heard of America. It looks like a vaudeville production of The First Days of the Third Reich over there. Lie is truth, wrong is right, crook is President ->
Trump Cashing in Bigly, GOP Calls No Kings Protest the "Hate America" Rally & RFK Junior Jr. is Back - Jimmy Kimmel Live
@hex@kolektiva.socialWhile I'm not much for the law, I recognize that not everyone I talk to thinks the same way. But even if you are like me, the enormity of the list of Trump's crimes is just staggering. There really couldn't be any more clear of an illustration of the fact that there are two legal systems: one for the elite, and one for everyone else.
We all know #Trump just does crimes all the time, but it can be hard to track the enormity of it. The YouTube lawyer LegalEagle put together a list and it's pretty incredible. It's a little over 40 minutes of him rapidly listing times that Trump has violated the law during his second term (completely ignoring his first term).
#MassBlackout is a #Boycott of the American corporations that support the dictatorship. By showing
that people have the power to shut down the economy if elites don't listen, we can hit them where it actually hurts.
From now until December 2nd, do as many of these things as you can:
- Stop online or in-store shopping (except for small businesses)
- Stop work
- Stop streaming, cancel subscriptions, no digital purchases
This is one of the few times that boosting stuff on social media and doing nothing else actually *can* make a difference. Boost posts tagged with #WeAintBuyingIt, #MassBlackout, and #BlackOutTheSystem. Make sure everyone you know knows about it. Hold each other accountable to keep from spending. You may already not be spending because.... well,.. Trump has already made everything too expensive. The thing is that elites can't actually tell the difference. Spreading word, making the protest seem as big and impactful as possible is all that's really needed to fracture elites and turn them against each other. Boost, write your own post, make these tags trend on every platform you can, then do nothing.
Don't buy things, (if you can) don't work. Just stop. Refuse to participate in capitalism. This is the ultimate "fuck you, make me" because they absolutely can't make you. This is the ultimate reminder of where power actually comes from.
I've been trying to remind everyone, every day. Please do the same. Keep this opportunity at the top of everyone's mind. Keep it in your mind.
Trump is more vulnerable now than he's ever been, and there is no time in the next year that we have more power than right now. This is one of the most important parts of the year for the US economy. What you do, or don't do, right now has more of an impact than any other time.
#USPol #BlackFriday #CyberMonday
@cdarwin@c.imA protest does not become a rebellion merely because the protestors advocate for myriad legal or policy changes, are well organized, call for significant changes to the structure of the U.S. government, use civil disobedience as a form of protest, or exercise their Second Amendment right to carry firearms as the law currently allows.
Nor does a protest become a rebellion merely because of sporadic and isolated incidents of unlawful activity or even violence committed by rogue particip…
