I live in Austin TX and just saw this. Heading downtown now, cya there. Thanks OP
Awful short notice. My state capital is 3 hours away and I have work.
There’s a protest at your work today.
I feel like the enemy started this so they then say “see nobody cares, nobody showed up” because we saw through their bullshit.
The lack of organizer info after a whole bunch of people have tried to find it is a huge red flag to me.
I’m pretty interested to see how widely upvoted this is.
Definitely, and they can track the people that did show up as highly motivated.
I was wrong. At least for my state. There was a huge protest in Denver yesterday.
We may have just hit the point where enough people are pissed off that a lot of organizing/motivating isn’t needed.
I’ll be at the next one, and I’m already planning how to comply and assist with a general strike in March. I have the teeniest hope that some momentum might be starting to resist these fuckers now in charge.
No there isn’t
Well you are wrong I’m not from the US
Sounds like someone needs to start an anti-Trump protest in their country. It’s not like it’s not going to impact you, or like your local government is yet doing enough to adapt to what’s going to come.
Yeah, I don’t think that’ll have the impact you think it does. This is something we Americans need to handle ourselves, and not rely on the rest of the world to do for us.
Did you check?
Did they check if they have a state capitol? They probably don’t need to if their country doesn’t have states.
Yeah, we don’t have states
Are you sure though? Sometimes we call them weird things like territories and allies. :)
Nope not it in croatia
Hold on, it says right here that Croatia is a member of NATO. I’m pretty sure that makes it an American state.
I’m just having fun with you. I have to laugh to keep from crying.
Ugh, I really need to order some glasses. I’m blind as a bat without contacts but I’m also not trying to end up literally blind if the cops break out the tear gas (and Denver PD is still settling lawsuits from the 2020 protests, so I have zero faith in them to not escalate). Didn’t have “buy glasses to protest the rise of fascism” on my 2025 bingo card but I probably should’ve.
Online glasses places are pretty cheap and good quality, if you know your pupillary distance and your prescription isn’t complicated. ⭐Encouragement⭐
Unfortunately, I don’t, but I can get an exam pretty quickly, I think. My friend/coworker really needs glasses in general and I’ve been bugging her to go, so maybe this is a good way to get her to finally do it, too.
This is way too obscure. Most people would need more time than this to plan I imagine. I’m only hearing about this today after being tuned into politics for months and id only realisticly be able to participate if I heard about this 2 weeks ago.
Yeah, I only found out two days ago. Unions usually get the word out weeks in advance for a strike, and that’s for people that are necessarily engaged in protesting those in power and (currently) have the protections to do so.
I’m not saying people shouldn’t try to go, but the expectation for turnout should be tempered accordingly.
Hopefully the next one gives people a lot more advanced notice.
Yeah, true that. I’ve been hearing about a lot of things like this more or less the day of, which isn’t too convenient most of the time.
If it makes a difference, it seems likely to me that the protests in DC will keep happening on an ongoing basis until something happens to disperse them.
Fake news, not american
Not true, I don’t live in the US lol
Why is this post a link?
I wish I’d known about this like 2 weeks ago instead of 30 minutes before I go into work. I’d call out if it didn’t mean financial ruin for my family
This was Colorado. I agree that the timing sucks for people with regular jobs, but we also need to get the attention of our representatives and disrupt the peace.
I’m skeptical of this one. On one hand, I am glad that this is going to be visible and let other people know that they aren’t alone and a resistance is there. However, this is unorganized as hell. You’re going to have a lot of first time protestors who don’t know the basics of protesting against an active police state. I think this protest is a net positive, but not a massive one. The best we can hope for is for organizers to make use of this enthusiasm in the future or we get very visible tension escalation.
these events are about connecting with your community and getting organized. go with that in mind.
People have to get started somewhere. Very few people in America are used to organizing and demonstrating; things have been so good in America for so long that we’ve become coddled. Seeing some new faces energized to get out there and start making some noise is definitely a win imo.
Yeah, that’s a good point. European countries have that protest game down strong because there’s such an enshrined culture of collective action. We don’t have that here. Yet.
Today, we start!
Everyone gets their start somewhere.
And you can be sure that the old hats are making sure to record and broadcast everything. So when the jackboots inevitably see a black person and start unloading with “rubber bullets” and tear gas, people will see.
GET OUT THERE, STOP MAKING EXCUSES.
(For your protection read the EFF websites protest guide to keep yourself safe).
aweehh !! I have work!! and I love so much to slave away for my corporate slave masters !! bullshit.
it sure is convenient to have an excuse to let your country fall
Most people don’t live in their state capitol, and have no hope of attending something they learned of at the last minute. They should have been informed of this days ago.
I dont even live in that shithole and I have been seeing these posts for days.
