“I wear this crown of shit, upon my liar’s chair.”
What is everyone’s thoughts on this. I live in Olympia, Washington State capitol, but also only an hour drive from Seattle.
Where would be better to protest? I feel like the Olympia protest won’t get nearly as much media coverage and won’t have any direct interaction with ICE. Opposed to Seattle which has federal ICE buildings and will have a larger crowd/coverage.
Does it really matter since we’re aiming for non-violent action?
Go with Olympia. The more cities protesting the better. This country is big make the oppressors spread out their resources as much as possible. Rouse the rabble in as many places as you can. 10 protests with 1000 people each are a lot harder to control than one protest with 10000 people.
Just make sure its not one protest, Protest everywhere.
Plenty of people will be protesting in Seattle, represent your own city. It may not get as much media coverage, but it can motivate people in your local community and that’s the kind of movement we really need across the country.
Pissed that I have no transportation to get to one of the protests. Solidarity in spirit from a po’boy stuck out in the sticks.
We The People Dissent has been posting lists of virtual protest opportunities for No Kings as well!
Half the country will see it, the other half won’t. Eventually somebody has to do something.
Are we expecting the US equivalent of Tiananmen square?
Someone gonna stand in front of that tank at the parade?
Unfortunately unlike in that case the tank will actually run them over
Actually, I think so. Remember that this guy wanted to gun down the Floyd protests not because he didn’t like the politics, but according to him, “good presidents don’t have riots”. He was willing to kill thousands of people just to preserve his own mental image of himself.
My governor has said he’s not sending in troops anywhere (after someone asked), but considering the EO allows the SecDef to literally send troops anywhere they feel is a “disruption of public order” in whatever quantity and capacity he deems fit, and considering Hegseth seems to be pretty much an administration hand puppet at this point…I’ll still go, but I’m definitely planning on knowing my escape routes just in case.
I still like the prospect that it will literally rain on his parade.
I keep laughing about it.
All bets are off at this point, but the “No Kings” event planners have made a point of avoiding that by steering things away from the fascist birthday cabaret performance scheduled for the same date in DC.
Well that’s incredibly disappointing. People today have forgotten what it means to protest.
It’s a better idea to spread out the protests anyway. More protests over a wider area means the oppressors have to expend for manpower and resources to control the situation. Don’t let them concentrate their forces in one place, force them to spread out.
Probably a good idea, because if they are at the parade, Trump will boast that the crowd sizes were the biggest yet. Better to show in numbers how many people oppose him without Fox News being able to spin it as a pro-Trump rally
Fucker had to post on craiglist to pay for parade watchers. 🤣
Is he paying them? Is there a story on this somewhere?
I think that’s exactly it. A worst-case scenario for the beneficiaries of that parade would be a completely deserted area with tumbleweeds blowing across the street.
Carrying their groceries
“US prepares for appropriate response to especially egregious acts.”
“US shows itself if there is anything worth saving.”
It will be a showcase one way or the other.
I will be exceedingly disappointed if it is another inert collection of liberals who are only there to pat themselves on the back and get shots for the gram like the women’s march was. LA should be the example, not the cautionary tale. Make these bastards feel it, and don’t make it easy.
That’s unfortunately all I expect these be in most localities.
They all seem to just be a “show up here for two hours and stand on the sidewalk”. The only one that has the potential to do something akin to a legitimate protest will be the one at the actual parade itself in DC.
Still, wish I could even get to one myself just to try and pass out some zines. They might not be anything more than screaming into the void, but they are also great chances to spread some information and find people.
Send some zine links here and i’ll print some out to distribute in my area.
This one should be boring. We want to simply make a show of numbers. That we outnumber them. And the implied warning. We are looking to gain recruits from the apathetic center by denying the accusation of “wild socialists and anarchists”.
If this day’s protest is ignored, (or put down with violence), then the next time we burn it all down.
Agreed?
I’m going to hopefully find other anarchists in my area. It’s lonely out here
I hear the spirit of what you’re saying, and don’t oppose it with any venom, but I also think that it would take a smaller number of privileged liberals getting shot with rubber bullets to create massive outrage than revolutionary leftists. It will be cool if things can work with just a warning dire warning of numbers, but it will also be incredibly useful to the cause if the cops fuck this one up.
I don’t say this lightly, my own mother will be there and I would never want her to be hurt, but I also know how much it would motivate her bourgeois friends if she experienced even a waft of teargas. Much like republicans, centrists are most strongly motivated when circumstances hit them directly.
My personal threat assessment for the protest I’m going to is “bring snacks, electrolyte freeze pops, water, ice packs, ear plugs, first aid kit, and saline solution”.
The only thing listed that wouldn’t take to, say, a summer pride event is the saline solution.
Additional suggestions: face mask, gloves, sharpie, sunscreen. None are large or heavy.
I’m inexperienced, what is the sharpie for?
Good calls, thanks.
That’s my understanding of the gameplan
I think you’ll be surprised how human and normal the attendees will be. The internet has made us believe the world is made up of the worst people.
In my opinion, the people in LA are human and normal—opposing oppressors is one of the most natural reactions any animal can have.
Are you going to be there or send tangible support?
Of course, it’s literally the least I can do. The only other option is to do nothing, and that is unacceptable, in my book.
