Whenever I say this, I get about 30% down votes. People don’t want their protestations to be inconvenient.
Mobilization is easy. We need to organize and hit them in the pocketbook. Nothing less will resonate.
Comment on Another round of anti-Trump protests hits US cities
Snowclone@lemmy.world 1 month ago
These people need to start doing something more drastic or it’s meaningless.
orbituary@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 month ago
In addition to protests:
- Joining and organizing within your local community to create connections with others is incredibly powerful, and will lay the groundwork for effective resistance.
- We can effect things drastically with a general strike. This would massively impact their income streams, and can bring a fascist government to its knees if done on a large enough scale.
- Join the IWW and attempt to unionize your workplace, so that the general strike is even more effective (plus you’ll get better pay and benefits!)
If we put in the work, we can resist this and we can win. Join up with allies while we still can easily!
FreudianCafe@lemmy.ml 1 month ago
Wont happen bc the people organizing those protests are other billionaires. They may hate trump, but cant go far bc it would hurt themselves if they did
underscores@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 month ago
The’re not meaningless. There’s plenty of stronger strategies if you can coordinate them, but protests are still useful, and easier to get people started on.
Even if it doesn’t have an immediate effect, protests help get people connected and organized. They find others in their area they can work with, and groups learn to coordinate with each other better. It can inspire people seeing how many others agree with them, and get them more active and engaged.
match@pawb.social 1 month ago
also, it emboldens politicians and judges to oppose trump