We don't need conservatives to shit on our efforts.
We can do it ourselves.
this post was submitted on 20 Oct 2025
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I mean, you didn't even read the article.
People need to stop downplaying protests.
As long as they only do them on weekends and then disband like everything is normal, they will be ineffective
At the very least, they need to be held on weekdays so as to disrupt the regular function of the economic machine.
It is painfully clear what tRump's regime thinks of these weekend protests...
You’re not wrong….
Read the article. It is about what to do AFTER the protest.
The No Kings demonstrations cultivate a sense of solidarity. They embolden people. They show that there is a base of opposition to this sickening president and his sordid agenda. But at the end of the day, the right has to be thrown out of power. In states like Louisiana and Florida, that means working to end right-wing rule in the state government. In blue state cities, that means electing city officials who are going to effectively resist Trump’s meddling rather than rolling over or staying silent. Around the country, it means people with progressive values need to start running for office themselves. But wherever you are, it means taking the next step beyond carrying signs, and strategizing to take back power and enact more just and humane policies.
I need to read it, yes. I was doing a blanket comment because lately people been….. not happy about “real results”. Great quote you pulled out.
thanks random lemmy.ca user.
again, trolling Americans for fun and profit.
The protests were never the end game - they're a way to show power and build support. When you're standing with seven million other people, you start to realize that if you take direct action, you can shake the world.
Ok, take action then
What’s the end game?
Look back in the history of the US. Specifically how the abolitionists in the Northern States resisted the Slave Republic that your founding daddies built up until your civil war. They gradually installed state governments that started putting in place state laws that resisted in practice the federal mandates to protect slavery. Things like the personal liberty laws. That's your next move here: use municipalities and state governments and legislatures to pass laws that resist the enshittification of your democracy and get your local police to enforce them. Take power and use it. That's what the article is trying to say too.
You got to go beyond protesting. Protesting is asking state power to do something. You got to take power wherever you can and resist, i.e., attach a cost to every authoritarian move. But to do that you need to let go the founding daddy issues and embrace the spirit of John Brown, Frederick Douglass, King, and X, i.e., stop revering the framework built by a bunch of white supremacist slavers and get to framing your own free multiracial democratic Republic.
Oh sweetie we don’t have time for that. It’s martial law by the end of the year. It’s OVER.
History doesn't end when a tyrant takes power.
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I don’t watch videos or use YouTube. If the information in important, people can make a document or a blog about it.
i recommend going to the rally next time and linking up with the orgs there. put in some work and do some networking, you'll probably feel a helluva lot better than sitting around bitching about how unfair it all is into the void. speaking from experience on both ends now.
When I hear of a single thing these “orgs” accomplish, I’ll decide to operate in a group setting.
Sure. He's writing a book: https://www.tadstoermer.com/
Available on Jun 02, 2026
That will be too late, but I’m glad to see someone can monetize this national tragedy
Alas, in the United States, that won’t be the rulers that will be the people. The US will never rise up.
I could just barely swallow this in April, but we're in October now and it's more of the same shit. The deadline is the Midterms in November 2026, so clearly this isn't working.
Strikes should be the next step IMO.
We need a 30 day general strike. The government can take days off. So can we. No one but emergency service we all need to stop being cogs in wealthy people's lives.
Also very focused boycotts. They need to be just a few companies at a time to keep people focused.
Look what happened when Jimmy Kimmel got suspended, and how quickly that shit turned around.
"These are worthwhile events, and leftists shouldn’t shun them. But stopping Trump requires building power. If protests aren’t coupled with organizing, the right will win."
It's true. And we should be very careful about how we approach activism rolling forward, and especially communication in that regards. Feint East, Strike West is the old saying.
We need 100 people to follow around every senator and congressman constantly. From sun up to sun down. Constanly remind them to f do their jobs and who they really work for.
Yeah no kings day. Requiem should only be begining and more should be done. I'd be happy to attend another protest