#nonviolent protest

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Rachel Maddow surveys some of the many "No Kings" protests that took place in cities large and small across the United States against Donald Trump's push toward autocracy, and notes that unlike previous remarkable protest days, this one was given prominent attention by major news outlets.

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Civil Disobedience versus Suicidal Stupidity

Life-long protestor explains why and how he’s still alive after decades of getting on the wrong side of the police: By NOT attacking the police or resisting arrest.

And if you really thought that America is a fascist dictatorship and all of the police openly want you dead, you wouldn’t be playing a fool with them and trying to provoke them into doing something stupid.

You would be going to every protest armed with guns, and you would be shooting on sight.

Anyone telling you to go unarmed into high-stress confrontations with armed men, and to provoke those men without actually trying to kill them, is manipulating you.

Anyone telling you to act this way wants you to get yourself killed so that they can use you as a martyr.

But this man in the video wants you to SURVIVE.

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Cal Poly Humboldt, April 24th 2024

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No Kings

“Go to a No Kings rally. What do you see? You see moms and grandmas and kids and dogs and funny signs and dancing and happy displays of opposition to the regime that are foundationally nonviolent. And on the other end, you’ve got a regime that’s led by a guy who cheered the January 6th insurrection.”

– Ezra Levin, co–executive director of Indivisible

Levin noted that authoritarian regimes fear mass organizing and peaceful protest because they reveal a regime’s unpopularity and show that it is losing its grip on power. (x)

Have you found a rally taking place near you? Have you made plans to get there? Is your sign ready?

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April 5th: We gather to defend our Constitution and to stand up against Trump, Musk, and MAGA

April 5, 2025 is a chance for all Americans to nonviolently protest against the DOGE and Elon Musk interference in our government, against Trump’s attempt to disappear people with no due process, and for restoring needed government services and the rule of law in America. The 50501 Movement and Women’s March were the first groups to announce an April 5th day of protest. And, these groups are…

April 5th: We gather to defend our Constitution and to stand up against Trump, Musk, and MAGA