"drawing up an estimated 3 million participants nationwide according to the demonstration organizers"
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands_Off_protests
via https://stefanbohacek.online/@wikipediatopedits/114296112696440037
@jawarajabbi I think I would expand the ideal target participant for the #HandsOff protests to be anyone who feels they have some privilege. That would include a good number of brown people depending on the region of the country.
In San Jose, a city where government publications are produced in Vietnamese and is home to one of the four remaining Japantowns, I was expecting a few more people who looked like me there.
Being Asian-American, I’m regularly reminded of what it’s like to be “othered” but I also see lots of self-othering on the part of Asian people who tend to stay in their lane a little too much and fail to be counted by being too polite. There is a component of being American that is having poor depth perception when it comes to judging where your lane ends.
If you’re an American who has the privilege of seeing blurry shapes when you look down at the lines drawn around you, the call is for you and you need to be counted.
"For weeks and months, I’ve been reading stories and analyses in major news organizations about how the public resistance to Trump is so much quieter now than in 2017.
But when the protests did happen, much of the media reaction was something between a yawn and a shrug. Or, in some outlets, a sneer."
#Trump #protests #HandsOff #solidarity #resistance #media #WallStreetJournal #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #FOX
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"In the New York Times, the home page made it only the eighth most prominent….
On the Fox News home page, I stopped counting after I scanned 40 articles….
The Washington Post didn’t put a story (only a teaser) on its Sunday front page in print."
#Trump #protests #HandsOff #solidarity #resistance #media #WallStreetJournal #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #FOX
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Margaret Sullivan says she asked friends and relatives in various locations what kind of reporing their local media did about the massive worldwide protests Saturday against Trump:
"Quick answer: Not close to what it deserved."
Then she did her own research, and found:
"In the Wall Street Journal, the story’s placement was the 20th most important."
#Trump #protests #HandsOff #solidarity #resistance #media #WallStreetJournal #NewYorkTimes #WashingtonPost #FOX
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https://margaretsullivan.substack.com/p/big-protests-but-not-big-news
Call your congresscritters, tell 'em to get to work on this, tell 'em the populace will back them. Shit, I even just called my republican senator. A first for me.
#uspol
#HandsOff
#tariffs
RE: aus.social/users/glent/statuses/114297228612488444
#politics #support #handsoff #resist #resistance
This support from a Brit is so wonderful. “We see you”
https://substack.com/@heavenlight/note/c-105486189?r=ymxmu&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
My #library passport adventure continues — this week was special because I visited several little free libraries, dropping off #solarpunk zines, on the way to the Big Library, then went to the #HandsOff protest after.
Pretty much the perfect Saturday.
Congratulations everyone on an amazing turn out for the #HandsOff protests! But let's not get complacent. We need to continue all resistance efforts. Rest and recover and then get ready to go again!
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I've been thinking a lot about the #handsoff #protest and its reception, especially in #nyc
There was an insane turnout of over 100k people there. But it seemed different from other marches for a few reasons:
- they had mandatory breaks to let traffic through at each street (everyone was frequently halted to prioritize non-emergency traffic)
- at the end of the march, staffers were telling everyone to "scatter and go home, the demonstration is over"
- 1/1000 LEO to demonstrator ratio
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Fass’, Hasso, Fass‘! 
(Von den Trump-Protesten via YouTube-Kanal von @pallenberg )
Looking for more audio clips of the #HandsOff protests. Could you all share links to your audio posts so I can blog about them?
Meine Erklärung vom 03.02.2025 zu Mehrheiten mit der #AfD steht heute noch genau so fest wie damals:
“Ich war bewusst mit der Biografie von Angela Merkel auf der Brandmauer-Demonstration in Stuttgart. Wenn diese große Kanzlerin gemeinsam mit den Kirchen und dem Zentralrat der Juden einen Rat gibt, dann erwarte ich auch von Konservativen ernsthaftes Zuhören.”
#Union #Brandmauer #Merkel #Christentum #Judentum #Stuttgart #Demokratie #GegenFaschismus #Handsoff #Deutschland https://scilogs.spektrum.de/natur-des-glaubens/mit-den-kirchen-glaubwuerdig-gegen-geschichtsvergessenheit-und-verschwoerungsmythen/
Sad I was on the road and unable to participate in the #HandsOff marches yesterday. If I had been in town, I'd probably have been inclined to do to the one I'd heard about at the country seat, 25 miles away. But I just now found out there was a small rally at my little town's city hall, which is literally about a block and a half away from my house. I am very bummed, but glad the locals turned out and made noise. Hopefully next time.
Great energy and a great turnout at #HandsOff in Pasadena yesterday. I'm pretty sure half the city was there, lining several blocks in Old Town. My favorite sign: "IKEA has a better cabinet!"
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