Germans are in the streets demonstrating against the extremist right there and here (note the language of their message). Where are our rallies in defense of democracy? Where is our resistance? Sie wollen die Brandmauer www.zeit.de/politik/deut... - ThreadSky

jeffjarvis.bsky.social • 29 days ago

Germans are in the streets demonstrating against the extremist right there and here (note the language of their message). Where are our rallies in defense of democracy? Where is our resistance?
Sie wollen die Brandmauer https://www.zeit.de/politik/deutschland/2025-01/grossdemo-berlin-lichtermeer-gegen-rechtsruck-brandenburger-tor

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kateisme08.bsky.social•29 days ago

Exactly.

notjoeking.bsky.social•29 days ago

Rallies don't do shit anymore. Trump will use his brown shirts to make peaceful protests and rallies into violent episodes. He will then use the violence to justify suppression and military use. We have to go underground.

drettibmed.bsky.social•29 days ago

https://youtu.be/NjWl_RNDMSA?si=SvP8-JBiNeLGVKQ2

retiredmohel.bsky.social•28 days ago

I would say to all my fellow Jewish travelers on this planet…

How long will we argue about did he or didn’t he?

How long will we pretend that all the far right neo-nazi thugs in the MAGA world are an anomaly not the rule?

How long will we excuse, ignore, and pretend this isn’t happening?

retiredmohel.bsky.social•28 days ago

I suppose parallels to the past do not guarantee we repeat it - but it should at least light a fucking fire in your soul.

AND DON’T BUY FUCKING TESLAS

hwdav.bsky.social•28 days ago

nlcoombe.bsky.social•29 days ago

What is wrong with America?

wildblogger.bsky.social•28 days ago

We have them. We had them on January 18. No one covers them.

henryporter.bsky.social•29 days ago

There’s very little evidence these things matter.

jaygirl80.bsky.social•28 days ago

Germans know. I think we are in a ‘haven’t felt it yet’ give it a few weeks.

derrelldurrett.bsky.social•29 days ago

I suspect everyone is trying to assess the risk of being shot by National Guard troops, should we take to the streets.

sfomel.bsky.social•28 days ago

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Town_square_test

derrelldurrett.bsky.social•28 days ago

Thanks for this.

heatherstanford.bsky.social•28 days ago

I’d not seen this before. This is very concrete. Thank you for sharing.

jamkam6969.bsky.social•29 days ago

...and where is opposition leadership on this fascism of oligarchy? Where are the voices of Obama, Pete Buttigieg, Hakim Jeffries, and even Lloyd Austin? Mum --or feckless-- as usual.

nrrsp.bsky.social•29 days ago

Been to two rallies today. Going to another one tomorrow and another one on Monday. I could probably go to an event/rally every day if I could manage it.

nona829.bsky.social•29 days ago

How did you find out about your rallies?

nrrsp.bsky.social•29 days ago

I am in Germany which may not be helpful if are in the US. There are dedicated websites that inform about upcoming rallies. Believe it or not but Instagram has also been helpful. Some rallies have been organized by small/new groups. I show up at workshops and find out about things there.

dunkeehotee.bsky.social•29 days ago

Hey, the NFL PLAYOFFS are on! I’m not getting out of this recliner!

nancyshaggymoore.bsky.social•29 days ago

Because WWII was fought as a consequence their countries' fascism. They intuitively get this. Their parents had to rebuild from ashes after WWII. Americans came home to the GI Bill, big band dances, and progress. We are spoiled, and will have to learn the hard way, I fear.

benlewitt.com•28 days ago

Honestly Jeff... The TikTok reaction has me worried our obsession with bread & circuses may be our undoing.

I WANT to believe it was about principles like speech... No, a shiny toy got taken away.

ChickFilA & JK Rowling are still in business and 10m people couldn't be bothered to save democracy.

soso008.bsky.social•29 days ago

Putin financed Le Pen, now Elon is financing AfD. Surprisingly, the AfD is too extreme even for LePen.

joshcallahan.com•29 days ago

We're (and I include myself in this) far too comfortable

stonemom.bsky.social•29 days ago

Makes fools of them? This assumes that they would care about having their blatant hypocrisy pointed out. Shamelessness has always been their super power.

kalenaaleka.bsky.social•29 days ago

Join the General Strike

https://generalstrikeus.com/

landesskc.bsky.social•28 days ago

Exactly. Why aren't we in the streets protesting fascism and alt right extremists, demanding that the Jan 6 criminals be jailed again?

rosidaevirides.bsky.social•28 days ago

Afraid of the Insurrection Act being invoked and the U.S. military being sicced on us.

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•29 days ago

For inspiration, look at this from the Süddeutsche: no paywall; with or without Google Translate, the photos tell the story of resistance. Thousands rally across Germany against the right.
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/projekte/artikel/politik/afd-protest-demo-e329681/

randomsurvivor.bsky.social•29 days ago

https://bsky.app/profile/randomsurvivor.bsky.social/post/3lglt6obmzk2d

bscoder.com•29 days ago

It's too late for us, our election is already over. They still have some chance.

lovedogs8.bsky.social•29 days ago

Americans better start soon!

edadamsa2.bsky.social•29 days ago

We are busy watching Real Housewives of Atlanta I suppose.

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•29 days ago

In its cover story on democracy in danger, @derspiegel proposes 11 rules to fight authoritarianism. No. 3: Do not rely on the US protective shield, but build our own with other Europeans, including against cyber attacks.
We are not trustworthy.
https://www.spiegel.de/politik/demokratie-in-gefahr-elf-regeln-gegen-autoritaere-bedrohungen-a-9be87a48-0557-4c78-a177-71218edfb1be

bradkeefe.bsky.social•29 days ago

Our rallies in defense of democracy were Kamala Harris rallies. They’re trying to prevent this outcome in their upcoming election. Their press is also not failing the moment they way ours has.

debbynyc.bsky.social•29 days ago

Intriguing story, but paywall blocks it. Disappointed.

lilostartuplilo.bsky.social•29 days ago

Bitte schön

http://archive.today/Jqymy

debbynyc.bsky.social•29 days ago

Thank you!

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•29 days ago

Weird, https://archive.today usually doesn't work for me with Der Spiegel. Thanks. I'll try again in the future. I had to use my academic library access to read it.

lilostartuplilo.bsky.social•29 days ago

It works with very often with SPIEGEL. But often it takes time, some hours, 1 or 2 days. I often try it again. Depends on the popularity of the subject and if there are a lot of readers who save it puplicly online in their accounts. Suppose so

yappydagger.bsky.social•29 days ago

Try this

https://archive.md/2025.01.25-013143/https://www.spiegel.de/politik/demokratie-in-gefahr-elf-regeln-gegen-autoritaere-bedrohungen-a-9be87a48-0557-4c78-a177-71218edfb1be

lazyb0y.bsky.social•29 days ago

we did that already last year, bigger, with more people.

The Nazis went down 5% and now they are back at 21, the second place, the most convenient coalition partner for the right-conservative party that you couldn’t differentiate from the Nazis if you had to do it just by current political claims…

lazyb0y.bsky.social•29 days ago

also: 85000 people is 1‰(yes one per thousand) of the population, that means 99,9% dont care a lot about the fact that a Nazi-right-conservative coalition is knocking on the door with together 51% of votes.

unfortunately we are on the way to follow the US at a steady pace, getting faster.

anhos.bsky.social•29 days ago

Probably Facebook and the rest are choking off any attempted organizing.We need our own social media space that works for organizing.

theskywalker1.bsky.social•29 days ago

Why not here?

Trying to get @bluesky to add Spheres (Circles or Groups) to become more organized for political activism

Contact @bluesky through their Feedback portal and let them know that adding Circles or Groups will streamline organization

#LetsGetOrganized
#BeTheMovement

animalnation.bsky.social•29 days ago

Street marches accomplish nothing. Just a lot of people shouting. I spent the trump years on the march and now he’s back. No more marches. Done.

eo412.bsky.social•29 days ago

A friend of mine & I were talking about this today. Not to sound too defeatist but, my friend & I have been to several rallies, I took part in the original Women’s March, and it feels like it all falls on deaf ears. Those in charge are in it for themselves & don’t care one iota about the rest of us

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