The biggest thing we need to do is let people know that the protests are FUN. Yelling fuck the man is fun. You will meet fun people.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
We also need to make them more fun. Bring grills like the French. Bring instruments like it’s Mardi Gras. Give people a reason to spend their weekend in the streets.
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Side effect of mandatory voting, maybe, but it's a neat concept and if our elections weren't so.. fraught with racism we'd probably have something similar.
It generally feels a bit early for drugs, but that might be just me.
Making them free feels like a revelation.
No music, no drums, no one leading chants, no dancing, no joy, walked down narrow side streets, & all hands on deck day for the cops (they were everywhere)
I’m just a drop in protestor from 1,000 miles away
Lost opportunity to get people fired up & talking
Voting is on point of many democratic actions we partake in
Community building leads to mutual aid. Protests build community.
Its *how* you win elections, not some anti-electoral waste of time.
Et la CGT ne représente que les Staliniens.
Tu sais, ceux qui défendaient le pacte Molotov-Ribbentrop en 1939 et qui défendent Kim Jung Un et putine aujourd'hui.
Bon dimanche à tous les Bretons.
Et on est d'accord sur les Stals
I saw an older woman in a motorized scooter with a (grand?) Child on her lap.
Kid was passing out fun-sized candy bars to protesters.
Kid was getting a lot of attention & having fun, protesters were too.
Other kids had bubble wands - the dogs were going crazy!!
But it needed music, 4 sure!
Yes, I’ve added fuck to my vocabulary just to stay sane
My first protest. Met fun people yes but disappointed no one yelled “fuck the man” I did quietly. 😂
creative ones. We waved at a drone that flew over.
we need to continue to protest. 3.5% 24/7 for a week could change everything
The man though. Helpful directionally.
Not sure subculture or movement though.
https://bsky.app/profile/jackiefmogensen.bsky.social/post/3lm3foq5b3k2i
Inside my head, I was singing the Marseillaise bc it’s so fierce!
Bagpipes = DEI.
Fuck the man?
You worship the biggest empire in the history of the human race?
Car's honking, supportive and waving posters.
PROTESTING IS FUN AF!
Stonewall was not a fucking picnic.
The Million Man March was not a fun lil get together.
Protests don’t *have* to turn into riots.
But grillin in the streets. Ain’t. It.
If I can't dance, it's not my revolution!
If I can't dance, I don't want your revolution!
If I can't dance, I don't want to be part of your revolution.
A revolution without dancing is not a revolution worth having.
If there won't be dancing at the revolution, I'm not coming.
I even witnessed one in a protest last year 🤭
(secret french technology)
Much better 😉
Railway workers do it.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HM-E2H1ChJM
We were half a million strong
And everywhere was a song
And a celebration
Riding shotgun in the sky
Turning into butterflies
Above our nation….
Now that was music!
we need a bigger bang in Washington DC July 4th holiday.
we need to move Lollapalooza there this year
we just got to persuade Taylor Swift and the three C's
Charles Attal, Charlie Jones, and Charlie Walker
The Free World stands with you
Well done !!
Same time same place next weekend..
and the next weekend...
and the following weekend
Keep going until trump releases his thugs,
his private militia -
Proud boys and Oath keepers
Goad trump into showing his real intent-
Dictatorship
Protests aren’t just about resistance. They’re about *joyful defiance*. They’re about building a space where people *remember what it feels like to be powerful together*, not just mad and alone in mum's basement surfing 4chan.
You know things are serious when their wife shows up.
Out in the open with regular every day people.
"You mean, if enough of us decide to do this together, they can't stop us?
I was overwhelmed a few times today with how many people honked, thanked us for protesting and thumbs up.
I’ll bring the sliders next time 😉
He is so vain probably have double his meds.
It’s such a contrast to the hateful Jan 6 crowd. People need to see that.
And from what I'm seeing, the signage is top-notch.
#democracyisdying but we WILL bring it back!
But a good colourful protest is the best high ever.
Minor critique: please put location in your alt text too! Ty
We had fun! We enjoyed seeing the protesters' signs! Cars drove by & honked their horns! Protesters were cheering!
My group of moms plan to go to a protest again!
Also, some food for thought:
See you at the next one.
My daughter carried this today.
At the protest today, there were so many witty & colorful signs!
I had the most boring sign. Mine simply said "Due Process For All"
☮️&❤️
The message you held up is perfect! It is what is needed!
When I arrived at the protest, I noticed most signs were about funding cuts tariffs Canada etc
My sign seemed like it was for a diff protest🤷♀️
It was very invigorating to see so many people with so much passion!