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"Not my President, not today," many across the nation yelled.
In cities from Boston to Los Angeles, thousands of demonstrators gathered Wednesday night in protest of election results that mean the billionaire real estate developer will be the next president.
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One college student showed CNN a sign that said, "I still can't believe I have to protest for civil rights."

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Nationwide demonstrations against the election of Donald Trump spilled into a second night Thursday with thousands of protesters surrounding his buildings in New York and Chicago and clashing with supporters of the president-elect in some areas.

Condemning Trump's litany of crude comments about women and his attacks on immigrants, demonstrators marched along city streets, blocked intersections, burned effigies and, in some places, gathered outside buildings bearing Trump's name.
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MoveOn.org, a liberal group, had called on people to gather in cities nationwide. Ben Wikler, MoveOn's Washington director, said that people had registered to organize events in 275 cities and communities across the country, noting that many were candlelight vigils and group discussions rather than the sprawling marches seen in New York and Chicago.

“A lot of people reacted to the election results with a kind of plodding feeling, like they wanted to curl up under their desks or hide under their sheets,” Wikler said Thursday. “Just knowing that you're not alone in this country is a powerful salve. And knowing there are people that want to continue to fight for a more perfect union is a source of strength at a moment that can feel very scary.”
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In Philadelphia, an estimated 1,000 protesters filled the streets chanting slogans such as “We reject the president-elect,” and “hands too small, can’t build a wall.”

1stGear posted:

Anyone know if the protests in Austin are going to be continuing into a third night? Will be in the city and would like to be there for at least a bit.

evilmiera posted:

This somehow feels like a Freeper thread except people here aren't too morbidly obese to actually go out rioting I'm scared

PleasingFungus posted:

If I wanted to join a local protest, how would I find one? Living in the SF Bay Area - the news says there are ongoing protests, but I can't find any sort of organizers or planning, which seems like it'd make them hard to join unless they march past my door.

OWLS! posted:

NERDS ON PARADE

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NERDS ON PARADE

Pajser posted:

I hope this grows into a momentum. A movement. Spread awareness on social media.

Give it some name. Start asking for donations.
Hell, crash the inauguration, like that's a hard thing to do.

And then when large donations start pouring in, start backstabbing each other like every other protesting activist group in the past twenty years.

Pajser posted:

not as ironic as trying to stop a fascist AFTER he won the election.

because the election season was real quick, like two weeks tops.
nobody even who trump was a month ago, this took everyone completely by surprise

by january you will just another group of useful idiots and/or a vehicle for an insufferable twitter celebrity, until you finally reach obscurity.

half of all participants could be imprisoned and maybe tortured and the rest of the clever sing carriers wont give a single gently caress about them

The Kingfish posted:

I think Zizek is right. It would be better for the left if protesters stopped protesting and thought about what should actually be done.

Pajser posted:

are you seriously this naive?

what is exactly is your goal here with organizing protests? What's the result here?
Impeachment? Making him resign?
until then what? just throwing people into a meatgrinder to prove a point everyone already gets?

there is righteous anger, of course. I agree completely with you. but if you refuse to play the game by the rules you are just going to get manipulated.

The Kingfish posted:

Oh wow we are going to have so much solidarity now what an excellent and successful protest.

Tiny Brontosaurus posted:

Kingfish is an avowed white supremacist, just put them on ignore.

The Kingfish posted:

that's great man I'm glad to here it!

Funky See Funky Do posted:

Very important: If you ever find yourself in front of a camera make sure that you're utterly unable to communicate your position beyond a few sophomoric slogans. Should you be pressed by a journalist for details say something vague about the patriarchy and power structures.

Some tips:

- The words "um" "like" "kinda" "y'know" are very powerful persuasive words. USE THEM!

- The average American is very well versed in university third wave intersectionalist feminism. Phrases like cisheteronormative are an excellent shortcut to get your point across for a quick sound bite.

- Obscenity on signs. If you want a national audience to see your slogan include gently caress it in it.

- PIERCINGS PIERCINGS PIERCINGS!!!

SlothSpot posted:

I thought this was a forum for, I dunno.. debate and discussion and not solely for organising protests? Maybe there should be a debate as to whether that protest should be going ahead in the first place. My opinion is it shouldn't be.

A big flaming stink posted:

or talk about how the protestors are whiny babies and you are Rudy Giuliani.

PT6A posted:

I'm still curious if any protests are going on around US embassies and consulates abroad. Any advice for finding those and/or arranging them?

PT6A posted:

Calgary or Canada in general, for me.

PT6A posted:

I googled it and didn't come across anything nor have I been able to find anything on Twitter about it.

Thanks for taking a look.

Velkest posted:

Hey y'all, just wanted to pop in here to let you know that you are behaving like spoiled brats that can't handle democracy and as a punishment you're now getting 8 years of Trump, instead of 4.

I hope you learned your lesson.

Irom posted:

man some of you guys are having a bad week

Veyrall posted:

I'm in Mississippi so there's basically nothing going on in terms of protests going on. Does anyone know of any protesting going on in the south?

satanic splash-back posted:

I read through this thread and I just really want to know an answer to this question. What is this going to achieve, other than showing that you dislike the results of a public election? It isn't like the government will suddenly block Trump from becoming President just because some people didn't like the results of the election.

In fact, this seems to weaken the ability for protesters to make a point. He hasn't even taken office yet, and people are launching prejudiced protests against him for his role in hypothetical situations.

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As for me, I could say that it's about showing solidarity with those that have been demonized by Trump's rhetoric and to tell them that the entire country doesn't hate them and that they aren't alone. I could also say it's about trying to build momentum for an actual leftist political force in the United States. But really, the thing that got me on the streets was that I saw that some people weren't going to take this horrendous poo poo sitting down, and decided that I had to stand the gently caress up with them. A feeling of resolve beats a feeling of despair any day, and its probably more productive as well.

blue squares posted:

Asking for a friend: is a Molotov cocktail through the window of an unoccupied building violent or non violent?

Kilroy posted:

Sorry Malcolm X organized poo poo, blue squares. He did not sit in a drum circle with other patchouli-scented hippies and sing songs. He did not try to win for his cause with sick burns on placards. As for the Black Panthers I think that sort of thing is going to see a resurgence and good on them if it does. I actually like BLM in contrast to the rabble we usually see from the activist left.

Fine. The business suit thing or whatever was a little tongue in cheek but the point is to present yourself as an ordinary person. White people with dreadlocks are not ordinary people.

I am not worried in the slightest if these protests inconvenience me - I hope they do that means they are doing something. I absolutely want the carnage to end and I think BLM is actually a very effective protest movement compared to what we usually get.

A couple hundred people marching in Cleveland or whatever is nothing. It is a blip. I want more people to join these protests, actually. I want to join one myself but from what I can tell there is nothing worthwhile there aside from possibly meeting like-minded people which may get me to overcome my aversion to going. Other than that though, it seems like a waste.

Sorry if I'm coming into your thread with my bougie "solutions" and pissing you off. I do want to get more people involved. It doesn't seem to me that's going to happen with the way things are going.

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I want to join one myself but from what I can tell there is nothing worthwhile there aside from possibly meeting like-minded people which may get me to overcome my aversion to going. Other than that though, it seems like a waste.

apropos to nothing posted:

Locally we're organizing a march next saturday. We're also organizing a campaign to put pressure on local and state government officials to make a pledge to resist the trump agenda, and a campaign to get our city officials to designate the city a sanctuary city. Small group is preparing squads to go out into the rural areas to help educate and provide resources to agricultural farm workers who might be at risk for deportation or harassment from local police. Also trying to organize a unified student/faculty group at the community college I work at and the big state university in town.

Kilroy posted:

Fair enough - both of you. I'm not in the country right now but will go to one of these once I'm back.

A Wizard of Goatse posted:

you should go out and get a thrift store business suit so you can get a job one day, if you're anywhere above homeless on the hierarchy of needs you can afford it as an extremely good investment for all sorts of situations where society rewards the respectable-looking

you'll be overdressed for the kind of protest where punk kids who learned about politics from the internet go to get arrested for street cred, but you can probably talk your way into a city council meeting in one.

Two Feet From Bread posted: