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[caution] [solved] Do you know about the upcoming February 5th event ? (lemmy.world)
submitted 16 hours ago* (last edited 13 minutes ago) by A_A@lemmy.world to c/nostupidquestions@lemmy.world
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is it well known and do people talk about it ... like in the mainstream media ?

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https://bsky.app/profile/ecmclaughlin.bsky.social
(see comment below by @Lennnny@lemmy.world )

Listen,
for folks who don’t know, I was a part of a small organizing team that led to a mass mobilization in 813 cities worldwide in 2019.

I am not talking out of my ass.

You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer

See also :
GeneralStrikeUS.com
proposed by : @TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee

[solved] by : @Sergio@slrpnk.net

Click to show start times

Start times:

Start Times By State (current as of 1/31/2025):

Alabama: No information

Alaska: 12:00 noon

Arizona: 12:00 noon

Arkansas: 12:00 noon

California: 12:00 noon

Colorado: 12:00 noon

Connecticut: 12:00 noon

Delaware: 12:00 noon

Florida: 12:00 noon

Georgia: 11:00 AM

Hawaii: 12:00 noon

Idaho: 12:00 noon

Illinois: 12:00 noon

Indiana: 12:00 noon

Iowa: 12:00 noon

Kansas: 12:00 noon

Kentucky: 12:00 noon

Louisiana: 12:00 noon

Maine: 12:00 noon

Maryland: 12:00 noon

Massachusetts: 12:00 noon

Michigan: 12:00 noon

Minnesota: 12:00 noon

Mississippi: 12:00 noon

Missouri: 12:00 noon

Montana: 12:00 noon

Nebraska: 12:00 noon

Nevada: 12:00 noon

New Hampshire: 12:00 noon

New Jersey: 12:00 noon

New Mexico: 12:00 noon

New York: 12:00 noon

North Carolina: 1:00 PM

North Dakota: 12:00 noon

Ohio: 12:00 noon

Oklahoma: 12:00 noon - 4:00 PM

Oregon: 12:00 noon

Pennsylvania: 12:00 noon

Rhode Island: 12:00 noon

South Carolina: 12:00 noon

South Dakota: 12:00 noon

Tennessee: 1:30

Texas: 11:00 AM - 4:00 PM

Utah: 12:00 noon

Vermont: 12:00 noon

Virginia: 11:30 AM

Washington: 12:00 noon - 2PM

Washington DC: 12:00 noon

West Viriginia: 12:00 noon

Wisconsin: 12:00 noon

Wyoming: 12:00 noon

https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/50501/comments/1ifb26m/start_times/

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[–] Telodzrum@lemmy.world 2 points 6 minutes ago

Love a protest in the middle of the workday, should be easy for most people to attend, no?

[–] I_Has_A_Hat@lemmy.world 3 points 41 minutes ago

Can't wait for all the pictures of these events with half a dozen people standing around looking lost.

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 16 points 3 hours ago (2 children)

This will be too short notice and too expensive for many to attend. Generalstrikeus.com has the right idea

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 1 points 8 minutes ago

Added your GeneralStrikeUS.com link to the header of my post, thanks for this information

[–] circledot@feddit.org 1 points 10 minutes ago

Could be used to organise for a general strike though.

[–] hellequin67@lemm.ee 7 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

5th Nov 2024 - was the chance to prevent this. Trump's team made it clear on the direction they were heading and no-one heeded the warnings. 35% didn't vote and the majority of those that did voted for him, which either means they agree with the direction or were deluded into thinking it wasn't going to happen.

I'm all for protest but I don't think you have a chance of changing anything, he owns the legislature and the voting public allowed it to happend.

I'm not American or a resident of US but that's just my opinion as an outsider.

[–] hatedbad@lemmy.sdf.org 6 points 1 hour ago

ah yes, voting, famously known for being the only way humans have ever changed their material circumstances.

now that voting has failed us, the only thing left to do is nothing!

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 56 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 9 hours ago)

Don't start protesting on a week day. Protest on the weekend to get a show of force. If demands are not met, follow it up with a general strike for your next protest.

People will be more willing to join in strike action if they know they are not alone.

[–] hash@slrpnk.net 11 points 7 hours ago

Alright, I'm prepared to take some heat for this because in the context of the best organized protests I think my assumptions are incorrect. However most protests don't rise to that level. Thing is if your protest looks for the most part like a party with some political alignments and isn't related to some direct action in your community or actual expectations/demands of the relevant political body...

Not to say that "performative" protests are useless. But there seems to be a distressing number of my fellow gen Z that think these sorts of protests alone will work. Like all they need to do is yell loudly into a few news network cameras on capital hill then go home.

I'll probably see what's going on in my home state and hope to see some targeted action and real dialogue. I truly hope my assumptions are proven wrong.

[–] GraniteM@lemmy.world 62 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

I only just learned about it today, myself. I work that day, but I might be able to shift things around.

I really wish that these protests were more widely shared in advance. I want to be involved, but only getting a couple of days advance warning makes it really hard. I know that sometimes you have to act fast, but if you want your movement to succeed then you've got to try to consider the real lives of all of the people who want to help, but are also really limited in their time. Plan protests on weekends, and if you've got to protest on a weekday, then plan it way ahead of time and give everyone a chance to plan to be there. I'm sure it looks better to have one big protest with 10X people there than ten protests with 1X people attending.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 17 points 12 hours ago

i don't know who organized this and just made this post to have some answers. Thankfully, some users are coming up with answers ... so i have updated the header of this post.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 7 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

If people don't go armed, I'm worried what could happen.

[–] DankOfAmerica@reddthat.com 3 points 16 minutes ago

Good point! We need to increase safety. Anyone know of any non-profit organizations that lend out AK-47s and .762 rounds to angry protestors within 2 days?? /s

If you go to a protest with a firearm, you're a fucking idiot. The police will have every reason to believe you're a danger to public safety, whether you believe you are or not. Also, you better be trained to use that thing because if not, you're going to be an additional problem if shit hits the fan. And if you get arrested for anything at all, your charges will become exponentially worse because you allegedly committed a crime while carrying a firearm. DON'T TAKE A FIREARM TO A PROTEST.

[–] rayyy@lemmy.world 3 points 2 hours ago (1 children)

People will be in danger either way with the violence prone goons in power. If you are armed, there will be justification to shoot you. Protest at more public and friendly places. That way you will likely have allies nearby. Also, folks need to be situationally aware and plan an escape path if things turn too dangerous.

[–] Lumiluz@slrpnk.net 2 points 2 hours ago

Trump's people would probably be more likely to shoot you if unarmed, than if the crown was armed.

It's been shown multiple times (and through history) the the opposing force is less likely to shoot the protestors if the protesters can shoot back, because now there's also an actual danger to them.

[–] Deceptichum@quokk.au 83 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

[–] zerozaku@lemmy.world 5 points 3 hours ago

Watchout for Google too!

Not commanding enough. It should be "Avoid Google at all costs".

[–] KittenBiscuits@lemm.ee 24 points 13 hours ago

They left out writing the number of your attorney or the ACLU on yourself in sharpie, so you'll have it if you need it.

[–] smb@lemmy.ml 14 points 11 hours ago

Reject 2025

[–] remer@lemmy.world 30 points 13 hours ago (3 children)

Does nobody have a job here?

[–] endeavor@sopuli.xyz 12 points 10 hours ago (1 children)

Call in sick. You're not gonna get fired for missing one day.

If you are gonna get fired for that, this is literally the protest to stop that shit.

[–] remer@lemmy.world 12 points 6 hours ago

Not everyone lives in their state capitol. It’s a 10+ hour drive for some people. Take three days off? This protest is going to be low turnout.

[–] KingOfTheCouch@lemmy.ca 19 points 12 hours ago

Some things are more important.

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[–] Lennnny@lemmy.world 16 points 12 hours ago (3 children)

Excited to see people ready to take action, but just be careful. See the thread on this profile for more info: https://bsky.app/profile/ecmclaughlin.bsky.social (this user has set her account to logged in users only).

"Listen, for folks who don't know, I was a part of a small organizing team that led to a mass mobilization in 813 cities worldwide in 2019.

I am not talking out of my ass.

You should be VERY VERY VERY careful in this environment about sharing flyers for events that identify NO organizer"

There was also a mod thread on r/albuquerque about it.

I am sure there will be BOTH legit protests and shitty people using this for nefarious reasons. I'm still on the fence about whether to drive 2 hours to my local one or not. I've already signed up for other things through mobilize.us anyway.

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[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 32 points 14 hours ago (4 children)

Why on such a weird day? I can just take off work this week and drive 3 hours to Madison lol. Can I digitally be there. Although I'm expecting an very poor turnout in every state tbh.

[–] ramenshaman@lemmy.world 6 points 10 hours ago

I'm guessing since they're protesting project 2025 organizing the protest to happen on 2/5/25 kind of makes sense.

[–] SuspiciousUser@lemmy.world 19 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

because in the middle of the week in the middle of the day is when it causes the most disruption to literally everything and everybody. Government officials won't even be there on the weekend. May as well decide to do it in the middle of a huge field out in the country.

[–] SolidShake@lemmy.world 9 points 12 hours ago (1 children)

Ah yeah that makes sense. I would do it around 3-5pm so they can't go home lmao.

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 9 hours ago

Block their parking exits

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[–] youvegotmoxie@lemmy.world 18 points 13 hours ago

Good luck but I either need to fly or take a ferry to get to my state’s capitol building. Need more than a few days heads up.

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 16 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

As an outsider I can't see them caring about this at all... but boy I support you guys. It's time you do something

[–] Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 2 points 9 hours ago (2 children)

Isnt the second amendment about making them care when a tyrannical government appears?

[–] MissJinx@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

I have no idea what that means but go for it

[–] lka1988@lemmy.dbzer0.com 6 points 9 hours ago

Yeah, but unfortunately the 2A folks are itching for trump to declare open season on LGBTQ+ and minorities.

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 8 points 12 hours ago (2 children)

[–] TexMexBazooka@lemm.ee 4 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

I think this one is too short noticed for most people

[–] Sergio@slrpnk.net 1 points 33 minutes ago

yeah it's going to be tough. supposedly a bunch of people on Reddit are organizing it https://redlib.northboot.xyz/r/50501/ I saw mention of it on facebook too. I think part of the goal is to get Democrats to grow a spine, since they plan to do nothing.

[–] A_A@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

sourcesame :

i first got hints about it when stumbling upon a comment from @anon6789@lemmy.world
about it here :
https://lemmy.world/post/25025443

[–] HappySkullsplitter@lemmy.world 22 points 15 hours ago (2 children)

What exactly counts as the mainstream media nowadays?

Cable news?

I haven't had cable TV for probably 20 years now.

Internet news?

Which ones? There seems to be an endless number of them

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[–] cabbage@piefed.social 15 points 15 hours ago

For the love of everything, please do take to the streets. Better late than never.

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