Millions March Against Trump-Musk in Nationwide 'Hands Off' Protests | Common Dreams
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“They’re dismantling our country. They’re looting our government. And they think we’ll just watch.”

  • GoldenQuetzal@lemmy.world
    156·
    12 days ago

    Went to mine and there was a 350+ person turn out in a small red town. We were all out there as it hailed on us and we were harassed by Trump voters. Doing what we can.

  • danc4498@lemmy.worldEnglish
    1031·
    12 days ago

    I’m in super red Cookeville TN and there were tons of people at the courthouse. Kind of shocking tbh.

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    60·
    12 days ago

    :)

    They are big crowds. Small towns. Big cities. Old people, young people.

    The important part is remembering one thing. There are more of us than there are of the ones in power.

  • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
    577·
    11 days ago

    Current estimates are 2.3 million across 1400 organized protests.

    Now, Europeans, what was you saying?

    Edit: estimate is now at 3.5million

    Source was something else I was wrong

    Edit 2: Yeah, take the numbers with a grain of salt. I’m sure we’ll hear the actual numbers sooner rather than later.

      • john@lemmy.haley.ioEnglish
        33·
        12 days ago

        This 100%

        This isn’t the end, but the beginning. There’s a lot of fight left, don’t make the mistake of thinking we’re done now.

          • WhiskyTangoFoxtrot@lemmy.world
            51·
            11 days ago

            Anyone who’s seen the last 30 years of American history? It’s all about doing the minimum effort, patting yourselves on the back and then expecting the world to see you as a beacon of justice and liberty.

    • Skunk@piefed.socialEnglish
      31·
      12 days ago

      France is proud of you.

      Strange thing tho, I looked at some news channels to see beautiful images of the crowds and they talked about it way more on French TV (BFM etc) than US TV (the only news channel I have is CNN, which shows more adds than news WTF?)

      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
        28·
        12 days ago

        Remember, billionaires do not want people organizing at all.

        All the US tv stations are owned by one oligarch or another. None of them have broadcast much of the numbers. They merely do report these things as “large and significant” to say that they aren’t behind on the happenings, but they’ll spare the details until things like AP and Guardian, and NPR start reporting with solid facts.

        That’s why I have been a strong advocate for making sure the crowds are visualized. It’s harder to discount.

      • Garland@lemmy.world
        17·
        12 days ago

        This is presumably part of the problem here in America, and why it took as long as it did to get this many people activated and mobilized. Either way, organizers have been organizing. The movement is growing across this very large country of ours.

      • Whats_your_reasoning@lemmy.world
        12·
        11 days ago

        There were zero mainstream media outlets at the protest I went to (which was in a state’s capitol city.)

        People in the crowd pointed it out, loudly and frequently enough that for a brief moment, one of the crowd’s chants became, “Where’s the media?” (Or something very similar; I don’t remember verbatim.)

        I think we should hold our next events in front of prominent media offices. The news won’t come to us? We’ll go to the news. We have to make it impossible for them to ignore us.

    • PhAzE@lemmy.ca
      93·
      11 days ago

      3.5 million out of what, 350 million? 1% is still not enough, but it is a start, and that counts!

      • peoplebeproblems@midwest.socialEnglish
        5·
        11 days ago

        If that number is reliable. It would be nice.

        Exponentially larger than the last protests, thats for sure.

        The only number I can find thats more reliable is the 2.3m which is still big.

    • humpacactus@lemmy.world
      4·
      12 days ago

      Great to see - we had a lot of folks out on the West Coast (unsurprisingly)! Mind sharing where you are getting that estimated data from?

  • zombie bubble kitty@lemmy.blahaj.zone
    36·
    12 days ago

    every time I see these I have no idea about it until it’s actually happening. I’d love to join and stand up for what’s right but I have no idea how to find these before they actually start lol

  • MECHAGODZILLA2@midwest.socialEnglish
    34·
    12 days ago

    Yep the vanguard are making a showing this weekend - if this is the start I’m liking where we’re headed. Canadians pay attention, I know you’ve been looking for signs of life. I hope this helps you guys relax even a tiny bit.

  • jjjalljs@ttrpg.network
    33·
    12 days ago

    The Manhattan one was pretty big today.

    Saw one counter protestor, who oddly was a black woman. She didn’t seem entirely well based on what she said when people talked to her

  • Flames5123@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    271·
    11 days ago

    I was in Anacortes, WA today for a memorial service of a friend and saw these people! I was honking and giving them thumbs up and everyone in the car was clapping. Yes it’s ironic that I’m in a Tesla. It’s 6 years old, and we cannot sell it because it’s paid off and wayyyy cheaper in WA to charge the car at home vs gas.

    • mrgoosmoos@lemmy.caEnglish
      20·
      11 days ago

      Nothing wrong with having bought a Tesla 6 years ago. I hope you’ve got a sticker of some kind on it saying as much.

  • EpeeGnome@lemm.eeEnglish
    231·
    12 days ago

    I went to the one in my small city in SC. Had a few hundred people along a decently busy road. I was pleasantly surprised as hundreds of passing cars showed support over the 2 hours we were there, and only a dozen or so expressed opposition. I was not surprised that a majority of passers-by didn’t engage at all though. The real majority in this country is not left or right, it’s apathy.

  • Mobilityfuture@lemmy.world
    233·
    11 days ago

    Boston probably had somewhere around 50k people. Don’t hear the news media talking numbers or even showing the full crowd. Figures.

    Unfortunately it seems like the Democratic Party is doing their best to co-opt the movement with messages like votes, fight with the judiciary, and use politics to obstruct. Look I get it’s the right thing for them to say…

    But let’s make sure a populist movement pushes the party way to the left like the much much smaller tea party movement did to the right.

  • leadore@lemmy.world
    14·
    12 days ago

    We had a really good crowd in my purple area of a red state! People of all ages. Lots of good signs. I need to make something good for the next one.