cross-posted from: https://50501.chat/post/453625
If we’re going to effectively fight Trump and the rise of fascism, we have to act together, and show up in numbers!
Check the website map to see events happening near you: https://goodtroubleliveson.org/#attend
You don’t need to sign up there or give any information, in fact, it’s better if you don’t. Just find the address, grab some snacks and water, a sign if you can make one, and show up.
If you have a printer, bring some union pamphlets to hand out and tell people about the General Strike. Spread the word if you can, share this image, and let’s stand up together in solidarity and make some Good Trouble!
It’s been a new name for each one, I guess to appeal to different groups for different problems. The ‘Hands Off!’ one for stopping the dismantling of Social Security did succeed in getting massive attendance from older people, so it seems to be working.
Well, attendance… but nothing actually “worked”
Mass public protests are certainly more effective at shaping public opinion than quiet anger in your home.