"The Real Power of This Weekend's.....

[markie]

Anti-Trump Protests"

........And while the protests didn’t get as much coverage as they deserved, and while they are not going to change the nation overnight, they were nevertheless phenomenally successful. We should take heart. And even if nothing changes right away—and nothing will change right away—we must get out and do it again and again. Because the point is not an immediate result from the White House on down. It’s to galvanize from the ground up—to put pressure on the powerful, and to forge a pathway for the public to collectively say “no” to this devastating regime........

The protests were not perfect. Anecdotally and observationally, they were very white—not exactly representative of the Democratic coalition. They were disproportionately female (which is increasingly representative of Democrats, if not of American power structures).........

Virtually none of the people being snatched off the streets or handcuffed in immigration raids are middle-aged white women. That doesn’t mean middle-aged white women are safe: The rights of women to determine our own reproductive lives have been decimated in conservative states and are at risk in liberal ones; our children live under threat; and under an authoritarian regime, no one’s safety is guaranteed. But in this moment, college-educated white citizens are among the most secure people in the nation. That so many of them (and especially the female among them) are getting out to protest a government whose abuses are largely targeting others speaks well of them, not ill. It may not be the best thing for the movement—it seems reasonable to guess that protest movements will be more effective if the protesters that make them up actually represent the coalition they’re protesting on behalf of. But given the circumstances, the stakes, and the unequal distribution of risk, it may be the best we can do at this particular moment.......



https://slate.com/news-and-politics/2025/04/donald-trump-elon-musk-protests-hands-off-resistance-doge-tariffs.html

[cbabe]

1. Good (trouble) use of white privilege. Next,

use white privilege and surround African American DC museum. Keep it safe. Keep it open.

[Wicked Blue]

2. We have to aim for getting 3.5 percent of the population out demonstrating

That's our target number.

From a 2019 BBC article:

"There are, of course, many ethical reasons to use nonviolent strategies. But compelling research by Erica Chenoweth, a political scientist at Harvard University, confirms that civil disobedience is not only the moral choice; it is also the most powerful way of shaping world politics – by a long way.

Looking at hundreds of campaigns over the last century, Chenoweth found that nonviolent campaigns are twice as likely to achieve their goals as violent campaigns. And although the exact dynamics will depend on many factors, she has shown it takes around 3.5% of the population actively participating in the protests to ensure serious political change"

https://www.bbc.com/future/article/20190513-it-only-takes-35-of-people-to-change-the-world