Protesters fill the streets in cities across the US to denounce Trump agenda
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Organizers call for 11 million people to march and rally in this weekend’s effort to ‘protect democracy’

Organizers have called for 11 million people across country to participate this weekend in effort to ‘protect democracy’

The US will witness its second wave of protests in a fortnight on Saturday as organizers seek to turn discontent with Donald Trump’s presidency into a mass movement that will eventually translate into action at the ballot box.

More than 400 rallies are anticipated across the nation loosely organized by the group 50501, which stands for 50 protests in 50 states, one movement.

It is the fourth protest event to be staged by the group since Trump was inaugurated on 20 January. Previous events included a “No Kings Day” on President’s Day, 17 February, a theme adopted before Trump referred to himself as a king in a social media post days later.

  • DeusUmbra@lemmy.worldEnglish
    43·
    8 hours ago

    And it will continue to do nothing. Until the violence starts, nothing will change.

      • DeusUmbra@lemmy.worldEnglish
        41·
        4 hours ago

        Good luck with that. People won’t be willing to do a strike, at least not for any length of time that would make a real difference.

      • aceshigh@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        7 hours ago

        Realistically speaking how does that work? No one can afford to lose their job and necessary goods have to get purchased.

        • A Phlaming Phoenix@lemm.ee
          1·
          3 hours ago

          So idealistically (I know, there are regional, logistical, financial, and other challenges, but idealistically) the people on strike are actively pooling and distributing their resources to help the people who are put out worse by it. That hopefully sustains people long enough for the strike to win out and for people to return to work with their problems remedied.