is it well known and do people talk about it … like in the mainstream media ?


[solved] in the media :
https://www.newsweek.com/50-states-anti-trump-protest-nationwide-february-5-details-2025300
( thanks to irelephant )

What To Know
The movement has a website at 50501movement.carrd.co and is active on Instagram, Reddit, Bluesky, Discord and Signal.


[caution]

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/

    • @A_A@lemmy.worldOP
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      [meta]

      • Post has 51 comments after aprox 12 hours
      • created 1 report myself for 2 comments in one thread : Reason :
        “racism in this comment and in the answer to this one comment”
        Whoops … maybe it was sarcasm and i misread these 2 comments … in which case it would not be racism.
      • i want to address my appreciation to @L3s@lemmy.world for managing this community
  • @MissJinx@lemmy.world
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    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

  • dalë
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    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
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      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!

      • dalë
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        Sadly voting didn’t fail you. US is in the same predicament UK was in after Brexit. Complacency at the expected outcome, a belief that some people couldn’t be so stupid as to vote for Trump/Brexit and yet, they did in the majority.

        Regardless of how fucked up the election process is, inany countries I’m not singling out the US, that is the reason that you feel failed, look at your countrymen that swallowed the snake oil and ask the question why?

        • @Spacehooks@reddthat.com
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          I made huge stink about those that failed to vote. Meanwhile people blame third parties. Bro they voted at least.

  • Queen HawlSera
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    I think it’s gonna be one of those things that’s supposed to be a thing, but isn’t a thing.

    But I’m not going to shit all over someone’s attempt to make a difference if it’s based on genuine good effort and intention.

  • Flax
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    As a Brit looking in, America is a mess

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        Yes.

        I’d like to also tell you about the time an English brigadier responded “pretty sticky down here” when asked about the situation - ~600 Brits were surrounded by ~10k Chinese. Of course, the American General who had asked him didn’t think twice of it, but apparently when a brit says “a bit sticky” it means “we’re all about to die”, not “oh it’s not too bad”. About 40 survived.

        Other favourites:

        “Ladies and Gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. We have a small problem. All four engines have stopped. We are doing our damnedest to get them going again. I trust you are not in too much distress.”

        The plane was landed safely. But I do imagine the passengers were in some distress at least.

        “We have before us an ordeal of the most grievous kind.”

        Churchill, about WWII.

    • @Katana314@lemmy.world
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      One thing I’d recommend that I’m unsure how to easily obtain, is getting the phone number of a civil rights lawyer ready. It does kind of contradict the point about not bringing phones, I suppose. At the very least, if one is available in the vicinity after attempted arrests it can be useful.

      I also feel somewhat guilty, as I will be attending in a very blue state that’s unlikely to have so much resistance, so I may skirt some of those rules myself.

      • @mm_maybe@sh.itjust.works
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        I’d say that violent incursion into blue states with the help of federal forces and local brownshirt provocateurs is almost a goal of Project 2025 and MAGA more broadly so I wouldn’t count on it not happening wherever you are. We’ve seen plenty of that kind of thing on the West Coast particularly. Local police unfortunately have a large membership overlap with said brownshirts.

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      The instant anything is posted on here it’s already been scraped. Know this. Act accordingly.


      Just saying, this seems really sketchy folks.

      Some tips to help you out

      • don’t take your phones to the protest
      • if you take a burner, don’t take it home. buy it, and trash it at the protest.
      • don’t take anything that could identify you as you
      • superglue and baking soda on your fingerprints. don’t go crazy, just enough to make printing you impossible/difficult
      • write any important phone numbers on your arm or ankle in permanent marker if you can’t remember them
      • stuff a couple hundred dollars for bail in your shoe
      • don’t give ANYONE your real name. don’t care how hot they are or how impassioned they are, just fucking don’t
      • designate one trusted individual to come get you from jail. they are not to bring their phone, they should park at least 1/4 mile away and walk to get you(long enough to realize you’re being tailed by police).

      Pay attention to your surroundings, specifically the movement of officers/agents. if they’re running you should be too. if there’s a large group marching or a wall marching, leave immediately and regroup.

      ICE will be there. they will be picking people up. many of them not illegal. if you’re not white, wear makeup if you can get away with it. paint your face with state colors if need be. not a mask, so it shouldn’t be covered by “no-mask” states.

      Know your rights. Bring the proof of your rights. Force them to acknowledge your rights.

      Stream everything.

      If you are picked up you will;

      • go on a list
      • be unlawfully monitored
      • become a link in a larger web to ensnare organizers

      You will now go dark for at least a month. No social media posts about the protests, no discussions about the protests, nothing. After that, it should be difficult to pair your online activity with your real world activities.

      If you can’t make it to the protests, record the streams, share them online, pressure the public to demand answers for the crimes committed by the officers/agents.

      One last thing.

      There will undoubtedly be people there to provoke the protests. do not let them. once one incident of violence is determined all bets off and the police will become physically involved.

      Trust no one, question everything, power to the people. 🫵


      This message from a colleague will live here until the death of Lemmy

      For further research here’s a great video on mutual aid.

      https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZfJNbCBqYV8

    • @RamenJunkie@midwest.social
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      Yeah, this whole thing is very poorly done and really screams like annexcuse toncreate andalse flag moment. I saw a Reddit comment that this exact thing was listed in the Project2025 playbook as part of an excuse to create a scene and enact martial law.

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      Great advice except I’m confused about how to “stream everything” if we’re supposed to leave our phones at home.

  • cabbage
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    163 months ago

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

  • @GraniteM@lemmy.world
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    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.worldOP
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      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.

      • @myster@lemm.ee
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        Pretty sure it was just a grassroots online thing, without any real leaders. Which, don’t get me wrong that has its own benefits. But understanding that origin also helps explain why it’s a little unorganized

  • @SamboT@lemmy.world
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    How the fuck can you fuck up a protest plan this badly??? Is this intentional sabotage for an effective turn out? Fucking idiots.

  • @Sergio@slrpnk.net
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    73 months ago

    oooh… someone mentioned this on 196, was that you? I did a couple web searches but couldn’t figure it out… they might delete this post, u should think about where else to post it…

    • @A_A@lemmy.worldOP
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      No it wasn’t me and i made a comment in here describing where i found it.
      Also i read carefully the rules and don’t believe my post will be deleted.
      Finally, just in case, i made a cross-post at my own community for safekeeping.

      Update : relevant results at ddg.com with :
      reddit 50501

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    Edit: yeah I don’t know about politics. Downvote me for daydreaming.


    Now I wonder if all that extra Kamala money she had leftover from donations could’ve gone to an organization to fix this American nightmare. Give us back the American dream.

    The start is voting in democrats so we have a majority in DC in 2 years. The org could also help back these protests to raise awareness by making local adverts on billboards/public trans/radio.

    Make it a 4 year campaign to flip America blue. Then we might be able to fix some shit.

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      Most democrats at the federal level are complicit in a lot of what’s going on, including Musk’s DOGE treasury crap (crimes?) despite him not being a government employee or confirmed by the senate. Hell, most congressional democrats JUST in the last year voted for the legislation that enables ICE to indefinitely detain any suspected immigrant suspected of committing any crime. No due process. No actual crime needed.

      Screw voting for democrats. Democrats voted to let the government round up the people I love to be deported or tortured. If we still have the power to vote, vote for leftists. Or vote for left-of-average-democrat people like Bernie.

  • @youvegotmoxie@lemmy.world
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    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.