General strike, debt strike, rent strike, mortgage strike let’s crash the war machine, mfers
In my small town they just so happen to be at the same intersection as all the Flock cameras. 🤔🤔🤔
Home Depot right after they said they weren’t using surveillance to track people or immigrants in their parking lots.
People have been going around and removing/destroying them around where Im at. Its funny, its causing a minor monetary issue for the city since they partner with them.
Did they really say that? There’s 2 in front of my home depot as well
Oh wait you’re banned
Destroy the cameras on your march. Two birds. One stone.
ViOlEnT rIoTeRs DesTrOy FeDeRaL pRoPeRtY
Perfect opportunity for someone to deploy some spray paint.
Painter’s extension pole and a small 3-inch roller and a quart of black paint, will do the trick if the cameras are up high.
Paint the solar panel. Then the camera will die a day later and they are non the wiser. Probably takes them a while to figure out the solar panel is painted if you paint them in the same color as the panel.
Spray paint on a stick will probably give better coverage.
Be brave. Go anyway. Talk to the organizers. Let them know that the cameras might scare people away. Offer some valid, reasonable alternatives.
Lots of people will probably be filming and streaming on their phones anyway, so you’re going to be filmed and recorded and posted publicly in all likelihood. Not that it’s the same thing as the flock cams, but
Hey same here!
God thata such a really weird coincidence.
Right? What are the odds that flock cameras would be setup at busy intersections where people would also want to protest?
France knows how to deal with unwanted cameras
Since the No Kings protesters won’t do anything to attract ICE so they can get a picture of you for face recognition, how else are they supposed to get some ID of you to purge you from the voter rolls?
Should be targeting the GOP, not Trump.
I mean yes but at this point Trumpism is basically it’s own party. I mean in the midterms the single biggest issue among gop candidates was how much of a Trump supporter the candidate was. Plenty of people lost solely because the public didn’t believe they would follow Trump off a cliff. It’s bonkers.
It’s important that voters recognize how big of a problem the Republican Party is. It can’t be shrugged off by the next republican candidate as a Trump problem.
Hope people really take over the streets everywhere. What this clown has done to the country is irreparable damage in the short to medium term. The world will keep turning but the US won’t be leading it any longer. For all the fear mongering China may as well take the lead from now on. At least those authoritarians bordering dictators have improved China unlike our corporate overlords on this side of the Pacific.
I’m personally expecting the largest turnout yet. Around me several small towns are hosting a protest march this time around so even more people who can’t travel far can get in on it.
You can’t fight fascism with peaceful protests. We need real disruption.
Around me people have used to protests to find people for groups that take more active continual action such as forming unions or working on strikes. Anyone who says not to protest doesn’t see that this is Americans working on figuring out how to stand up for themselves again. You can’t expect that many people to instantly switch from passive being told nothing they do matters to full on fight mode
They need to protest during the week and disrupt businesses. And not only do it a couple times a year like it’s a music festival. I was an early organizer for 50501 and Indivisible last year and nothing has changed. I’m a bit cynical because fascism is already at our front door. What’s missing in these protests from experience is young people. It’s mostly 30+ people. Mainly retire aged.
Yup. People old enough to remember how shitty life is for everyone living under an authoritarian boot have been the majority of who’ve I’ve seen at the previous protests
This is what is known as generational amnesia, where those who’ve had zero exposure to actual political horror have no clue what is about to drop on their heads, so they ignore it.
It happens, and its not accidental that now almost every person that fought NAZIs during the Second World War is now dead, and their kids who grew up post-war witnessing the nightmares their fathers had afterwards, are all in their 80’s and dying as well, and the great grandkids have no interest to listen to “ancient history…”
It’s not devoid of younger people, by any stretch, but I have been surprised by how many seniors I’ve seen at the protests.
Maybe at where you are but around me it’s a full mix of 18 on up. Part of it is society let them hold us with health insurance and a roof so young people literally would be risking their lives. People are just starting to figure that out. And figure out how they actually need to do the risking. I know it’s slow and wish it could be quicker, but I’ll take people doing something and trying over nothing. And like I said, at the protests around me people always ask “okay, what more can we do?”
That’s amazing that you’re seeing a mix of ages! I haven’t seen a lot of kids but at the last protest I was talking to people my own age and the one constant I tell to EVERYONE is that starting to do something should begin with clearing your head and turn off the corporatist noise.
I cut the cable TV service to my home and got rid of the television in 1999. It’s a hard sell, but I always bring up that streaming servies and public libraries exist to get media to watch.
People just have to avoid the mainstream “news” and I explain that as with the current FCC chair interfering with broadcasters, right now, ALL TV news sources are subjec to Trumps whims and pandering by distorting or ignoring reality.
Just turn it off and find the kids - literally the under 35’s - who are earnest, hungry and fearless and check out what they have to say. Get your info on moderate or left leaning blogs and read a lot of commentary and news from other countries. No facebook, twitter or tiktok… It’s owned media as untruthful as FoxNews…
I’ve found that to get a long term effective change you need to start with cutting out the lies and noise. The rest falls into place so much easier. I’m starting with the noise.
I’m going to pick on you a bit, but don’t worry, I’m not doing this to be mean spirited nor am I trying to change your opinion. Just wanted to mention some things, for the benefit of others reading disparaging messages who might benefit from a different perspective.
They need to protest during the week and disrupt businesses.
No Kings is about building a movement, with the goal of increasing attendance at each event. I’m not sure that protesting during the week will achieve that goal – in fact it would likely be counterproductive. Almost certainly, it would lead to fewer people showing up.
This is not to mention that many/most of the groups sponsoring and organizing No Kings are also organizing a mass protest on FRIDAY May 1st. It’s not a No Kings event, but again, many of the same local organizations planning it.
And not only do it a couple times a year like it’s a music festival.
No Kings isn’t just a couple times a year. Tomorrow is the first event of 2026, but 2 more are being planned, leading up to the election in November. It really does take a lot of time and money and effort, all coming from volunteers who have lives outside of organizing events, so the cadence needs to be careful not to exhaust goodwill of the people protesting but also the people organizing. And to reiterate, many of these organizations making No Kings events happen are also doing other protests and events, like ICE OUT and the May 1st protest.
I was an early organizer for 50501 and Indivisible last year and nothing has changed
Change takes time, movements take time to build. But also, and I apologize for being personally critical of you here, as it may not be your fault, but I have to wonder why an early organizer for the groups you mentioned wouldn’t know that there are more than a couple No Kings being planned this year and that there is a protest during the week (Friday May 1st) coming up (just not No Kings) being organized by pretty much all the same local orgs that do No Kings.
What’s missing in these protests from experience is young people. It’s mostly 30+ people. Mainly retire aged.
That seems like a local phenomenon or a reflection of the people in your area. I will say, lots of people are giving in to fascism and authoritarianism and complying in advance in response to fear of violence and retribution. That’s how fascism works. For example, I’ve got friends who won’t go because they are afraid of being arrested or that counter protesters might resort to violence.
The hardest people to recruit are those who have never been to a political rally or protest. People younger than 30 overwhelmingly fall into that group. For many of them, this chaos feels normal, it’s pretty much all they’ve known since they reached an age where they started paying attention. And, throughout the ages, young people are less politically engaged than older crowds. Social media might have you think otherwise, but nothing has really changed there. Then also consider that people of that general age range are more likely to be working weekend jobs, going to college and working, starting new families, etc. That’s why it’s even more important for the rest of us to show up for them.
This is an excellent comment. Well worth the read. Thank you for taking the time to write it.
Okay. So we’re showing up. Last one I went to I left early, because there were a bunch of speakers alternating between wringing their hands about the state of things, and patting themselves on the back for showing up and holding signs.
I came because I want to participate, I ask: what can we do? And that was unanswered.
Sounds like your local organization(s) may have failed you at the last No Kings. From what I can tell, these are all grass roots organizations, a coalition of many different groups across the country, putting these together.
This isn’t top down mandated events orchestrated and funded by billionaires and elites. It’s working class people who are literally learning on the fly how to do these things, not professionals paid by billionaires. For a lot of these groups and the people involved in them, this is the first time they are doing these events. It’s a learning process, mistakes will be made, and there will be room for improvement.
As for what you can do: Did you reach out to the organization(s) that sponsored and organized the last protest you attended, offer your assistance and/or provide feedback on where they could improve? Did you reach out to those speakers, even if you didn’t like what they were saying? That might be a start. I can’t say about your specific circumstance, but many of these groups have a social media and online presence, even if it’s sparse, they’ll have contact info listed somewhere. You might have to look. If you are really good at making signs, you can offer to help. If you’re well-connected with the police or political candidates in your area, you can be a liaison. If you have a medical background, you might be able to be a street medic during future events. If you have money to spare, these groups are almost certainly taking donations. All of these things help. If your local group(s) aren’t helpful, look further. Look to see if there’s a county-wide group, state-wide, national, etc. Reach out to them. Donate to them. They’re supporting the local folks, too, with training, information, and planning assistance.
And if all that fails, start your own group. Literally anybody can organize a No Kings event. All you have to do is register when the time comes. Of course, there’s lots and lots of work, time, energy, money, etc involved – even for a small event with a dozen people. It’s hard work. But someone has to do it. So, if you want to participate and nobody else is living up to your standards, raise the standard and show them how it’s done!
where I am at the city center protest is mostly younger and the suburban ones are mostly older.
Don’t you worry, we’ll vote em out in the midterms surely.
I’m gonna vote so hard.
They definitely didn’t steal the last one. Why would they do it again? Clearly the people are voting for fascism.
In the case of these No Kings events, it allows peaceful and non-violent people such as myself to find a community of like-minded people, to learn how to organize and assemble safely by putting it to practice, and how to exercise my rights.
I would NEVER intentionally involve myself with a violent movement. Violence will not solve the precarious situation that many of us feel the country is in, it will literally only make things worse. And alone, I would never have a chance to disrupt anything. Virtually no single, unorganized person would. No matter how peaceful or how violent they are.
What will change things is people like myself finding out that in my small, rural town that often feels like it’s mostly MAGA, there are actually hundreds of people willing to be brave and join me in solidarity.
What will that inspire? It’s far more likely to inspire a new wave of future leaders, showing them how to organize and lead. It’s far more likely to motivate people to build community with each other and turn out for future protests. Protests aren’t bad. They’re an essential part of our rights and a way to reach each other. And, at the end of the day when people find their voice and their leaders actually represent them, that IS disruption. That is a radical change from how so many of us see things working now.
Violence does not achieve any of that. It changes things, but not for the better.
Can’t agree with you there. But do what you feel.
You encapsulate my feelings with what you have written here although im in a major metro area.
Awesome! I think that’s great to hear. Comradery for the win!
You are part of the problem.
it’s a slow process for americans. you have to give them a bit more time. that’s why these protests are being held on saturdays and not weekdays. they can’t afford to protest on weekdays. add to the fact they have zero leadership. there’s no one rallying them. Bernie is too preoccupied with billionaires, aoc and crockett are too preoccupied with getting good sound bites/quotes in the media.
So it’s a slow process.
Thank goodness the Nepalese and Iranians who protested within the last year were all rich and faced no potential for harm.
Times up. We had a year, now they are doing public executions on citizens without repercussions.
Time is never “up” to protest and effect change even with non-violent means: that is a false limitation based on an arbitrary, non-existent standard set by an internet rando with another agenda of his own, that is itself based on either ignorance (unlikely) or the desire to see real movements delegitimized and written off as groups of “disgruntled hooligans” even as it gives the government full legal authority to come in with armed occupation to “quell the uprising.”
The National Guard got kicked out of both Portland and LA last year BECAUSE those cities could prove that their protests were non-violent. That is literally written into the judges’ orders forbidding NG presence in both states.
If you want to see violence in the street at this point in time, you’re not on the side of the protests. That only serves the overlords.
And here you are with your month old account littering threads with the same old pro-violence chaff we saw in December and January.
Piss off chorklefuck.
When you got nothing, there’s always the old ad hominem. Thanks for proving me right.
Yeah you first
The Independent: “…from New York to California…”
Boston: “Am I a joke to you?”
Boston is going to be insane. The last one filled every bit of standing room across downtown. Most people weren’t in earshot of the speakers because you couldn’t get close enough.
huh, i remember the last one cause ICE was ripping people out of Brighton suburbs that same day
was kinda funny seeing the peaceful protest go on while the blackshirts were operating a couple blocks away unfazed
I’m ready. Here is the front of my house.
That’s clearly the back of a house and you need a new roof.
I use this house as a workshop. It originally had a front porch but I closed it off. The house next door used to be identical. The rancher that had this property built them for his twin daughters. That one got an improved brick foundation, mine didn’t.
lol
bay. bee. trump doo-doo, doo-doo, doo-doo…
I’m predicting it will be smaller than the first two. I don’t think the American public believes peaceful protest accomplishes anything anymore. And why should they? Recent history has shown peaceful protest amounts to a fart in the wind. Combine that with the No Kings protest not even having any solid goals or demands, and I just don’t see how people can get excited for it.
yeah, i’m not feeling that at all.
The goal is in the title.
“Targeting Trump” is neither a goal or a demand.
“Targeting Trump” isn’t the goal, “no kings” is the goal. More specifically, the goal is to prevent one person from having unrestrained power over the country. Is a protest going to prevent that? No, not directly. Protests will let the people in power know that millions of people see what they’re doing and we all disapprove, and it will let other regular people and like minded politicians know that they’re not alone in their concerns, which will give more people confidence to resist when they might otherwise not.
for sure there is a strangely growing online thing hoping for it. apparently.
