All the more reason to show up for the No Kings Rally near you on Saturday.

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    2 days ago

    Mobilization is not organization. Those in power already know the people are dissatisfied. They dont care. None of us are doing enough to make it their problem. We do not have the spaces to organize the kinds of actions that would be effective. Even this platform is not safe enough to talk about what needs to be done. It is too late. They won.

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        17 hours ago

        Sure, but cells of disruptive activists are not the foundations of a nationally effective movement. You need a way for normies to show up and help. And placating their activist impulses with a demonstration of discontent while not also offering real channels for affecting change is a way of castrating collective action. That’s my two cents, at least.

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          11 hours ago

          The resistance has many fronts… I’m not sure what you are missing. The last #NOKINGS protest was the largest protest in American history. I personally was there in my city. You pick the type of person and they were there. Old, young, conservative, religious, whatever, I met all kinds of folks from all walks of life. That’s what this is all about.